Weight: 180! (I even jiggled on the scale a little to see if it would change, and it didn’t! Woo!)
Breakfast: Special K granola w/skim milk & ½ a banana
Lunch: Packed stewed potatoes, green beans and a grilled chicken breast.
Snacks: Packed red, yellow and orange pepper strips and an apple to eat with peanut butter
This morning, I started thinking about how my weight loss isn’t going all that great. And while there are definitely things I need to be doing to get better results (exercise more than 2 runs a week, cut back even more on what I’m eating, etc.), I had to remind myself that I had already lost 10 pounds since Thanksgiving. I think most of it was just water weight, since I went from 196 to 186 in a little over a week. But still- those would have been nice numbers to see right now.
I am trying not to get down on myself too much, because that really won’t help anything. What I need to do is set my goals/rewards that I have talked about several times, but have yet to write out. So, that is my plan for today. I want to break down my next 15-20ish pounds into 5 pound segments and assign rewards for each goal that is met. Some of them won’t seem like anything major to you, but they are little, somewhat-superficial, modern conveniences that will make me feel good and hopefully spur me on to keep going.
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Proud of you! I know I just stumpled upon this blog and it is really more for Jaime but you are encouraging me through your posts as well. 10 pounds is awesome and since you have lost it slow it will stay off so much easier. Way to be, way to be.
ReplyDeleteDevan, I'm really glad that you follow this blog! For a while, Jaime was my only blog friend on here. And while she is the one keeping me accountable (mostly, haha), it is great to have to reading and commenting too!
ReplyDeleteIt was great hanging out the other night- you did a great job! (O: