Delayed Weigh in

I decided that this week - I'm not going to weigh in. I'm not feeling as good as I was last week, so I'm postponing the weigh in to avoid feeling let down. I generally had a good week. I ate moderately well, and I exercised more days than I missed. I just know I would be disappointed with my weigh in which could potentially lead to bad behaviours (like pity eating... do you know what I mean? Where you feel sorry for yourself and think that all your hard work will never pay off, so you might as well order an extra large pizza?). Today, when I was craving carbs at 5pm, thinking about what I could get at the corner store, I made the decision to read through some things I wrote down about a month ago - motivational things. Like what I want to do in a year's time. Like go on a ski trip. And then I decided that the carbs just aren't worth it. I don't know if I would have made that decision if I was in some sort of pity spiral.

I have stopped the daily weigh ins. I have read evidence that supports daily weigh ins, but a lot more advice seems to say it is best to weigh in once a week at most. I decided to try weighing in less and I now see the benefit of that wisdom. I don't start out my day wondering what I did wrong the day before. And when I do see a weight loss once a week, it seems more meaningful, even if it is a small number. So I'm trying to be less obsessed with the scale. I think it is working. It is easier to start the day out well when you know you had a good previous day, instead of the scale telling you what kind of day it was. Okay, maybe that doesn't make much sense, but when I'm constantly weighing myself, I end up second guessing my decisions, even if they were good decisions.

Weigh in 23

WOW!!!!!!! I lost a lot of weight this past week! I was looking back at what I posted, and I think I only posted when I was having a bad moment. Most of this week was really good. I have to remember to post when I'm feeling like I did something right. Because then, when I say I lost 7.2 lbs... it would be more believable. But I really did lose 7.2 lbs! (I felt like I should have lost more last week, but maybe I wasn't getting enough sleep).

So this morning, I got up, weighed in, and then did a 30 minute aerobic DVD - I had lots of fun dancing around. And then I looked outside and saw it was so nice out, I just had to go for a walk. And yes - I did buy tater tots, but not really in celebration - more because I have been craving them for 4 or 5 days. And I bought the small bag. And that was the only treat that I bought. Everything else was healthy - veggies, yogurt, milk and fruit. So I did spurge today. But I'm drinking lots of water and I exercised a lot. And tomorrow - I'm going to carry on with the good habits.

(I think I need to reward myself - I have now lost 42.6 lbs. I should celebrate passing the 40lb mark...)

When I weighed myself this morning, I totally didn't believe the scale and I stepped on and off a few times. And then to be on the safe side, I recorded the higher weight. The scale originally was down almost 10 lbs. Which is frustrating because then I'm not sure if I can really trust my scale! But either way - I'm pretty happy!!!!

The last few days

I have been eating well the past few days. But if I could only get the motivation to work out on work days. I did aerobics after one day shift, but that is all I have managed to get in during these 4 days of work. But at least I'm eating right. I'm off to work the night shift. I'm looking forward to the days off - exercise is so much easier when I don't have to squeeze it around a 12 hour work-day!

Today?... not so good

Today I kinda had a bad food day. I was out for breakfast and lunch, and supper should have been good, but I had already blown the day, so I ended up having pizza and ice cream. I'm cringing even as I write this. I did have a really good work out today, which may just balance out the breakfast out (I guess I'm just going to pay for the lunch and supper with a smaller weight loss this week).
I have to stay on track for the rest of the week. I go back to work tomorrow. Bright and early at 7am! I haven't been sleeping well since I finished my last stretch of night shifts (I usually work 2 days, 2 nights, then 5 off - but last time I worked 2 days, 3 nights - somehow that extra night really threw me for a loop). So I'm going to try to get some sleep in tonight - I have a fancy new peaceful noise maker - I'm looking forward to sleeping to either a waterfall, rain, or the ocean tonight.

Weigh in 22

This has been a great week - I lost 1.3 lbs. Making the total I have lost 35.4 lbs! I finally broke through that 35 lb barrier. I'm feeling really proud. Normally when I have a great weigh in, I celebrate by eating too much that day. Well, today I did not do that. Instead - I went for a swim. Then I did an exercise DVD. And eat moderately (I did have lite hot chocolate - but the rest of the day was great). So I'm going to continue doing the right things during the next few days off and I'm not going to start sliding. It's when I think I have it all together when I slowly start messing up. I'm going to stay with the program - eating well (and moderately) and exercising.

Just a little more motivation

I'm in the middle of my stretch of nights that I have to work this week. I don't have much to say right now - but I thought I should post something. The couple of days before I started this stretch weren't the greatest. I found myself slipping into old habits... not eating great, not exercising. And then the first few days back at work, I was so sore I could hardly move at the end of the day. I think it had a lot to do with not exercising. So yesterday and today when I got up in the afternoon, I did a 30 minute workout on the Wii. I think that extra movement before I went to work made all the difference - I haven't been the least bit sore. I just finished working out now and I think I'm going to have to have a shower - I worked that hard. I need to go and pack my supper for tonight. And it is going to be all the right things to eat!