FINALLY!

I'm happy to report that after getting back to basics with the weight watchers plan and only missing one workout this week, I FINALLY pushed past my 3 week plateau yesterday. I lost 3.8 lbs this week, but when I talk about it to people, I'm rounding it up to 4! So that brings my total weight loss up to 35.6 lbs and I'm thrilled! I've set my weight watchers goal weight to 145, so weighing in at 151 yesterday means that I only have 6 more pounds to go. Once I get there and maintain that weight for 6 weeks, I'll become a lifetime member of weight watchers and hopefully never need to pay them for help again!

Lately, I've been a little worried about one day gaining it all back. I've been trying to view my lifestyle changes (healthier eating and frequent workouts) as a new way of life that I can stick with. I accompanied two friends to ColdStone last night so one of them could get her free birthday ice cream, and was really good and didn't get anything (it helped that I didn't have my wallet with me!). This didn't bother me at all, but last week at dinner with Paul at Red Robin, I was lamenting that I wasn't quite ready to accept the idea that I'll never really get to pig out on bottomless steak fries ever again if I expect to maintain my weight loss. I did have 2 fries, each bite dipped in the deliciousness of their fry sauce. This pacified me for the night, but my 4 pound loss this week made me feel even better about it! I'll just need to keep chanting to myself, "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!" Occasionally I forget this concept, so I guess I still have some maturing to do!