Woo-Fricking-Hoo!!!
Well, it's been two weeks and I've already lost 6.6 pounds!!! Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to keep it all in perspective, of course, because they say that in the first couple weeks (with this modified Jenny Craig-esque version of a diet I'm doing), you'll see that kind of "dramatic" loss, 'cause with all the extra vegetables/fruits you're eating--increasing your metabolism--and all the extra water you're drinking, you end up shedding a lot of water weight. But still!!!
It really helps to see that kind of progress on the scale to start though, 'cause it helps to inspire me to keep going. To not stray from my daily food schedule, write everything down, stay within my target caloric intake and work to get more steps taken each day.
To that end, three successes I've had this week:
- Every year, the place I work at has a "Staff Day". We close up shop to the public for the day and all the staff gathers in one place. Some years they bring in a speaker, sometimes the speaker(s) come from within. (Much as I complain, there's usually at least a few good moments to be had throughout the day.) Well, since I just started this diet and don't want to do anything to sabotage it, I sent an e-mail to one of the planners to find out what they're planning on for lunch (from past experience, I know that it's not usually "diet-friendly"), and sure enough, this year is a cook-out with hot dogs, hamburgers, metts, etc. Now, if I were further along, I'd probably be willing to give myself a pass that day and just do some extra walking or no dessert or something to make up for the lunch. But, since I'm still early in the game on this (and I am seeing some success), I'm not willing to do anything that could even remotely possibly mess up my progress, so.. I 'm planning to have some of the salad that they'll have on hand, but I'll just bring one of my own meals for lunchtime (and, of course, my morning and afternoon snacks).
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And, speaking of walking, I've actually done some the past two days! I had a 3-day weekend this weekend, and I knew that that would probably mean I'd take less steps than I usually would if it were a work day, so I set a goal for myself to take a 30-minute walk each of these three days and I did so on both Friday and Saturday!!! (I'll get in today's walk later this afternoon, once it warms up a bit more.) Considering how much I don't really care for exercise, I'm pretty happy with myself. (Thinking about the movement I've seen on the scale while I'm walking doesn't exactly hurt!)
- And, lastly, I'm already seeing some improvement in the fit of some of my current pairs of pants/jeans. They're all just a bit less snug than they were two weeks ago. (I'm tracking my measurements and I've lost an inch off my hips and ¼-inch off my thigh -- ½-inch off the waist. Yay, progress!)
So, the next goal is to make the journey into "Onederland". I'm not really letting myself get my hopes up for it happening thiscoming week though, 'cause I'm scheduled for my stupid TOM. (Grrrr.) But, I figure during TOM, all I can do is stick to the plan and let the rest take care of itself.