I was actually somewhat excited to step on the scale this morning. I feel pretty good, and despite all the stresses last week, I made good health choices.
When it went down only 0.5lbs, to be honest, I was kinda dissapointed.
There are some things that might have impacted it -- namely I had Chinese food on Saturday night and that can be a lot of sodium (a.k.a. water retention), but I have to take things at face value. As much as our bodies ARE machines in a lot of ways, there are a lot of reasons on a given week that you can do everything right, and still not see the scale move. There's a reason we often try to talk about non-scale victories.
I was excited to step on the scale because I FELT GOOD. That's a victory. I'm not quite back into the size 16 pants again, but I had a concert on Sunday afternoon and the pants that were tight in November, were definitely a lot looser. That's a victory. I may not be feeling full of pride about my body, but I certainly don't feel ashamed anymore. Victory. I got to the gym this morning, and I can probably get there at least once more on Wednesday, which is an improvement over last week. Victory.
I'm not giving up.
Victory.
WEIGH IN STATS: Week 9
* Change this week: -0.5lbs
* Total change since day 1: -24lbs
* Total change since March 2014: -47
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