Last week I lost 2.8 and this week I’m down ANOTHER 2.8 !!!! I’m so excited…just under 6 lbs in 2 weeks.. I hit my *mini* goal of being in the 230’s this week, and even though I *squeaked* in, I’M THERE I’m so excited…and you will probably hear this EVERY week from here on out, but I can’t BELIEVE how low the numbers are getting…I don’t REMEMBER seeing 230’s on the scale even when the scale was going up…had to be there sometime right??? I think I unconciously blocked all that size out or something…cuz like I said before, I don’t remember anything after being at 220 before we got married, and then at 256 when I got pregnant with both my girls…so this ‘in between’ weight is a blur, and I’m SOOOO happy that I’m actually SUCCEEDING so steadily now and going down down down!!!!!

I will tell you that I did not miss ONE day of exercise last week except for Sunday…I walked at LEAST 2 miles EVERY day at a 4.0 mph pace, and on Tuesday did weights (as I did tonight also)…today I walked 2 miles around 9:30 a.m. and then again after the meeting I did just over 2 more miles…so 4 miles today for this here bod-ay

I also had a few days where I didn’t reach my target points for the day…there were probably 3 days where I was 2-4 points under. I also didn’t touch my flex points…and I have been AWESOME on drinking water…I’m going to do the same this coming week and see if the losses stay as steady My appetite seems to be dwindling…I’m not ravenous all the time, and I catch myself thinking before grabbing my next meal (usually already made) and asking myself ‘is my stomach growling???’ - ‘am I REALLY hungry’??? and I’ll grab some water and will wait for a couple more hours, then eat…so it’s kinda cool…I have lost the ‘habit’ of grabbing something and muching/nibbling all day on things that I don’t even need…it was a HABIT…

Gum has been a big saver…it’s like when I quit smoking 7 years ago…I had suckers all the time…something with the habit of holding something and having it to my mouth as you would a cigarette…I quit easily…gum is the same for me…if I’m chewing, I’m not thinking ‘I need something to chew’…and it makes it so much easier to hold out between meals…