That time again

Today was my weekly weigh in and a lot less dramatic than last week. I wasn't nervous about what the scale would say because I was confident that I had lost something. Even if I hadn't, I fit into a really cute pair of shorts yesterday and that was a victory in itself. I did journal just about everyday until Monday night.

One challenge for me this week was to dedicate time to exercising. I exercised a total of three days. I'm not counting all the days that I vacuumed 3400 sq/ft of house. That should count for something, right? I actually walked/jogged about 9-10 miles for the week. It felt great to get outside and breathe fresh air.

Another challenge for me is eating out. I've just avoided it completely with the exception of Chick-Fil-A once in awhile. I know the menu and points there by heart. This week we ate at a pizza buffet and Pei Wei (chinese). At the pizza buffet I filled my plate with a large salad, no cheese, eggs, croutons, or anything else that would add extra points. I ate two small thin crust slices of cheese pizza. I splurged on a bread stick and a couple of bites of dessert pizza. I wanted to make sure that I accounted for every possible point that went into my mouth so I guessed about 20. That was definitely a splurge but a lot better than I would have done in the past. At Pei Wei I chose to eat lettuce wraps and a chicken salad with dressing on the side. When I came home and looked up the nutritional information on their website, I discovered I had made the best choices possible. I only consumed 9 points!

Then came the real challenge for this week. Easter candy. I hated to do it. It killed me to buy it. It's for the kids right? Seriously we need to come up with something better to give our children during these holidays. Isn't this part of the reason I'm where I am today? So I hid the bags of candy in my closet. I thought this was the perfect hiding place until I discovered myself holed up in the closet shoveling hand over hand those nasty candies into my mouth. I felt sick, literally I wanted to throw up. I had gone in there with good intentions to stuff the eggs so I would stop obsessing about the bags of candy in my closet. I stuffed the eggs alright, just as I stuffed my mouth between eggs. I obviously still have a problem with sugar and probably always will. I kept telling myself I didn't need anymore but my hands kept moving toward my mouth and my mouth kept opening and taking them in. I'm not sure how many calories I consumed but it was mostly the fat free candy corns and sweetart bunnies with a few hersheys and robin's eggs in between. That's why I didn't journal yesterday. I couldn't bring myself to write it down and face it.

So after all those challenges for the week, I faced the scale and it was kind to me. I lost three pounds for the week for a total of 28 pounds since January. I'm still on track for my average 10 pounds lost per month.

This week I'm going to continue journaling (even the bad stuff), exercise three times, and survive Easter weekend. I think that's enough for one week!