NSV is a non-scale victory, in case you were wondering, and this was mine today:

I had a staff meeting that I was supposed to go to from 3-5 pm.  However, I teach at another college (usually) until 3:30, so I always have to show up an hour late, and my boss is okay with that.  Well, today I let them out early (at 3:00) because they were doing presentations.  I had argued back and forth with myself what I was going to do for lunch.  Option 1 was to go directly to the meeting, skipping lunch.  Option 2 was to come home and grab something quicker than what I was supposed to have for lunch.  Option 3 was to take the time to actually eat what I was supposed to have (8 oz. of salad veggies– ick).  In the end, I went with option 3 because I just decided I was worth it.  I didn’t want to eat the salad.  I would have much rather had “breakfast” again, and that would have been quicker, but it technically wouldn’t have been adhering to plan.  So, I took about ten extra minutes and ate what I was supposed to eat.

The funny thing is, I was prepared to cheat on my diet just to make it to a pointless meeting ten minutes earlier.  I’m glad I put myself first for once and didn’t make an excuse for why I couldn’t stay on plan.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been showing any improvement on the scale recently.  Perhaps there’s a re-balancing of water going on since I lost 11 lbs. that first week.  At least I haven’t gained, so that’s something, I suppose.  Well, I’m off to work on and hopefully finish my paper tonight– I think it will be an all-nighter, but since I’m on this diet, I can’t have caffeine, so we’ll see what happens.

weight at home:  170.5