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February 24, 2006

Of course I peaked at the scale

And it says 159! Point zero in fact. It wavered into the 158 zone but ultimately stopped on one fitty nine point zilch. If I do really well over the weekend I could be 158 by Monday. I’m not going to stress about it though. One to two pound losses per week is fine by me.

Although I want to be skinnier (I will be) and achieve my goal, my current weight doesn’t hinder me at all, mentally or physically. I feel confident and am really fit to do anything that I need. In fact, I’ve seen my fitness level increase at the gym a lot. What used to be difficult for me to do on the elliptical trainer or the stair master is a breeze for me now. Any weight loss from here on out just continues to be an added bonus.

I’ve never had this much weight to lose before (80+ lbs total) and I always used to take weight of compulsively fast; hence it found its way back. I had such a yo-yoing past. This go round, I’ve been at it for a year now. These habits I’m developing are really sticking and they’re all healthy. I’m not taking any extreme measures or pills. I’m just doing your basic eating (mostly) healthy and not too much and exercising (not fanatically).

Yup, I’m saying it over and over to instill it even further and remind myself of how far I’ve come so as to not let it go again. Also, because last night we went out to dinner and entering my calories for yesterday (this morning) made me cringe a little bit (a lot). Thank goodness the scale said what it did otherwise this post might have had a slightly different tone. :-)

Posted by hopeful @ February 24, 2006 10:56 AM