Weigh In

Monday was my first weigh in. I weighed 221. That's a loss of 1.8 pounds! When I entered it in at Weight Watchers online there was a little note at the bottom that basically said weight loss might not go as quickly as this as I progress. Maybe not, but I hope it does.

In the past week I've still only exercised that once. I think I need to get myself in the habit of going to bed earlier before I'll be able to get up early enough to exercise. I've set my alarm for 5am the last two days with the intention of getting up to exercise, but when 5am comes I groan, reach over and hit snooze. Then when 5:10 comes I groan, reach over and reset the alarm for 6am. I think getting to bed before 10pm instead of around 11pm might be helpful.

On Saturday we went to my parents house to celebrate my grandparents 63rd anniversary. There was much yummy food. Including curd and other cheese products. For those of you who don't know what curd is, oh, you have no idea the what you're missing. There was also cake. I had only used about 2 of my flex points for the week, so I went ahead and ate mostly what I wanted. I had an extra helping of the fruit salad (it was only fruit, no extra stuff) and finished eating when I felt full, not when I felt like I would pop if I ate any more. That in itself is a small victory. Eating in extended family situations usually equals over-fullness feeling.

So, for my story board goals 1-4, I've been doing fairly well. I more often than not get five fruits/veggies a day and have at least ten glasses of water. Ten might not be the 14 I originally set as my goal, but I think it's a good place. I made Mon through Wed lunches for work Sunday evening and have been planing supper at least one day in advance. I need to work on number five, getting to bed decent time every night. Falling into bed at 11pm just isn't cutting it. I really should be in bed at 9pm, but that just seems sooo early. So, for now I'll aim for 10pm. Once I'm doing that fairly regularly I'll start exercising regularly. In the mean time, I'll exercise when I can.