I did my weigh-in this morning, bracing for the worst. Pete and I have done a bit of celebratory eating since closing on the house, and I have been cheating basically since vacation. But yet, the scale was good to me. I’m not sure how that is, and I checked twice then put my son on the scale to make sure it worked! I didn’t lose a dramatic amount, mind you, it’s just a surprise to see numbers that I haven’t seen for years. I weighed in at 1$9.6 (different symbol, different number). I’m without words, just very excited to get closer to my goal. 
Another Week, Another Weigh-in
Just Perfect
It’s amazing the way things work out sometimes. I was hoping to lose a little more weight and sell the house while on vacation (although not believing either was possible 
), and so far so good.
First off, our house is officially under contract as of about 12:30 this afternoon. The offer (full price, I might add) came in yesterday a few hours before I left New Jersey. I’m still a little in shock. For some reason I had started to worry that the house would never sell. I must say, our realtor has been doing MUCH better in the advertising department with the house and I always knew it would just take that one person who belonged with the house to see it. But still, somewhere in the back of my mind, the doubt persisted. I think it was just a fear that we were running out of time. Pete’s official last day of work here was going to be September 29th, and we weren’t really sure what we were going to do from there. It was like, “okay, the house gets sold this week, or we do something drastic.”
…and it got sold this week… sweet!
And to top that off, although it’s not weigh-in day, I weighed in today at almost a pound less than when I left! Don’t ask me how that is even possible. I missed my Jersey food, so I partook quite a bit. Between Banzai (Japanese hibachi steak house in Denville) and M&S (the best pizza I’ve ever had) and Anthony’s (the second best pizza ever, but the absolute best chef salad) and Friendly’s sundaes (self explanatory, I think), I really felt I should have put on all the weight I lost, but whoo and hooo!
What a relief, today is a good day. Better than good really – it’s just perfect.
Vacation
I never did post my weight yesterday (the kids and I decided to go to a water park, so I didn’t get the time). I’m down another pound – 1%1.0. Slow, but steady, I guess. This week will be a test though.
I leave for New Jersey tomorrow – I haven’t been up to visit since last April. I’m excited about it, but it’s always harder to ‘diet’ on vacation. I just don’t want to gain back any of the weight, especially since it takes me so long to lose even a pound. I’m not going to worry about it though because I refuse to be one of those people who gets obsessive about their weight. I’m going to try and eat smart, but allow myself to cheat a little bit!! Hopefully, while I’m gone our house will sell and I’ll still lose some weight and everything will be just perfect.
Not Much to Say
I weighed in today at 1%2.0. Essentially, I maintained. Although I suppose I’ll take .2 of a pound lost over nothing.
Five Weeks
Well, I’m down another pound – 1%2.2, which is a good thing. I was kind of stalling out and not really going anywhere the last couple weeks (could be because I was eating too much to lose weight 
), but at least I’m headed back in the right direction. The disappointing news is that I’m only down 3.6 pounds in five weeks. If I look at it that way, I’m liable not to want to continue. I think that we as a society are so used to getting everything immediately, that when something takes time and effort it’s hard to continue. Fast food, microwave dinners, instant mashed potatoes (which my husband weened me off of in the first year of our marriage – having the real thing, I now know why), all these things are to “help” us get things done quickly, but at a cost. Fatter, lazier and more stressed…
So, if my initial goal of 15.8 pounds takes me another 20 weeks (I can’t lie – that sounds ridiculously long), so be it. I just can’t stop. I want to lose the weight. I want to be healthier and have more energy and be less stressed. I like having a little time to myself everyday and not feeling guilty about it. I’m just writing this down now so when I need to be reminded WHY I’m still doing this, it’s right here.
