What a week!!

May 16, 2013

Since the initial weight loss from the first two weeks after surgery, my weight loss has been steady but nothing super. I wouldn't say I'm a slow loser at all.. just a steady one.  I don't really see big drops on the scale.  1 pound here, 2 pounds there, 1/2 a pound more often.  The last few weeks, my weight loss was pretty slow. Some weeks, not even 2 pounds.  Which I know is still good and it's a loss so I wasn't upset about it. I was just happy losing weight. Well this week, I had the most amazing week I've had since my surgery. Here are my stats since last Friday, May 10th, to today, Friday, May 17th.

5/10/2013 282.6
5/13/2013 279.6
5/14/2013 278.4
5/15/2013 275.4
5/16/2013 273.8
5/17/2013

272.8

Almost 10 pounds in one week!! I am floored by this. I haven't had a week like this ever! I had started letting my carbs get up to around 40 or 50 so this last week, I started reigning them back in.  I still do around 30 a day but I upped my fat intake a little too. For some reason, my body has really responded to the increased fat and just the slightly lower carbs.  I log my food every day in MyFitnessPal and I am trying to get in roughly the same ratio of protein to fat to carbs.  I don't know how long this losing streak will continue but I am not ready for it to stop!  Each morning when I step on the scale, I have to get on and off about 5 times.  I can't believe just a little over four months ago, I was weighing in at more than 350 and now I am blowing past the 270s!

I still struggle with head cravings and night time munchies.  I always want the starches of whatever the boys are having but my super tiny tummy keeps all that at bay.  Last night I got steamed beef with broccoli from the Chinese restaurant while the rest of the family got General Tso, house lomein and eggrolls.  I took one piece of the General Tso's chicken (a small one) and put it on my plate. I have learned that if I want a taste of something they have, that I will let myself have a small taste, but it has to be on my plate with my other food and it cannot be just picked up and thrown in my mouth standing in the kitchen. Too easy to lose track and eat mindless calories.  I ate about half of my small portion of beef with broccoli and then ate that one piece of General Tso. It was yummy and I was satisfied.  Later, when I went back in the kitchen to clean up, I popped my tooth brush in my mouth so I was sure not to be able to snack on anything else.  I must say, that is the best strategy I have found to help mindless eating when cleaning up the boys dinner at night. Can't eat with foamy toothpaste in your mouth! :-)

Tonight I am excited to go out.  My husband and I are going to dinner and then to a comedy show. I work from home and mainly just go to the grocery store or gym or maybe the mall on weekdays if I leave the house.  With my shrinking body and clothes I am able to fit into now, I am really wanting to get out of the house and get dressed up! I even put on nice clothes and jewelry just to go pick up Chinese food last night! LOL  So tonight I am ready to get out of the house and have some fun.  I have already looked at the menu of where we are going (Maggiano's...mmmm) and picked something small and low carb that I can have.

This week has really motivated me... I was starting to think that I had already lost as fast as I could at the beginning and it would just get slower and slower from here. But now I see that it doesn't have to be like that. My body will have its ups and downs but I guess I haven't damaged it so much with my decade of yo-yo dieting and bingeing. Here's to a great week!

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