Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to have a girls weekend with some of my fabulous friends. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stick to the diet while I was out of town, but I wanted to try to be a little bit good. So instead of worrying so much about what I was going to eat and drink on the weekend, I focused on losing as much as I could prior to going on the trip.
I was able to get to 10.4 lbs lost on that Friday morning....so by getting to that magical 10 lbs number I decided to just enjoy the weekend.
I ate a lot, drank a LOT, and lounged a lot. I had more coffee than advised, more (LOTS MORE) alcohol than indicated, and more carbs than recommended....
But you know what, I had a great time and on Monday, when I stepped on that scale and saw that I was up 5 lbs from Friday, I didn't feel guild, or remorse, or anything of that sort. I felt equipped. I was okay with the gain, I had made a conscious choice to eat and drink what I did, and I knew that it would result in a gain...but I felt confident that I could quickly turn it around and not just completely fall off the wagon due to a weekend "off".
So on that Monday, I went back to a sort of modified phase 1, I really limited my meats, and by Friday I was down 11 lbs. And by today, Sunday, I am down 11.4 lbs.
I know that if I work the program, I will lose more, but I have to be realistic, I need to be able to have a night "off" enjoy some wine, or a beer, maybe have a piece of pizza....but I also know that if after that "slip up" if I get right back to the program I will continue to lose. So even though I only lost 1 lb over the course of last week rather than the 2+ that I had been losing, a loss is a loss and I'm still closer to my goal than I was before.
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 11.4lbs
Total left to lose 88.6 lbs
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