Only a day away

May 1 is tomorrow. That will be two full months of being on my diet, and as it's a Wednesday, I'll post my official Wednesday weigh-in weight.

This week I did a few things:

1. I haven't weighed myself at all. Okay, I've weighed myself, once but it was at night, and a second time, sort of, at the gym. Nothing that could help me predict or hope for what I'll be Wednesday morning.
2. I've implemented a "physical activity" every day to include two weight classes (BodyPump), two cardio classes (Zumba, TurboKick), one yoga class (going tonight for the first time in years...) one strictly cardio day (12000 steps) and one rest day. I can feel myself getting stronger, more flexible, and generally healthier. Just hope it ALSO helps me drop pounds.  
3. Trying to stick to the "top 10 vegetables for losing weight" which means NO potatoes, no corn, no peas. In actuality I'm mostly eating baby greens as a salad. And carrots. LOTS of carrots. 

Hopefully these things are boosting weight loss. 

Watching the Waist

I had thought that I wouldn't track my inches, just because that's a whole other obsession, and I'm already obsessing about my weight loss.

But, in my efforts I can tell that I'm losing inches, so I thought "what the heck?" and decided to go ahead and track it.

So, a year ago when I started, my waist measurement - one inch below my belly button - was 44"

Now, almost two months into my diet and closing in on 20 pounds lost: waist = 41

Donut Friday

We have Donut Friday where the company brings in donuts for everyone. For the past year I've looked forward to Donut Friday - sometimes only having one, sometimes two, but I was always excited to come to work.

After more than a month on my new plan, I completely forgot it was Donut Friday until I got here. And not even a little tempted to indulge.

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

One month - 12.2 pounds

207.8

Month = 12.2
Total = 12.2

What surprises me most is how that weekly weigh-in affects me. Last week, when my weekly weigh in was down 3.3 pounds, I was elated and couldn't wait to start my day. This morning when I was only down 1.3 pounds, I was ready to go back to bed.

Can't get all jacked up on the steps. Gotta focus on the journey.

And the April number is . . .

I'm writing this today so tomorrow can simply be posting the number. The thing about weighing yourself at all is that it really fluctuates like crazy. I'm weighing every day and I've seen one day losses of almost two pounds! And I've seen the same crazy gain in one day.  So, not reliable as a daily tool.

My official Wednesday weight last week was 209.1, which was a crazy drop, but I recorded it anyway. Since then I've had a weigh as low as 206.7 and as high as 208.2. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a 207.something. As long as I'm around that I'm on target.

So the April number is . . . going to be posted tomorrow.