Well, I decided to join my company's weight loss challenge today, which means I had to weigh in. I really didn't want that kind of pressure of knowing how much I have lost in the past two months since I last weighed myself, but I have a lot of temptations I am going to go through this month and thought the challenge would help me stay on track.
I have gone from 245 on March 2 to 223 today, which is 22 pounds lost. That's slightly over 2 pounds a week. I am now up to 108 pounds lost since I started back in July 2011.
While it is good that I'm not losing too quickly, part of me was still slightly disappointed that I didn't lose more in the past two months. I did have one "lost weekend" where I binged, and I guess that's all it takes, but otherwise I have been working so hard. I have kept to my calorie limits and (except for today, since I was so sore from Saturday's workout) have done cardio 5x/week and weights 3x/week.
I was afraid that seeing the scale would depress me and while I'm not exactly depressed I am disappointed - which is soooo stupid because I know I am doing well. And I am still overwhelmed by how much I still have left to lose. I'm so tired of trying to be patient
At least I did the right thing tonight. Instead of celebrating by allowing myself to gorge on a big dinner, I went to a local Mexican restaurant and got their healthy chicken salad: lettuce, cilantro, a little salsa, grilled skinless chicken, and pinto beans. I asked for the cheese on the side and only added a little. Maybe a bit more than I normally eat, but certainly not as bad as what I would liked to have eaten.
42 weeks done, 108 lbs lost...overall, not too bad