It’s all up to me

I have decided to give up my scale for Lent.  I was so discouraged after last week.  Although I realize it’s probably water weight from PMS it still totally threw me off course.  My stellar plan for the weekend went through the tubes.  We ended up having McDonalds for lunch on Saturday, I made homemade mac’n'cheese for supper Saturday night and I had at least 4 pieces of the lemon pie over the weekend.  Then I made popcorn for supper for me last night.  I avoided the scale this morning because I know from the salt I will be retaining water and I don’t want to depress myself any further.

So here’s my new plan.  I’m going to keep exercising like I like to do and follow the SBD.  It works for me and even though the scale says I have only lost 15 pounds I’m down about 2 sizes.  I am only going to weigh myself once a month, just enough to make sure I’m on track and not under-estimating my calories.  Even with water weight I should see a loss over a month.  The reason I decided on this plan is as I reviewed my peaks and valleys over the last 2 months, the valleys always corresponded with a poor showing on the scale.  So instead of a number I’m going to focus on my behavior.  That is something I can control.

I’m really excited about this.  Over the weekend I ordered a bathing suit in a size 20.  I debated on an 18 but I figured if I had to order a smaller suit when swimming season actually arrived that would be the best waste of money I have ever spent.

Hope everyone has a good start to their week.