Struggles and Surprises!

Yesterday was my 9th wedding anniversary.  Do you know what that means?  That means that less than 1 year from today, I will be wearing my sexy red dress celebrating our 10th anniversary. 

I was about to say that this journey is a constant struggle, but that's not really true.  There are some days where it seems easy, because I'm focused and it just comes naturally.  But then there are the days when I just want to dive into a giant ice cream sundae and forget all about weight loss and working out.

This week, I was actually convinced that I was going to see a gain on the scale.  I weight myself on my Wii Fit every morning.  I never miss a day unless I'm away on vacation.  I know, they say you shouldn't weigh yourself every day.  In fact, in my WW meeting this morning, the leader even said that exact thing.  I wonder if it's because he heard me talking to others about the fact that I do exactly that. 

Well, I'm not going to stop!  It works for me.  If I didn't weigh every day, I am sure I would have had a gain this week.  See, on Monday morning, the Wii Fit said I had gained 2.5 pounds.  My heart dropped.  WHAT!?!  How is that possible?  Two and a half pounds is a lot to gain in 1 day.  But then I thought about what I'd eaten the day before and what I'd done (or not done since my workout was almost non-existent.)  I realized that I'd eaten more foods high in sodium on Sunday than I normally do. 

That realization made me feel a little better.  And then it was time for the hard work to begin.  I was extra cautious about what I ate on Monday and Tuesday.  But yesterday was my anniversary!  We were going out for dinner.  What was I going to do?  Well, I decided we were going out for sushi.  That would be a much better option than the sports bar that we'd considered going to.  I was still going to celebrate my anniversary, but I was going to be smart about it.

I still expected the scale to show a gain.  I figured there was no way I could make up that 2.5 pounds.  I checked the Wii this morning and I was down a nice chunk.  Ok, this is good.  So I looked at the graph to compare today to last Thursday and it said I was down 0.2 overall since last week.  Still good, but I know that the Wii is not the same as the WW scale, so I was thinking maybe it will show that I stayed the same or even a 0.2 gain (which is what hubby guessed I did this week.) 

I get to the WW center.  I take off my little sweater and my jewelry just like always.  I go to the bathroom, just like always.  And then I take a deep breath and head to the scale.  I step on and I'm just thinking "same!  same!  same!"  And she doesn't say anything.   It felt like an eternity before she finally said, "you're down 0.4."  OMG!  What!  Woohoo!!  So awesome. 

My current weight is 206.4.  That is 10.6 lbs from where I started at the begining of the year.  To remind you, my first goal was to be below 200 this year.  My second goal is to be 185 by May 1 of next year so I can go dress shopping. 

I'm very happy with the progress so far.  But I am determined that this week, I am going to get back on track with my workouts.