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It’s been over a month since I’ve made a weigh-in post! Truthfully, I went off plan for a little while, where I wasn’t tracking. But I was still trying to eat as healthy as I could. Thankfully, I didn’t gain any significant weight. I went up a pound and half and hovered around there. Since then I’m back down a pound! So since my chart is getting kind of long, I’m gong to shorten it up.

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Well the good old scale was my friend this week! After a gain last Saturday, I tried my hardest to stay positive and not get discouraged. I weighed in on Wednesday for my Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans (TEAM COCOA!) challenge, and lost that extra pound I had apparently gained. Well it just keeps getting better and I am down another 2 since then! Hopefully, I can maintain or lose more in time for Wednesday’s weigh-in!

But I am also so thrilled because I finally hit my 5% goal!! I now feel great about buying my Wii and EA Sports Active.

My next goal is to reach 10% loss.

Ugh.

So I’ve put off writing today’s post long enough. To make a long story short, I gained a pound this week.

I am not happy about it, but I am not discouraged. I truly have to step it up a notch. I think I’ve gotten sloppy with my tracking and I’ve also made poor food choices. Even though I’m sticking to my points, I’ve still been eating poorly. And there were a couple of occasions this week (like Kerry’s baby shower), where I had to guess what my points were for things.

So this week I’m going to do a few things to get back on track. I’m not going to rely on flex points. I’m going to try and avoid them. I’m going to eat more little meals through out the day. I’m going eat healthier foods, and I’m going to be completely accountable.

I’m also going to weigh-in on Wednesday for my summer challenge over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. I think adding in another weigh-in opportunity mid-week may help me see how I’m doing and keep me accountable.

My body just won't let go!

Welcome to Plateau City! Another week, another minimal weight loss. I encountered a few challenges this week, but I overcame most of them. I ended up using my flex points and a few activity points, but I didn’t go over, which I’m proud of. I even resisted a little candy bars that were spread out in front of me at a leadership seminar.

Ugh. Another slow weight-loss week. I’m frustrated to be stagnant now for two weeks, this early into the process. I’m trying to look at the bright side, that I’ve lost essentially nine pounds in a month. My actual diet and food intake has been spectacular. I left behind 10 flex points and didn’t touch my 11 activity points I garnered by using my EA Sports Active. So what’s up with this? Well, one could easily say that with my four challenging work outs I had this week that I actually gained muscle. But ever notice when people say that, it just feels like some huge excuse? I can’t help but believe something else. Right now I’m at the weight where I always land at. My set weight. It’s a number that whenever I’m doing this, I find it’s easy to get to this number, both ways. When I gain weight back, it’s always to this number, and when I lose weight, this is the number I get to quickly. But I’m going to keep my chin up and keep at it. There are so many other benefits I’m feeling and seeing, despite the scale.

I just did my third official weigh-in, and let’s just say it wasn’t nearly as spectacular as the last two. I only lost -.2 pounds, which basically meant that I maintained. I expected this to a certain extent because I’ve already had two big losses. Although there’s no loss to speak of, this week was much easier in terms of sticking on plan. I had no problem sticking to my points and even left quite a few flex points behind. And even though I’m disappointed from the lack of progress and I didn’t meet my first goal weight, I decided to buy a Wii anyway and EA Sports Active. The one thing lacking from my week was activity. Hopefully this will help. And I want to participate in the 30-day challenge that starts on June 1.

I just did my second official weigh-in, after checking in earlier in the week (which I wasn’t supposed to do, bad me!). Good news is that I lost an additional pound, for a total of 4.6 pounds!

I did my first weigh-in, and I was glad to see that I dropped 4.4 pounds.