3/1/12 247.2
2/16/13 170.4
Pounds lost in March: .7
Pounds lost in April: 3.5
Pounds lost in May: 7.0
Pounds lost in June: 7.1
Pounds lost in July: +3.8
Pounds lost in August: 2.0
9/8/13 160.3
9/15/13 161.4
9/20/13 159.6
9/27/13 158.7
You will never hear me use the word "only" in the same sentence as "lost", as in "I only lost .9 pounds this week". At this point, any loss at all makes it a good week. Someday, when I'm where I want to be with my weight (10 pounds from now? maybe 20? We'll see!), I'll be working hard to make good choices for no scale reward at all. My satisfaction with this week comes not from my weigh in result, but from the fact that I was under control for the duration. Only one Egg White Delight, tiny desserts, no random snacking, and four workouts. A couple of weeks ago, when I was slacking, I was thinking to myself "You know, I'm not doing horribly- this just isn't the behavior of somebody who wants to lose weight." But the last two weeks have been a different story, and that feels good.
I have to brag for a minute about my awesome sister-in-law, Amanda, who had a birthday this week, but achieved an even more important milestone. She and I began losing weight in 2012, within a couple of months of each other.