A little bounce in my step.
 

Firstly, I would like to say that I am officially 10 days binge/purge free. Doesn't seem like a lot, but it certainly feels it!

I've been very strict about eating between 1200-1400 calories a day, up from about 800, and it's felt like a ton of food, and now I'm always hungry. For a while, I felt bloated and gross. I've been exercising when I have time, for about an hour a day in different ways. Yesterday, I did workout videos on youtube, the day before I went on a long bikeride with my man, today I'm walking to school (1.5hrs away).

This morning, I decided to treat myself and look at the scale. 155.3 lbs. I was mortified. I'd been so good for so long, and I hadn't lost any weight, and I'd still seemed to gain it! My stomach felt upset, I felt like crying. I felt like restricting and binging again.

That's when my boyfriend walked in and slapped me on the behind and said "You're looking good lately. have you been losing weight?"

I figured he was just fooling with me, seeing me on the scale, but then I tried shorts on today that I bought when I was a little heavier (and barely fit) and they're super loose on me today!

I feel like dancing a little bit.

How's everyone else fairing? any bum-smacks recently?

Congrats on 10 days! That's my mini goal as well, for maybe 2 months now I've been planning to have a cheat meal after 9 or 10 good days but I haven't made it that far even once.

If you're doing any sort of weight lifting or exercise that promotes muscle growth and you're counting calories don't even check the scale, the number is completely irrelevant, it's all about how you look and how toned you feel, of course compliments from others are nice too :)