Week 5 Weigh In

I seem to be a day behind with my posts lately.

Week 5 - Down 3.2lbs

Total Lost to date = 11lbs!!

Reached 5% weight loss goal this week!

Woo hoo!

Funny story about weigh in this week. I was hoping and praying all week that the scale would show 3.2 (or more obviously) because I KNEW that would get me my 5% goal. That would also mean that even with a GAIN last week, I'd still be averaging over 2lbs a week. So, I get to the meeting and I step on the scale. The leader made a comment about me having a good week so I looked down to see what number she was writing down. The number showed a loss of 3lbs EVEN! I slammed my hand on the counter (laughing and groaning at the same time) and explained that I was only .2 away from losing my first 5%. She was so funny and suggested I step on the next scale (to see if it's different). I made a comment about going to go pee and try again - she was like "YEA, go do that"! It was just so funny. She was so excited about the notion that I'd hit 5% that it made me even more excited. I went to the bathroom, got back on the scale and low and behold.....she laughed and said 3.2! Hilarious!! I love that they let me do that. Now I just need to keep the scale going in that direction.

 Last week I talked about how I was putting away the scale. Yea, well I suck at that! I put the scale away last week, but then decided I was too curious. On Friday, after running 16.4 miles and then eating a HUGE meal I came home and GOT ON THE SCALE!!! Seriously?!?! I mean, how stupid is that?!? I couldn't have been curious first thing Friday morning....or maybe Saturday morning after having run Friday?!?! Besides the fact that I really have NO idea what the WW scale is going to say based on my scale. The last 2 weeks in a row, the WW scale has been MUCH friendlier than my scale at home. So, really, it's just stupid. I was thinking that it didn't matter that I had just eaten because if I was down, I would at least look like I've maintained or something. Needless to say, the scale was NOT nice. I was already starting to plan my post topic for after weigh in.

So truly the lesson to be learned here is that I need to just trust the system! Last week I went back to doing what I did the first two weeks. Here is a recap of my goals and how I did:

- NO wine until Saturday night (to celebrate my 11 year anniversary). And that is the ONLY wine I am allowed to have all week (I am learning this is a big trigger for me with my over-eating).
                - I drank wine on Friday night, but had NONE on Saturday so I guess I met this goal!

- Save at least 40 of the 49 weekly points until Saturday (and don't necessarily use them all on Saturday).
       - I had all 49 weekly points left when Friday rolled around. I used 14 of them on Friday, but then only 15 on Saturday so in essence I met this goal as well! 2 for 2.

- Get back to snacking on fruit in between meals and in the evenings.
      - Goal met as well. I went back to using fruit to fill me up in between meals or as part of a meal.  
- Try to end this week like the first 2.....use all activity points and use only 29 of the weekly points
      - OK so this would mean I'd have 20 weekly points remaining. As of Saturday night (the end of my week), I had 20 weekly points remaining! :)

I met all my goals and the scale showed it. But, I didn't trust the system. I was (and still am) doubting the way I count my activity points. I wonder if I count them too high. Clearly, what I'm doing is working. I just need to TRUST it. I need to believe that it is OK to eat every one of my 92 earned activity points + 29 of my weekly points because I will still lose weight! I need to not worry mid-week about whether this is going to be the week that it doesn't work. Ok. Eventually it will happen. Eventually I will do what I've always been doing and I'll gain (or maintain). But that's OK. At that point I can change things up and count my activity different or use less of it....or only use activity and don't use any of the weekly. Whatever. But the point is I don't have to worry about that YET, so why am I??

It takes us back to that damn scale! So, once again this week I am going to try VERY hard to STAY OFF THE SCALE!!

And since I don't have any pictures for today's post I'll leave you with this one of our lovely wedding in honor of our anniversary this past weekend.

I just love this picture.