November happenings

Hello all! I hope you had a great Halloween weekend & didn't let the candy get the best of you. I had this fantastic post about the festivities which I wrote up last week but ended up losing once I started trying to change around HTML. Ah well.

A new week & a new month!

I am happy to report that last week was a good week. After going to weigh in on Wednesday, I had a successful week of eating.

My week's Achievements:

• Did not eat one piece of Halloween candy!
• Passed up on bar food Friday night after the show
• Stuck with homemade food and store bought food most of week/weekend rather than getting takeout.
• Returned to swing dancing last night & was better than ever!
• Tracked everything since last Monday (including donut binge on Tuesday) & since Wednesday did not go into weeklies until Sunday cast party.
• Have not touched donuts in freezer since Tuesday
  
• Have not touched ice cream in freezer at work (brought by boss on Friday)
• Have found various ways to distract myself from eating including knitting/crochet, gum, organizing...
  

I kept on plan, I resisted temptation, and last night's weigh in was a happy one. 4lbs! I'm very surprised it was that much since the previous weeks seemed so permanently damaging, but I guess making those changes made a big difference. It's kind of like the first weigh in all over again. So I'm back to 186.4

I did start fresh too by requesting a new membership book. I felt it would help me look at this next few months in a fresh light. Plus mine had literally fallen apart, so it was time. I had gotten a new one when they revamped the program last December (oh lord, I hope they don't make more changes this year!) so this is now my third membership book since I started. I definitely made progress since I started this last book, but not as much as I would have thought I would have. 13 lbs in almost a year. And of course that has been up and down as opposed to the steady loss I had the first 8 months.

So now I'm 21 lbs away from goal, and I probably won't be there by Dec 31st as I had hoped, especially with holidays approaching. But with two months left, I certainly can get out of the 180s. So that is my goal. I want to be solidly in the 170s by December 31st and celebrating a new year with a smile. Averaging 1lb a week I think is reasonable. Sometimes it will be more, and sometimes it may be less, but I can do it. I will do it. From there I will look at what I need to do to get to goal.

I really want to be at my goal weight before my 2 year WW anniversary in April, which again, is totally reasonable, but I need all my resources at hand, all my willpower and motivation charged, and I need to not let myself sabotage my efforts and to go on this roller coaster ride on the scale.

Oh, and here's my Halloween costume--Little Bo Peep. I spent the evening looking for my lost sheep. I didn't find them, but I did find some wolves...and NOT in sheep's clothing :)


Have a great day everyone!

Until next time