Hello, everyone! First of all, congratulations to both Amy Jo and Jennifer on your losses -- the only thing I can safely predict about any loss is that I wish it had been more!
I think you're both doing SO well, and the key is that you're both steadily progressing towards your goals. Seriously, great jobs, you guys!
As for me, well that's another story altogether. I'd let my calories slip a little too high upwards, thinking that with all my exercise it would be ok, but you know, that was just not the case! I was showing minimal losses (like a pound a week -- something, but not what it could have been if I'd been putting in full effort.) so I was down to 216, just a pound away from my mini-goal. THEN I went away for a 3-day weekend and, despite great intentions to remain almost entirely on plan, I did just exactly the opposite and went OFF! I'm not going to burst into full-blown Food Porn (capital F, capital P) here, but suffice to say I made the off-plan choice most of the time
. After that
free-for-all, I returned to the numbers 2 - 2 - 1 screaming up at me from the scale. I'm sure a lot of it is water, but surely some of it is actual fat gain. Sigh. So I'm back in the saddle BIGTIME once again....I'm sending myself to On-Plan Bootcamp for 2 weeks. Nothing off-plan for 2 weeks. And exercise to the NELIE-degree!
(Respectful nod to Nelie here.
) I know that with some concerted effort, I'll be back to 216 in no time, and then I'll progress from there. I keep trying to tell myself all the stuff I'd say to any of you in this position, but beating myself up aside, it's still just going to boil down to just knuckling under and looking on the bright side.
So I'll pray to your scale God if you'll pray to mine, ok?
Here's to everyone having a great week.