Wednesday's are weekly weigh in days, but seriously anyone who is trying to loose weight is on the scale everyday. We cheat. Weigh yourself only once a week? Ha! Lately I'm experimenting between naked morning weight (post using the bathroom) vs evening fully clothed weight. Guess what? It's about 2 pounds. For years I haven't really weighed myself at all. It was very random. Experts say you shouldn't weigh yourself everyday. Weekly or monthly I believe the suggestions are. I'm only logging in the actual pound number once a week, but I'm all for daily weigh-ins. Here's why: It's a freakin' reality check people! I need to see that number everyday because I need to see how far I've come (very motivating first thing in the morning) and/or see how quickly I can get off track and gain so easily. Any food addict or person with food issues can easily gain 5 pounds in a week or 10 pounds in a month (and so on). We need structure. We need that visualization of a number staring right back at us every single flippin' day. Last week I was up two pounds and trust me, I've been highly motivated to get back on track this week. Sister1 has also been a tremendous support this week. Super loads of encouragements and accolades from her how I've been keeping her going on this journey. I cried and I smiled.
This morning my unofficial potential weight loss by Wednesday is headed towards hitting a 30 pound mark. Really staying close to my daily points and trying to dip into my weekly points less harshly. Got some swimming in on Saturday despite the 70° pool temp, have been planning dinner ahead of time, measuring my food and definitely not feeling any temptation to binge eat. So, I'm really thinking last week was a combination of vacation and hormones. It feels awesome to be back on track. This Wednesday will put us with only 8 weeks left of Phase 2. YIKES!!! Sister1 and I have to get cracking. We are already thinking ahead about the holiday challenges in Phase 3 (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's) and having an über successful Phase 2 is so pertinent to our continued journey.
Okay Sister1, reminder everyday we are NOT in maintenance mode, we are in weight loss mode. We have a lot of weight to loose in Phase 2 and MUST stay focused. No excuses!
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