Slow and Steady

I woke up this morning dreading the inevitable.

"It's time to get up and weigh yourself," came Brad's cheerful and annoying voice.

Drat! I wished he had forgotten. My response came in indistinguishable groans and moans as I defiantly rolled over in bed and pulled the blanket over my head. "Nooor... grrraaa... umph...."

I only went to the gym once this week, due to my lingering cough. I thought for sure I had either gained a pound over the week or did not lose anything. Nothing tempted me to get out of bed and willingly make my way to the scale. I did not want to see the results of my neglectfulness.

Despite my grumbling and protests, Brad somehow managed to get me into the bathroom. Grudgingly, I stepped on the scale and waited for the results. Three seconds later I was surprised by the numbers I saw. I had lost weight! Not a lot, but still some. I had lost 1.6 pounds since last week!

I am still amazed at the weight I lost even though I hardly exercised last week. I got to keep in mind that "slow and steady wins the race." It's good that I'm losing weight constantly, even if it's small.

Another Week Gone By

I was sick this week with a cold and did not make it to the gym. Even though I was resting most of the time I was still able to lose weight, probably because I was still eating carefully. I'm happy with my weight-loss. I've decided not to stress out about losing 1.6 pounds every week. As long as I lose some weight I'll be happy.

My First Month

I weighed myself this morning, and even though I'm not quite on track anymore, I still weighed a little less than last week. My body is having a hard time losing weight at the moment. I'm not really sure why, because I'm eating fairly strict and I exercise every day. My sister, Susie, gave me some encouragement, though, and told me that as long as I'm losing weight, even if it's small, I'm still doing fine. She told me that when she got off her mission it took her body a couple of months to start dropping off weight. I'm hoping that will be my case as well. I'm not giving up!

Monthly Weight Loss Report
I've lost 6 pounds since the beginning of March, so that means I've got 79 more pounds to go before I reach my ultimate goal. I'm about 3 1/2 pounds heavier than my desired weight for this week.

Darn, that Leatherby's Ice Cream!

Leatherby's Creamery is sooooooooo good! Have you ever gone there before? They make the best tasting ice cream sundaes EVER, plus they give you HUGE servings so by the time you're done you feel like you had a full meal. Even a "mini" sundae is huge, let alone the gigantic, gooey, Woody's Family Creation, which was what Brad and I had last week on Friday (not the same as in photo). Mint ice cream, almonds, pinapples, strawberries, fudge.... YUM! Brad and I shared the sundae, so at least I didn't end up eating all 9,000 calories, but I probably consumed approximately my entire daily limit, plus 2,000 more. Mm mm... it was SO good!

Oh, and have you ever been to the Grille From Ipanema? It's a restaurant that specializes in Brazilian barbecue. Waiters move from table to table bringing different types of meats on skewers from which they slice portions onto your plate. You can have as much as you like, as often as you like, as long as you keep the little wooden square block on "green." Plus they have an all you can eat salad bar that includes far more entrees than just salad and green vegetables. Geez, that was yummy!

Oh, and have you ever tried Sam's Club delicious whipped cream cake with blue frosting? That was mighty tasty, too. It seemed to melt in my mouth each time I took a spoonful...

So, with all this food I ate last weekend I suppose you can guess that I didn't make my goal for this week. I had way too much crap over the weekend. At least I didn't gain a lot of weight back, but I'm now a week behind, which makes me a little upset because that means I'll to work harder next week to make my goal. Oh, well! I'll do better next week.