Slow, but steady!

I've heard the saying, "Slow and steady wins the race." It always makes me think of the tortoise and the hare, of course. Those crazy, "Lose 10 lbs this week!" diets have never been for me. I know the hare loses. Every. Time. I've always known that this was going to be a long process. I'm the tortoise. I have to be.

This week, I lost 1.6 lbs. Not the huge exciting number of previous weeks, but a loss nevertheless. Slow and steady. I consider 1.6 pounds a huge win considering that I worked out on Tuesday at the gym, but no aerobics. And, I did Pilates, but didn't get back to the gym on Thursday. In fact, my husband and I celebrated Valentine's Day on Thursday night together at an Italian restaurant where I loaded up a HUGE salad from the salad bar and then topped it off with 4 pieces of their wood-fired, thin-ish crust pizzas. Oh, yeah! I saved up my Weight Watcher's Points all week so I could go out and go nuts.

Unfortunately, I found out that going crazy (I had 78 points that day to my 33 daily allowed), made the next day, hell. I saw for the first time how overeating leads to more overeating as my body screamed at me the next day to match the day before. I used 44 points on Friday - 11 points over my goal. Yesterday, I got back on track, but it was hard.

I consider this last week a bust. I'm happy to see that I lost anything. I was prepared to see zero weight loss, so still meeting the recommended 1.5-2 lbs/week was a major thrill. I certainly can see that I would not be happy if I went out and had a binge night every week (which is one system some use). I would rather use my weekly points as a safety net in case I go over my daily points.

This week will hopefully be better than last week and I hope to see a bigger loss. Unfortunately, I get to start my next week (not this Sunday, but next Sunday) out with my Dad's birthday celebration, which will surely result in clams, shrimp, salad, and CHEESECAKE... Eek. We'll see how well I do then. God knows what temptations I'll face.

Watching the Biggest Loser, which I've never watched before, has been a big will-power booster. It keeps me going and I can watch it whenever I find myself struggling. Those trainers and the contestants are huge inspirations. I hope I can stretch the show out for a while. I have a lot of seasons to catch up on and that's good.

So, let the week begin!

As for the infection I mentioned last week, I got that horrid answer, "Nothing." Yeah, and it's better, but still there. There's still a little lump in my chin, but it's smaller. So, who knows. I guess I won't worry about it. It's clearly not cancer itself, or it'd show up and then get bigger and bigger. I'd like to know why my lymphatic system is flipping out, but I guess I have to wait and see.

Anyway, here's to another week of loss. I've almost lost 10lbs since starting. I will do this. I can't wait until that 10 pound mark gets here. I'm so EXCITED! BRING ON THE SMALLER PANTS! YEAH!