201.8 - 76.8 pounds to go

For the first time ever, I completely forgot to weigh myself yesterday morning! I think being on maintenance calories just kind of pushed it aside in my mind since I knew I really wasn't going to lose anything. So, being as I had already eaten breakfast by the time I remembered, I shaved a few ounces off the number it displayed to keep the number the same as last week. (This morning it read "201.2" so I don't feel bad now.) It was a bummer because I am so far off of where I wanted to be. MyFitnessPal just told me today that I've logged in for 170 days in a row, so I am 10 shy of 6 months. If I can lose three more pounds (unlikely), I'll be at 40 pounds lost in 6 months. Granted, I know that's good, but I was aiming for 50 so it feels like a let-down. I know, I know, 40 pounds is substantial, it could have been nothing (or a gain), I could have pushed myself harder, I plateaued, etc. etc. etc. but it's just that feeling of not meeting a goal. It will happen eventually, I am well aware of that, but it doesn't make it any less disappointing from a goal standpoint.

On another note, I've learned to not doubt what I think is happening to my body during this whole process. Last time I met with the nutritionist, she acted like I was overreacting to not have lost in a couple weeks and pointed out how I had been slacking off in my workouts. Her point during all of it was that the scale would eventually go down and that at our next meeting I would be under 200, so it wasn't worth worrying over. Over the weekend, I realized my next meeting with her, the "you'll be under 200" meeting, is next week, and guess  what? I don't think I'll be under 200. I'm okay with it, because there's nothing I can do about it, but it proved to me that both times now that I've mentioned an issue with the scale not moving, it's been downplayed like I'm just trying to hurry things along and I was correct! Something wasn't right! So, the takeaway here is listen to yourself! I knew what the scale had been doing, and I knew it wasn't time for it to start creeping downward. I'm just glad I decided to go on maintenance when I did vs. waiting a few more weeks to see what would happen!

I almost forgot! Saturday we did our measurements since we were busy the weekend before. Somehow, almost every single one of my measurements went up, which displeases me. I swear I need to get tattoos of dashed lines where my measurements should be taken. Here are the numbers from 01/01/12 and 02/04/12:


Neck: 14.25" / 14.75"
Bicep: 13.5" / 14"
Chest: 44.75" / 45.5"
Waist: 46.25" / 44.5"
Hips: 46.75" / 48"
Thigh: 23.25" / 23"
Calf: 16" / 16"