Tammy's post on the "Some days..." thread inspired me to count up my days OP. Today will be my 242nd day on-plan. No hershey's miniatures. No birthday cake. No Thanksgiving sweet potato pie. No Christmas cookies. No Reese's chocolate bunnies. This has NEVER happened before. I almost can't believe I've done it.
Also I just realized, today's my eight-month anniversary of this lifestyle change, yay me.
But the best news is, I *think* my scale is moving again. As I've moaned about repeatedly, I got down to 262, 98# lost, on Valentine's Day, then stalled out. I tried several things like an eggs-and-meat fast, upping my vegetables, lowering them, on and on, nada. Joined a gym and lost 1 1/2 sizes in 6 weeks, but no loss in weight. Bought a new scale, my weight jumped UP 19 lbs. Oy vey!! I refused to move my ticker up though, since I hadn't really gained any weight ~ it was just weighing me differently.
So I quit weighing myself at all, for a long time. But today I decided to jump on, and I am back down to my lowest previous, Valentine's Day weight! On the crappy scale that's 262. On the nice new scale that's 271.4.
Holding my breath - if (when) I get to 259 on the crappy scale, I'm going to toss it and go by the new scale only.
Opinions needed: new scale weighs approximately 9 1/2 lbs higher than the old scale. Should I go back and increase my starting weight by 9 1/2 lbs? Or just go by the new scale and pretend those 9 1/2 lbs don't exist?
Y'all have no idea of the HAPPY CARROT DANCES that await once I FINALLY hit the 100# lost mark!!!! I am going out of town this weekend and I skipped the gym last night so I could go to the store and stock up on all the food I need to precook and take with me to stay on-plan. Wouldn't it be a nice reward if I came home and weighed in at 259/268.5????? WISH ME LUCK!!!!!
(And, shhhh, nobody tell my scales. I don't want them to overhear me planning to thwart them behind their backs!!!)