Yes to this.

Let your food be your medicine. :) Eat clean!!

Slow and steady wins the race

It took more than a day to gain it- it'll take more than a day to lose it. Keep going! Don't give up!!

Slacker!!! :)

Sorry I disappeared friends.
I know the three of you must be devastated, anxiously sitting at your computer waiting for my next post.

Truth is- I'm slacking, and don't feel like talking about it. Ha :) I haven't given up! I still eat healthy probably about 80% of the time, but at least once a day I cheat. And when I do- I cheat hard. Ha ha ha

I don't want people to get worried. I do not believe you have to eat 100% healthy 100% of the time and work out 7 days a week to lose weight. That's an unhealthy mindset, setting yourself up for failure.

However, I've gotten too comfortable. I've started eating without thinking about what I am eating will do to me. How bad it will make me feel. A small cheat here and there is no biggie. But the way I've been eating lately has:
-made me exhausted most of the time.
-made it harder to sleep, feel rested, and wake up
-made my stomach hurt
-made me incredibly grumpy
-made skip the gym

I'm all for a little treat now and then. Depriving yourself will only make you resent eating healthy, and inevitably you will end up quitting.

I have to be more deliberate about what I'm eating. I have to be better prepared, and have foods I enjoy eating that are healthy at my disposal.

So that's where I am. :) No weight loss in about 2-3 weeks. Not due to a plateau, but due to that ugly little food addiction rearing it's ugly head again.

No worries folks- I've got this. :)

When to weigh yourself

A few of my friends that I've been losing weight with get disappointed when the scale goes crazy on them.

Side note: I did the same thing when I was first losing weight. My only goal was to get to that "magic number." If the number went up at ALL, or even stayed the same- regardless if I saw improvements in other ways- I felt like I was failing. Learn from me, don't do that!! :) The scale doesn't determine your success.

Truth is, scales suck. Even if you have one of those fancy schmancy read-your-body-fat-percentage ones, it sucks.

Your body changes throughout the day. It can literally fluctuate 2-4 pounds. In one day!

I tested this out, and here's my timeline:
0800- 156 lbs
1000- 157 lbs
1200- 159 lbs
1400- 158 lbs
1600- 161 lbs
1800- 158 lbs

Here's what I've learned so I don't ride the emotional roller coaster that comes with checking my weight constantly.

-weigh yourself right when you wake up.
-make sure you potty first
-try to only weigh yourself once/week

Here's what NOT to do when weighing yourself:
-don't weigh yourself every day (and ESPECIALLY not more than once a day)
-don't weigh yourself after eating
-don't weigh yourself after working out (You're muscles are all swollen up and you're retaining the water you should be drinking ;))
-don't weigh yourself after showering

And most of all, remember there are other ways than the scale to monitor your weight loss!! :)
-the way your clothes fit
-your energy level
-measurements
-taking pictures (before/during/after)
-muscles developing

I'd recommend ditching the scale altogether, but I know I wouldn't have listened to that. :) Just don't let the number dictate your self worth. You are more than a number. :)