I'm down half a pound this week. Sort of a bummer since I was down about two pounds Saturday morning. LE SIGH. I thought I got back on track yesterday, but apparently not enough to counteract the Party Nibbling. (Oooh, but the Party Nibbling was delish!)
I have a new short term goal! Two and a half pounds from now I will be 1X9 pounds, that X being the right TENS digit of Pre-Baby Weight. Know what I'm saying? Once I hit that I will be buying myself something pretty. That's how this works, right? Set a goal, reward yourself, keep going?
Sorry to be all Secretive with the X and everything but even my pre-baby weight is nothing to get excited about. That number is not a 2 or a 3 (numbers I last saw in, oh, SIXTH GRADE?) and should I ever hit pre-baby weight I have plans to lose more. If blond Amy from Biggest Loser can shrink to 120 something, I shouldn't sit here thinking it's impossible for ME to be that small. (Although, honestly? CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE SUCH A THING.)
I think I have it in my head that there is a limit to how much I can lose. Well, OBVIOUSLY there is a limit, but I'm talking more like, "Oh, I'm just not MADE to be 120 pounds." That kind of thinking. When I lost weight before I shrunk two sizes, definitely thinner than I was in high school, and I think I just kind of left it at that. I would have liked to lose more, but I'd lost a lot of motivation by that point. I thought I looked great, even if I was STILL the Fat Friend, and I just didn't work so hard. I didn't gain weight (until I got pregnant) but I didn't lose any either. I wonder if that will happen again. And I wonder if I will care? Because really, for all my harping on weight loss, I'm not all that unhappy with the way I look.
Anyway, things might be going my way since we are snowed in and might not be able to drive to all our Christmas festivities this week. We called every auto parts store in North Seattle yesterday looking for chains and everyone is out. I can't remember a time when it snowed so much for so long that we actually needed CHAINS. This will be sad, of course, if we miss our family Christmases, but think of the effect it'll have on my waistline! I am all about the silver linings, folks.
Being down half a pound after a holiday party is a FEAT. I'm telling you.
Posted by: Jess | December 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Go you! You are totally doing awesome, especially with the holidays.
Posted by: Jen | December 22, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Progress is progress. Way to go! I regret to inform I am taking a 7 day leave of absence from the Hot By ____ program. Will reconvene next Monday. You keep it up though...no sense stopping your momentum.
Posted by: Lindsay | December 22, 2008 at 09:04 PM
You're still trying despite the heaps of cookies and assorted treats. I'm sure you deserve some sort of medal for that.
Posted by: Charlotte | December 23, 2008 at 05:06 AM
Obviously being a healthy weight is important, but it's so great to hear someone say that they're not unhappy with the way they look. I think as women we're way to hard on ourselves. Being super skinny isn't really attractive either and it can be hard to figure out where the middle ground is.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Katie | December 23, 2008 at 09:01 AM