This Week's Weigh-In

I decided to weigh-in yesterday (Friday) morning before I went to the gym because this weekend was going to be crazy busy and I did NOT want to find myself giving excuses of why I could not weigh-in. So, in an effort to stay on track and focused, I went yesterday morning. I was pleasantly surprised to have lost 3.2 pounds!! That put me at a total loss of 10 pounds so far. It's a great feeling and I'm already noticing changes in my appearance and clothes fitting differently. My confidence has boosted and I notice myself doing my hair & makeup more often and I was even able to pull out a cute shirt yesterday that hadn't fit in a while and wear it to the cookout we went to! That was a good feeling.

I definitely "let my hair down" at the cookout, but I don't think I did too badly. There was no way to count the points for everything I ate, but I had a relatively low point breakfast and lunch before the cookout, so I had 20 points left for the cookout. I ate a hamburger (on a regular bun), a couple small spoonfuls of sides (mashed potatoes and potato salad- I had MUCH smaller portions than I would normally have gotten), and then I munched on Ruffles & French Onion dip throughout the night. I also drank alcohol for the first time in a long time. I brought 64 calorie beer for myself, so "extra light" beer, but I also had a mixed drink. So I'm considering that I used some of my 49 flex points last night and I have an ENTIRE week to get back on the ball and eating right.

Weight Watchers is all about not depriving yourself. I enjoyed myself yesterday, didn't go crazy with food, but still had tastes of things and enjoyed it. I made No Pudge brownies and brought them to the party which were also guilt-free, but SUPER yummy.

Yesterday at my workout, I burned 250 calories, which met my goal for the week of increasing from 200 to 250. I also did Aqua Fit workouts earlier in the week, but I am not sure how many calories I burn (aside from "estimated" numbers I've read online).

This morning I was back on track food-wise and plan to be the rest of the day & week. If there's one thing about weight loss, it's that when you start feeling good about your accomplishments, it doesn't make me want to ruin things by getting off track. It feels good to get back on the wagon today after a fun, "unknown" food day yesterday.