Weekly Weigh-In: A Pound in the Right Direction
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Ready for a little dose of accountability? Ready or not, the Weekly Weigh-In is here! Okay, so I got on the scale with mixed feelings this week. I’d done really well last week at hitting my calorie burn each day – well, except Saturday and Sunday, but that’s not unusual – and I thought I’d done well with my eating, but I wasn’t entirely sure because I’d done a terrible job at tracking my food on the bodybugg site.
So, I thought I’d done well, but I wasn’t entirely sure. I may or may not have been mumbling, “please be down, please be down” under my breath as I stepped on the scale.
I was very pleased, relieved, and encouraged to find that I’d lost a pound! Although the bodybugg site slapped me back to reality when I logged in and it reminded me that my long-term and short-term goals are not currently on-track, I was thrilled with my one-pound loss because it’s the first time in the eight weeks since I started tracking my weight again that I’ve lost weight two weeks in a row. I’m sincerely hoping that means that I’m making my way off this plateau on which I’ve allowed myself to be stuck for months.
The other exciting news is that if I lose 1.6 pounds or more this week I will officially not be obese anymore! It’s been years since I’ve been able to say that and I’m ready! How’s that for a little motivation to stick with the workout and eating plans this week?
So, what about you? How did you do coming off of Christmas break? Remember, you’ve got a fresh clean slate this week. Check out the Do or Do Not Challenge if you need some motivation.
Kris Bales is a newly-retired homeschool mom and the quirky, Christ-following, painfully honest founder (and former owner) of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. She has a pretty serious addiction to sweet tea and Words with Friends. Kris and her husband of over 30 years are parents to three amazing homeschool grads. They share their home with three dogs, two cats, a ball python, a bearded dragon, and seven birds.
I lost the 1.8 lbs I had gained the week before – hooray! I'm at 196.6 and hope to be like you with two weeks of loss in a row next week.
Great job!
Good job, Kris. Hopefully, next week with better tracking your results will be even better.
I stayed the same and given the parties of last week and the circumstances of this week, I think that is a good thing for me.
I am reading the Do or Do Not challenge for a boost. I am also following the Jilian Michaels' Jump Start this week.
When I weighed yesterday, I had gained. I am currently at 228. Thanking God for a new day!
I gained 5.6 pounds while out of town, but lost 1.2 pounds since being home!!! I am currently at 223.4. Ugh. I haven't admitted that to anyone but my husband. I look forward to never being this heavy again. Only down from here!
Well done Kris!
I last weighed myself on Christmas Eve and from then til yesterday I gained five pounds – was gutted but determined to do better.
I upped my kifit (bodybugg) targets and am moving more to try and meet them – met calorie burn yesterday and today!
Next week that scale is showing a smaller number – I am certain!
198 yesterday but not for long . . .
Grainne
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