Success

As I posted last night on Instagram, I was really looking forward to my first weigh-in since my trial week of restarting Weight Watchers. (It wasn't really a trial, I suppose, since I legit stuck to it and did a darn good job, but I wanted to "officially" restart at the beginning of the month.)

Well, I had reason to be excited:

You read that right: three pounds are gone.

I'm really proud of how well I made a goal and stuck with it last week. There were ample opportunities to "slip up," including a Panera-catered breakfast on Monday morning, candy galore at various meetings throughout the work week, and treats in the staff lounge nearly every day. There were also a couple of days where I really wanted a glass of wine or an easy-to-grab-but-full-of-calories dinner, but I opted against all of the above, especially when I saw the "blue dot" was within reach.

(A "blue-dot day" happens when you're close to hitting your daily points target: ten points below or five points above.)

What can I say? For better or for worse, I am extrinsically motivated. Gimme all the blue dots.

Yesterday was a weird day, including breakfast at 11:00 and lunch at 5:00, so don't judge me on my popcorn dinner.

I mostly stuck to the pre-determined meal plan, too. Some of the meals got moved to different days, and there was one recipe I didn't make at all; but, that will be tonight's dinner instead.

What I am really excited about is that I was not hungry -- like, at all. I think drinking a lot of water and trying to fill myself up with fruits and veggies really helped in that regard.

Also, I was able to have fun meals, too; for instance, I had a poke bowl for lunch/dinner yesterday that was to die for, and on Friday, I had a bagel sandwich (with smoked salmon, capers, and arugula), which was worth every single point.

Last week, I also worked out five days, despite coming down with a late-summer cold. I took Wednesday morning off (a day I normally do Pilates), and I skipped Saturday as well. I normally don't work out on Saturdays, but I was also so ridiculously exhausted (and not feeling well) and pretty much slept all day anyway.

I had some other successes as well: I more than hit my goal with water intake every single day except for one when I was just short of it. (It was Saturday, and I was too busy sleeping all day to drink water.)

I had Caribou and Starbucks once each and sushi zero times; but, to be fair, I did grab a poke bowl twice instead. What can I say? I love me some ahi tuna.

I did an okay job with phone time, but I found myself "ignoring" the time limit a few days. Oh well: baby steps.

What I really need to work on now, though, is sleep and steps. I only met my sleep goal four times last week (although I was just four minutes short one night). And, I didn't hit 8,000 steps or 10/12 "movement" dots at all; perhaps that was due to lots of meetings and focused work time, but regardless, I need to up my game.

All of this is to say that I am really excited about keeping this momentum going. I am ready to feel good again -- and am determined to make it happen.

Thanks for reading. :)