Week of successes!

After being discouraged the first part of last week, I got my act together and got back to "work." I swore off the big tub of deluxe nut mix at the office. I not only made my fitness commitment for the week (4 days a week, 30 minutes a day) -- I went beyond it. I exercised five days for 30 minutes or more (usually more) and then even did 15 minutes on a sixth day. I also limited my alcohol intake on the weekend.

As a result, I started setting new lows on my bathroom scale again. (That Ben and Jerry's I ate the night I took the jump at JC did show up on the scale the next couple of days.) I walked into JC this past Monday expecting to be down two pounds, maybe. I was down four whole pounds! My counselor and I almost squealed with excitement (but not quite). I was kind of shocked.

The next big success occurred this past Thursday. I had been inching toward a significant 20-pound mark on the bathroom scale -- 20 pounds since my peak weight of the year on March 8, 2004. On Wednesday morning I was a mere 0.2 pounds from that mark. On Thursday morning I blew right past it, as I was down a whole 0.8 pounds!

I'm now fluctuating around the mark I set Thursday morning. And I feel that I'm struggling a bit. I'm getting hungry more often this week -- at work I used microwave popcorn to satisfy it, though I know that that is dangerous. This afternoon I was out and about running errands, got hungry, didn't really want to drive all the way back to my house to eat a Mesquite Chicken dinner (not one of my favorites), and got struck with a craving for Skyline Chili. Actually, I had dueling cravings for Skyline, Doritos "Rollitos" and ice cream, but thought the Skyline would be the least of those three evils because it would probably satisfy me more than the others. It did, and I felt like I overate, but then I felt hungry again only three-and-a-half hours later. That needs to be a lesson to remember in the future, I think.

I also feel that I'm slacking on exercise, but I have already exercised 3 days this week for a full 30 min or more, plus I walked for about a total of 20 min with Mom on Thursday evening. So maybe I'm not as bad off as I think.

Summary:

Weight loss at JC (6/14/04): -4 pounds
Total loss at JC: -16.6 pounds
Total loss on bathroom scale since 3/8/04 (as of 6/19/04): -20.6 pounds