Thursday, August 18, 2011

Winning at Weight Loss

Ok, so I have been on Weight Watchers for 2 weeks now and I started at 158.6 lbs. with the goal of getting to 140.  In these last two weeks I have lost 9.4 lbs.!  According to Weight Watchers, I am actually losing weight too quickly, but, I have been eating my points every day and using some of my weekly splurge points, too.  So, this week, I am going to try changing up what I eat and trying some higher protein, higher good fat foods to see if that slows down my weight loss.  Although, I have to say, if I could hit my weight goal in two weeks, that would be pretty cool.  But, apparently there are all sorts of health risks to that, so I will try and spread my weight loss out a bit!

This whole rethinking what and how I eat has got me thinking about other things as well.  Today, I needed to go to Hobby Lobby to get a refill for my sticker maker and instead of driving, I plopped David into his stroller and we walked!  Not only did we get some exercise, but we also saved a little tiny bit of the environment and some gas money!  The weight loss has really helped my self esteem, too, which is maybe the best benefit for me.  When I can feel good about myself and the things that I am doing, I approach the rest of my life with a more positive and productive attitude.  Feeling this good today has helped keep my mind off the fact that in just a few days I have to go back to work and spend each day missing David.  But, on the positive side, I will get to come home to his beautiful smile and an "awwwwww" every afternoon!

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