I stayed on track monday through friday which is the longest I ever went. Since I am calorie counting, nothing really counted as cheating, I just had to tweak my day if I added something I really wanted. Went to karate three times this week. Yay me!! I drank at least 100 oz of h2o everyday except yesterday. We had chinese yesterday to shut up a craving (totaly not able to find the calorie counts for chinese food, if anyone has a good resource please guide me) so I think I went over but I did so well this whole week, I ate without guilt. Yesterday I was 248 (down 7) but today on official weigh in day I am 250 (down 5). The chinese made me blow up with two pounds of water. This week I plan to eat as well as I did through the week but to do a little better on the weekends especially with the water. I have tons of energy this week, must the better quality of the fuel I am giving my body. I am on my TOM and I still found a way to put on white and go to katate to burn energy!!! I have always skipped classes on TOM.

Way to go! If you're anything like me, you'll find that calorie counting gives you the flexibility to not feel deprived (i.e., making room for some of those things you love), but keeps you accountable.

Chinese (and for me, pizza) is a killer though! The sodium definitely makes you bloat. I usually avoid the scale for a couple days after any planned high sodium "cheat."

Good for you! There's no motivation like success to keep you going, is there? I use My Fitness Pal to track calories, and they have lots of Chinese foods listed. Lucky for me, my husband isn't a huge Chinese food fan. We love Thai and Vietnamese though, and those cuisines tend to be fresher and not as high in sodium or fried, but totally satisfying.

Yay on the extra energy, too! Keep up the good work.