Thanks Buttercup! I needed that read this morning. 1.6 down from my last weigh in on the 1st. This time I do have have to chastise myself a little bit though.
I wasn't very well behaved the last 15 days. I was on plan for most of them, but with this way of eating, a few days off plan can make a world of difference. I was sick for almost a week, the first half of the week I barely ate anything, but than my daughter's birthday rolled around and being sick I was feeling sorry for myself and justified deserving a piece of the cake. That snowballed for a few days until I told myself to stop acting stupid.
Then, Saturday we went out to dinner with the family to celebrate Mother's Day. I had a plan, and than we sat down and they actually had cream soda. The restaurant always has cream soda on the menu, but most of the time when we go there they are out. I caved. And then I decided since I was having cream soda I might as well enjoy some white cheddar mashed potatoes with my steak and asparagus. Then, I justified sharing a desert with my daughter since it is one of my favorites. It wasn't the worst meal of my life, and I didn't really over eat, but when you're on a low carb plan and you introduce carbs like that, the body does not react well and it will probably take at least a few more days before the damage is undone. It wasn't worth it in the long run.
So, I was happy to see the scale down this morning, but a bit disappointed in myself because I know it could have been better.
I so feel like my body was trolling me though. I kept telling myself, "I just want to be under 250, I will just be happy with under 250." So of course it reads 250.8. My body is like, "That's what you get for not sticking to the plan!" It is the tail end of TOM so I'm likely also holding onto some water so there is that.
I am seeing some difference in my clothing. Some tops that were snugger before have noticeably more room. My favorite pair of capris have been getting loose. Saturday, I was actually pretty bloated from TOM (sorry) and they were still loose, so I got out a pair out that I haven't been able to wear in a while and they zipped and buttoned just fine. That was pretty cool.
I'm fully back on plan and I'm going to really try to commit to staying 100% on plan for the next 2 months. Mid July I'm taking a long weekend trip to Vegas with my best friend. We haven't actually seen each other in a little over 2 years and I'm so excited. We both have 2 kids now and we haven't spent a trip alone since my 30th birthday. I'm not going to weight what I'd like to by then, but I definitely have time to make some great progress and feel a lot better about myself for the trip. I'm going to have a soft goal in mind to try to make it to 225 by July 15th. Any loss will be great and worth it of course, but if I can stay on plan I think that is totally doable.