Weigh-In...

I've had a hard time limiting my time on the scale to once a week... my scale at home, that is. And that thing is a piece of junk that is so inaccurate. But I would still hop on it all the time to see if the number was down or up. The other morning I carried it out to the trash can. The trash men have taken it away to the dump so it is gone, baby, gone! I so needed to do that a loooooong time ago.

So, last Saturday's weigh-in was depressing because the scale didn't change at all from the previous weigh-in. You'd think I'd get used to that since it happens a lot but I never seem to. Everything is better now, though, because this morning's weigh-in clocked me at 308! That's 4 more pounds lost bringing my total so far to a whopping 92lbs lost in almost 7 months!

I am baffled at the weird pattern that my body has seemed to settle into when it comes to my weight loss. I usually pull a good number during the first week of the month... then my time of month comes and I don't lost anything or I gain a pound or two. Then the next two weeks are hit or miss... maybe a pound lost, maybe nothing lost, maybe a big loss. But when the new month comes around I usually see some good results. I need to learn to find other things to celebrate during those no-loss weeks.

So, here are some non-scale victories I've experienced in the last week or so:

• I did push-ups at the gym! They were the girlie kind, but I did them... 2 sets of 12.
• I walked a mile on the treadmill in 17 minutes. When I first started working out it took me 30 minutes to walk a mile and I've slowly worked my way down to 17 freakin' minutes!
• I was able to get up off the floor after doing crunches without using my hands to balance myself and push myself up from the floor. I sat up to my knees then stood up without using my hands. I was so excited when I realized I had done it that I sat back down to see if I could do it again!
• I realized that I really don't need a 3X T-shirt anymore... I can fit into a 2X. It is a little snug around my stomach, but nothing that a little stretch didn't fix. I'm so excited!

I know that some of those things may not seem like a big deal to a person who hasn't struggled with weight. But if you've been as heavy as I've been/as I am... well, you'd totally understand.

My trainer at the gym wants me to start running. Not a lot of running, of course... but to start out slowly and work my way up. He said that the running would burn a lot of calories and shock my body into letting go of some major pounds. I'm not too keen on the idea because there's a lot of jiggling going on when I run... but I think I might give it a shot tomorrow afternoon at the track. Not a lot of running... but some walking with 10 second intervals of light jogging thrown in for fun. :)