Week 4 - Day 1

First goal: lose 5% of my current body weight
Overall goal: lose 40 pounds
Current status: lost 7 pounds total so far

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Well, this morning was my weigh in. After the free-for-all of food that was my weekend (wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, Anthony's birthday and ensuing cake and Halloween), I figured I'd be toting around a couple extra pounds.

Getting on the scale this morning involved me closing my eyes and thinking skinny thoughts. Guess that worked because I lost another 1.3 pounds this week for a total so far of 7 pounds lost!

HOLY COW!

How could that be? I didn't feel like I denied myself much at the wedding reception. I was the designated driver, so I didn't drink (and slightly wished I had so I could avoid the family's incessant questions of when we'd be the next to marry) but other than that, I ate what I wanted and stopped when I started to feel full.

Maybe that was the key - I started to feel full and didn't keep eating. I then proceeded to record as much as I could remember and overestimated the rest that I couldn't in points. But in the end, my stomach said "enough" and I said "ok" while the rest of my wedding-goer-compadrés continued to gorge on the goodies flowing freely from the kitchen to the reception room.

Either way, whatever I did this week worked....and I survived!

This newest revelation has given me hope. No....motivation.

There are only 3 weeks until Thanksgiving and I WILL hit my first 10 pounds lost before then (or by then at the latest).

Each tenth of a pound I loose makes me wonder what else I can do differently this coming week to add another tenth and another half pound and another pound lost to next week's scale. What can I eat less of? What can I eat differently? What can I do this week to make myself even better next week??

Its almost becoming a game. Is weight loss fun? Not so much my friend....but its a puzzle that I'm slowly putting together, and the more I get into it, the more I HAVE to reach my goal....and the farther I get, the more I KNOW I WILL REACH IT!