I'm going down!

C'mon everyone, sing along...I'm going down!  Ok, I don't really know anymore words to the song right now.  LOL

But the words are true.  I am going down.  For the 9th straight week, I have seen the number on the scale get smaller and smaller.  Today it was down 0.8 lbs.  I was thinking 0.4, so double that is twice as nice.  And, I broke the 210 plane.  I was hoping to break thru that 2 weeks ago, but then the bombings happened and the manhunt and the stress of the week kept my numbers low, but they were still down.

So, for a recap with the numbers, with the loss this week, that means I am down 7.4 so far this year.  If you remember, I originally set my goal to lose 15lbs by year end.  Then I changed it to be down more than 17lbs because I really want to get below 200.  So the 7.4 puts me about halfway to my original goal, which is a month ahead of schedule.  I think that means the 17+ lbs is definitely do-able. 

So how am I remaining consistent?  One of the keys is walking.  I walk every day.  I go out on my lunch hour and walk around Boston.  Then at night, I have started walking after dinner.  And my wonderful husband has been joining me on several of these walks.  On the weekends, I hit the track.  I'm still just walking the track, but this past weekend, I boosted my laps from 8 laps to 10 laps.  I will soon start running, really, I promise I will.  Maybe after my vacation.  Or maybe I'll just try to run some this weekend so by the time I get back from vacation, I can do a whole lap.

I do wear a pedometer and I have the Weight Watchers ActiveLink so those both help to motivate me.  I have been logging at least 15000 steps this week.  Now I just need to focus more on counting my points.  I do it most days, but on the weekends, I just don't do it.  No excuses.  I just don't feel like it.  But I know I need to.