Weigh in 7/22/08
What have I done well this week?
- I’ve managed to stay active this week! I wasn’t 100% on my schedule, but so much better than I’ve been doing.
- On Friday I tagged along with dear hubby as he checked on a project in downtown Seattle. Since we were gone all day, I planned a healthy picnic. Planning ahead is really helping me stick with the program! A picnic with a great view, followed up with a walk on the waterfront was a bonus to my day!
- Sunday night we celebrated my DIL’s 40th birthday and I skipped the cake and ice cream. I have seen a lot about frosting shots in the news this week, and believe me, when I bought the cupcakes for the party, I was seriously tempted to try a frosting shot. Then I thought about all that work I’ve been doing and how much I wanted to see a loss on the scale. Thinking about it helped me make the decision to skip the frosting shot. When I went to bed that night I felt like I had really accomplished something big.
- Last night we celebrated my son’s 18th birthday with dinner at the Outback restaurant. The night before, I looked up the menu online. I found some nutritional information for my Outback menu favorites, and made my dinner selection the night before we went out to eat. I know that sounds like an over the top idea, but it worked for me. I stayed on plan!
Where I want to make improvements this next week:
- Oh my gosh, I need to work on several things. I have issues. I don’t know exactly how to change my thinking, unless I talk this out, and make the decision to change. Here’s the deal. I know I had a good week. For some reason, in my mind, I feel like I need a reward or something. Then I don’t do so well the next week. I want to accept my accomplishments, without slacking off this week.
- Hmmmm…. just typing that out, I realize what I can do. I can reward myself with’something’ rather than slacking off. How silly. Reward myself for having one good week. Anyway, I’m going to reward myself with an evening doing exactly what I want, with anyone I want to, but sticking with diet and exercise.
- I need to make time to journal, and check on my fellow bloggers.
- I must drink more water.
What have I learned this week?
Same thing as last week, planning ahead is essential for me to stick with my plan. If I hadn’t preplanned my Outback dinner, I would have been way too tempted by all the other choices on the menu. Since I knew in advance of going into the restaurant, I didn’t even look at the menu items I knew would be too tempting.
Nice job this week!
congrats on the loss this week and all that you accomplished!
2 pound! Not too shabby!
Thank you! It’s great to see the scale go in the right direction once again!
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