12.5 pounds!

Today was weigh-in day! Another 2 lbs gone...woot woot!

I have a confession to make though. I got on the scale yesterday and was up a pound. I thought about freaking out about it...but then thought about what I had eaten throughout the week. I never went over my calorie allotment in a day, but I did eat out in restaurants A LOT this week. Analyzing that, I figured that I hadn't made a mistake in counting calories, but there was probably a TON of sodium in all that restaurant food.

Sodium=water retention=weight gain.

Instead of throwing in the towel, I figured that if I drank a ton of water that maybe I could counteract the scale. Guess what?! I did :) Love water..woohoo! I actually felt better by drinking so much water, and I did get the scale to move in the "right" direction.

It felt good to be realistic about the scale. I had told myself before I even got on the scale this morning that if it was still up a pound that it was okay. Life happens. And this week life was in full force with Halloween and Jim's birthday. Life is always going to happen. I can't deprive myself of the things that I like forever, and I won't. I will make better choices most of the time so that I can enjoy those fun life moments.

I really am working on my emotional response to food, the scale, stress, and all of the other things that happen. I am feeling healthier towards it most of the time. It is definitely a work in progress, and may always be that way...but just for today...I feel good about myself :)