Weigh-In

I was excited to get up and weigh in today - I have a hard time keeping my eating under control when I'm at home with my family, since none of them are on diets and I eat most of my meals with one or all of them. It's a lot easier to prepare something healthier for myself, or something I know the PointsPlus for, when I'm alone. I didn't think I had gained weight, but I thought I might have stayed the same. I was pleased to see that I had actually lost:

It's hard to see, but that says 137, and a Normal BMI of 23.41

I am weighing myself on my family's Wii Fit rather than my own, so I don't have a profile. So I wasn't sure the exact amount of pounds down I was, and the Wii Fit doesn't tell you your actual weight, just shows it to you on a little scale thing. The ticker was just above 137 lbs, so I guessed it was 137.1 lbs. That means I lost 1.8 lbs over the two weeks that I've been here (my last weigh-in was 138.9 lbs). .9 lbs per week isn't bad, though my weight loss is definitely slowing down. That brings me to 8.9 lbs lost since I started on April 18th, at 146 lbs.Weight Watchers actually set my goal for me at 138.6, so I'm now "at goal" according to them. But like I mentioned yesterday, I'm definitely not happy with the way I look yet. I reset my new goal at 131.4 lbs, which will be 10% lost. Once I get there, I'll reevaluate and think about whether or not I want to get in to the 120s. I also got my 5% milestone today, which was exciting. I probably would have gotten it last week, but I didn't weigh-in.

I'm not going to deny that I wish the weight loss was a little faster. But I know that slow and steady wins the race, and I'm hoping to keep this weight off long term, rather than yo-yoing again. It's frustrating when you hear about other people losing 20 lbs in a month, or whatever, but I just have to remind myself that everyone is different and that I've lost these 8.9 lbs while eating gummi dinosaurs, Easter candy, popcorn, pizza, bagels, and lots and lots of champagne. I'd much rather lose that way than do something like Atkins, which I was on before, and not be able to have any of those things without totally ruining my diet.

I also ran today, at around 7:15 AM. My family was concerned about me going out so early by myself. But there were a lot more people out than when I've gone down there later in the day - people are obviously trying to beat the heat, and also get their longer runs in before work. So I think I am going to try for maybe 6:30 AM on Saturday, because this morning's run was terrible. The first mile was OK, though I could feel it heating up. The second mile I turned around and was running right back into the sun. Most of the running path was totally exposed, and I felt really hot and miserable. I basically was desperately running for the shady parts. I kept really wanting to walk, but I could feel that I didn't really need to. Cardio-wise I was OK, and my legs were tired but OK too. So I made it the whole two miles, and then I forced myself to keep running past the little bridge where I usually get off the canal, until the canal stops and turns into brick. That was apparently an extra .14 miles. So not quite 2.25 miles, but close, and I ran the whole thing!

Mile 1: 12:17
Mile 2: 12:58
Mile 2.1: 11:41 

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