Almost…

Just a little update today ---
I am currently 0.8lbs away from 10lbs lost.
I need to weigh-in again at Curves so I will find out how many inches I have lost in a little bit.
I am pretty happy with my progress so far especially when you consider that I am pretty happy with the tastiness of the food I have been eating.

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Another one Bites the Dust

Unfortunately the last two weeks have been slow-going for me. Work has been so ridiculous that I have not been able to get to the gym at all. Not only does this mean that my weight loss has slowed down, but it makes me a little sad. I was actually enjoying going, at least I enjoyed how I felt afterwards and considering how quick it was I didn’t mind the  actual workout. I will be going back to the gym this week though and hopefully there aren’t too many comments from the Curves ladies.
All of that being said, I am down one more pound. I have lost about 7.5lbs so far which is pretty darn good for me especially when you consider how many special occasions there have been. They are always extra hard for me and I am pretty happy with how I am not giving into them all.

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Eek

So this weekend was a particularly hard one for me and the diet. I did as well as I could but did partake in some off diet eating:

• On Friday we went to Toronto where I behaved all day long (and did a ton of walking) but then had two cookies for dessert.
• On Saturday we spent the day in Peterborough and I did a bit of walking around, not too much though, and had a piece of strawberry-rhubarb pie. To make matters worse it wasn't even good.
• On Sunday I decided I needed an afternoon off. I had been struggling all weekend and I determined it was because I needed some kind of reward. We were at a family picnic in Guelph so I had some chips. I managed to get a fair bit of protein in though as we had turkey breast sandwiches for lunch (or at least I did) and tuna/egg salad sandwich (open-faced for me) for dinner.

Because of the above indulgences, the scale is not happy with me this week. I am back on track today and will be going to the gym tonight and playing baseball a couple times this week as well. I have hopes that the scale will be more pleasant with me later in the week.

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Worked up the Nerve

I finally worked up the nerve to get weighed and measured at Curves. According to them, I lost 5.5 pounds and about 6 inches overall. I plan on using the weight I got from my home scale which was 6.5 lbs lost, but as I don’t regularly or properly measure myself anymore, I will take their inches lost measurement.
I am pretty pleased with the results especially since I really hadn’t been doing anything (with the obvious exception of the Curves workouts and the first week of the Curves diet). I am hoping things will move a little faster than they had been now that I am on the Curves diet (I am currently on Phase 2). I am even more pleased with the inches lost as I seem to have gained two in my chest and lost 8 everywhere else. Don’t know how that happened but I am definitely not going to complain.
Phase 2 of the diet is going well. It is taking me a little while to get used to the calories here as it is not a calorie range I have really done before. I have had one day where I ate too little, one where I ate too much and one where I pretty much hit the target zone spot on. It will take a few more days to get used to it and this weekend away from home is going to be difficult, but I am getting used to not having treats when others do and the sense of achievement afterwards feels pretty good.

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