So, I bought a new scale a couple of weeks ago when I decided to get serious about this. I had an old one with the spinning dial and it said it went up to 300 lbs but I will tell you, it never weighed me properly. My husband claimed it was fine for him (but upon using the new one he was shocked to have gained 20 lbs in 5 mins) So I am under the impression that being brand new, this scale is correct. Am I wrong? I mean, I will weigh myself one day and get totally different numbers. I know weight can fluctuate in a day, even over several days but as of yesterday I was holding steady on my weight and today I show loss. Today is my official weigh in day so I of course am glad the number is lower today, but I am a bit nervous that maybe my scale is not really correct. I am going to just go with it for now (since it's going down hehe). Today I show 282.8 so that is 2.2lbs lost this week. I am hoping that the addition of actually working out this week will give me a big number next week.
I had been over here and noticed she has broken down her weighloss into smaller chunks each month and put them on her sidebar. What a great idea!!! I look at 100lbs and think there is no way I can do that. but if I look at 8 lbs this month, well that certainly is doable. WOW! That has changed my life, seriously! I was already struggling with the enormity and the fear of failure that I was not really giving this my all. I was already falling because who wants to start climbing a mountain when they can't even see the top? But now, I just need to make it up this small incline. I should know this stuff but sometimes I just get in my way.
So, I am going to take this simple idea and run with it. I am making smaller goals so I can make it through. The first is that I have already lost 4.2 lbs this month and would like to lose 10 total this month. I am almost halfway there!
See Eclipsed for more weigh ins.
Yay on the 2.2 lb. loss!! Yes, take that and run with it. If I may offer an unsolicited piece of advice, I'd strongly suggest that you pick a day and weigh only once a week. It's much less stressful.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree on breaking your weight-loss goals into smaller, more manageable chunks. Great job on being almost to the halfway point this month!
Awesome! You and I are neck & neck with our weight (my weigh in was 282.2 this week!). Thanks for linking to my blog! I'm glad the broken down, month by month schedule I put up works for you. I agree, 100 pounds seems like so much (my total goal will really be closer to 125, but I'm focusing on 100 for the year) and I've let it get me discouraged in the past too - can totally relate!
ReplyDeleteBUT, like you said, 8-10 pounds each month is totally doable...and we're almost there for month 1!