Time to Buckle Down

I weighed in this morning. I was not happy. Just going to say that off the bat! I am not happy at all.

I worked out so hard this weekend, and purposefully avoided some situations where I knew I would be tempted to eat or drink... and after a week of being meticulous with my meals, I only lost half a pound.

I know I should be be happy that I had a loss, and that I am better off than I was over a week ago, but I just really wanted to have some kind of validation that I was on the right track. I wanted to see it on the scale. Maybe I tripped myself up by starting my diet a week before everyone else, because if I think about it, I was 166.5 and now I am 162 even, so I have technically lost 4.5 pounds in two weeks.

I know that is better than average for weight loss, but I get so motivated with the early loss that to not have a big loss the second week in, it is very frustrating.

I am not going to stop though. The other team lost 8 pounds total... and my team lost 1.5 ( so my partner only lost 1 pound) Granted our total weight is not as high as the other teams, but still percentage wise we got our butts handed to us. I am super competitive and I HATE losing. HATE IT. So I am planning to go to the gym tonight and work out HARD. and then come home and prepare a healthy dinner full of veggies, lean protein and just a few carbs.

I hope I am not retaining water because it is a certain week of the month... ahem ahem.... so maybe that will not stand in my way this week.

On the bright side. I do have more energy, I am sleeping better and my face is clearing up a little bit because of all the water... so I am happy about some of the results, and I am noticing that my tummy is starting to go down just in the slightest. I always can tell a diet is working when my clothes start hanging nicer. Hopefully this will continue and I will have a successful week. I am trying very hard to not let this bring me down.

Working on me is hard but I know the end results will allow me to lead a longer and healthier life.