The weekly weigh in, week 46

This was a week that I just had to white knuckle my way through each day's food choices, each look in the mirror, each shower, and each change of clothing. Since the womanchild has changed jobs, my going to Thursday night meetings has been difficult, so I've gone to the Saturday morning meeting for the last three weeks. Well, I weighed in the last two. I knew that I needed a meeting this week, so I stayed. I'm glad I did. The instructor was great. I just click better with some than with others, and it's nice to know when my favorites are leading the meetings.

When I got to my turn at the scales, instead of just hopping on as is my wont, I waited until all the paperwork had been done, and he stood there waiting, saying, "OK, we're ready now." My response was just that I'd had a rough week. He replied, "You may have had a rough week, but you lost three pounds."

Talk about being blown away. I really didn't expect that. I took a few minutes to think back over my week. I looked at my food journal, and with one day's exception, I had tracked everything. The bulk of what I say there was healthy food. Yeah, I blew a couple of things -- some second helpings I didn't need, one day where the one point chocolate oatmeal cookies played way too large a role, a pretzel binge, but even on a bad week, I'm still making healthier choices. That feels really, really good.

So I'm off to a good start today. I just got back from the grocery store, and I know that I've got some good food waiting for me over the next few days. There's this baked cheese stick recipe I'm dying to try out. Soon, I'll go fix my lunch, Greek pinwheels with feta and cream cheeses, olives, basil, sun dried tomatoes, and spinach in a tortilla. Easy and delicious.

I'm going to try very hard to ignore my belly and focus on how my waistline (above that bulge that's more annoying than it has been in a long time) is noticeably smaller, and how the legs on my jeans are definitely almost too large.

I needed some positive feedback this week, and I got it. Smile with me.

Weekly summary: Weekly change -- lost 3 pounds, Total loss -- 76.4 pounds, Average weekly loss -- 1.66 pounds

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