first week down!

I am very proud to report that the first week of my weight loss journey has come to an end, and I am reporting a seven pound weight loss! I worked so hard every day and didn't sway from my diet once. It took extreme mental effort and some days I just didn't want to work out, but I did anyway. There was one night when I came very close to eating take out, and there was another day when I was moments away from buying a piece of lemon poppy seed bread but put it back.

I went out for coffee with some friends last night. They were all from countries that use the metric system so we were talking about weight in kilos. I weigh about 80 kilos and the other girls weigh 70, 56, and 50. When I told them I weighed 176 pounds they couldn't really comprehend the amount so we converted things back and forth. One of them couldn't believe I weighed 80 kilos and thought the converter was broken...so I'm not sure if I should take that positively or negatively.

Regardless, I can feel my confidence growing slowly, a few things fit better than they used to, and the scale has been good to me this past week. I lost a pound a day. I expect this week to still be a big number, probably not a pound a day again, but significant nonetheless. I know after the first two weeks the weight loss will really slow down, but I'm just excited to get to 169. I've been stuck in the 170s (+) since August 2010, and it'll be nice to be "stuck" in the 160s for a while. I don't plan on sticking around in the 160s quite as long however.

My mini goals are definitely 169, 154, and 145. Each one has their own significance. 169 is significant as previously mentioned, but I was also in the 160s while in high school, so reaching that area is like returning to that high school weight. 154 is the lowest number I'd ever seen on the scale while dieting in high school, and 145 is the weight I need to be at to be considered a healthy BMI with low-risk for all types of diseases. But I want to go a step further than that and reach 135 because I want to be slim once healthy is reached.

So I will be getting a haircut tomorrow since that's my reward for reaching 175 pounds!!! I'll post pictures later :) For anyone reading this that needs inspiration, it really is more mental than physical at the end of the day! You have to be strong and you have to control yourself. It's not easy, but if I can do it, you can!