Happy 4th!

Jul 03, 2010

Fireworks!  The whole neighborhood is so noisy :-)  Love it!

Today's weight = 155.8, the scale finally budged.  I'm so confused though.  A lot of people tell me that I should be done losing, that I don't need to be any smaller.  I set a goal of 145 and I really think I want to reach it at some point.  I'm happy with my weight as long as I am dressed.  All the excess skin in a sight to see and still makes me feel really fat. 

Although it is nice just eating to maintain.  I do weigh every morning and 90% of the time make the right food choices.  But it is nice eating more like a normal person instead of a person on a diet.  For instance, we were garage sale-ing today and there was a sidewalk stand set up as a bake sale to support the troops.  Yummy brownies and cookies!  Bought some, ate some and totally enjoyed the heck out of them.  The difference now is that I didn't wolf down multiple brownies and cookies.  I ate one small brownie and a few hours later I had one small cookie.  I can't believe I'm able to do that without thinking about it or totally craving more and mentally reprimanding myself to not eat it.  I never feel deprived and that's the best part!

I read something about this the other day and I do think it's true.  If I tell myself I'm at maintenance, I might start slacking.  If I continue to weigh every day and have in mind reaching my goal of 145, it will keep me mentally in check.

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