Week Seven: Seventies

My poor little neglected blog. I haven't forgotten about you. In fact, it has been just the opposite. I constantly think about you because there are so many little successes that I mean to record but then life gets in the way and I get sidetracked. A little boy who is almost two also gets in the way. Whenever I am on the computer, he climbs up on me saying, "Cookie!". He wants to watch Cookie Monster on YouTube. So if I put him in front of the computer watching Sesame Street clips does that make me a neglectful mother AND neglectful blogger? I can live with that...
So yes, I keep having little successes! My clothes are starting to fit much looser. I am starting to see a difference in the way I look. My face is a little slimmer. My hips are narrower. My knees are even a little less chubby. I lost another 2.2 pounds this week which is amazing considering I felt terrible all week and didn't want to eat anything but chocolate. Food had no appeal to me. We were all sick and achy. But it just goes to show that even when you don't feel good and your family doesn't feel good and you have to order pizza more times than not, you can still lose weight!
Big milestone this week was that I've moved out of the 180's to the 170's! I haven't been in the 170's since before Ellie. This is a great feeling but it's also kind of an emotional roadblock. The thinnest I've ever really been is about what I am now. My junior and senior years of college were pretty much my thinnest. Sure, I was lighter in high school, but I was rounder somehow. I was more fit in college (thank you RB hill) and was just slimmer. I didn't try, I didn't work hard at it. I just played a lot, ran a little, walked up lots of hills to and from classes, played wheelchair rugby and went to yoga 2 or 3 times a week. I lived off of ice cream and cereal and looked pretty good. The thing that kind of scares me is that I've never really been slimmer than this. I feel great, I really do. But I want to do better. I'm still not at a healthy BMI. I'm close, but that's not good enough for me. I've also had 2 kids since college and my body is shaped a little differently now because of it. I want to be slimmer. I want to be healthier. I know I can, but there's still just this little emotional wall. I know it's not a physical wall and that I will get over it. Before I showered this morning I was 174.4 on my scale. That's lighter than I was on Tuesday when I weighed in. Granted I was fully dressed at my meeting, but still, lighter. I know the program works. I know it's working for me. I just have to get over this wall. And I will. Just give me a couple of weeks.

Week 1:  4.6 lost
Week 2:  2.2 lost
Week 3:  0.8 lost
Week 4:  2.2 lost
Week 5:  3.2 lost
Week 6:  1.6 lost
Week 7:  2.2 lost

Total: 16.8 lost!!