Thin Thursday ~ First 10% Goal

It has been almost 10 weeks since I started (or re-started) my dieting journey. It hasn't been as hard as I thought it was going to be - yes, there are some days where I could eat a dozen Krispie Kremes, but the easy days far exceed the hard ones.

I'll go ahead and say it - I started at 200 pounds. That was my pregnancy weights. I don't know how I let myself get that big! In my mind, I was never as heavy as the scale said. As long as I had clothes that fit, I thought I was OK. I would wake up every morning, look in the mirror and think, "Wow, my face is so puffy this morning. I must be retaining water." After months of "retaining water" I had a revelation - that's not water, it is FAT!

After losing an average of 2 pounds a week, I finally hit a dead end. It has taken me 2 weeks to drop down from 182 to 179, but I hit it this morning! 179 is such an important number to me because it is my first 10% goal (I started at 200 - 10% = 180).

It is extremely frustrating to stay on program, not have any monthly issues that cause a little extra water weight gain and still not lose the weight. I didn't get discouraged and really tried to look at the bigger picture. How is it possible to gain 5 pounds in a weekend, but only lose a couple of pounds in a week??!!

So today I weigh 179! The sad thing is, I haven't even hit my fat weight yet. You know, that magical number that triggers you to diet, lose weight & then eat like crazy until you hit that magical number again??!! For me, that fat number has always been 170. Now I would cut off a body part to be 170 again!