196.2 - 71.2 pounds to go!

Ah, sodium, how I loathe thee. I feel like I will never get a grasp on eating less than 2,000 mg of sodium per day. Of course, I was blessed with being kind of sensitive to excess sodium, so anything over about 2,000 mg equals water retention. The husband, yeah, not so much. He saw a gain this week as well but that's because we caved and ate at our super fantastical favorite restaurant (a Japanese steakhouse) which threw us over by quite a bit. Even days we cook at home I tend to get really close to the daily recommended value of 2,500 mg. Guess I'll have something new to research.

My meeting with the nutritionist went pretty well. I'm obviously a bit flustered that I've only lost about 5 pounds since I saw her four weeks ago, but she's always right there to reassure me that I'm exactly where I need to be and it was a loss nonetheless. She also reminded me that just because we are super duper busy with classes, homework, exams, house stuff, life in general, and cannot get to the gym, we can always *walk outside!* Thankfully we're not the only ones who get tunnel-vision and think "gym or nothing" when it comes to exercising. As she pointed out, we started eating better and we joined a gym, at the same time, so we naturally equate the two. Just seems a bit silly that I would forget in my opinion. I literally had just looked at my stationary bike the day before and thought to myself, "Duh! Ride the bike when you can, dummy!" We also chatted about my inability to accept how much I have lost thus far. To me, 50 pounds just doesn't feel like a lot. For someone who only have a little bit to lose, sure! But I still have 70+ pounds to go, another 50 at the very least. I still don't see much of a difference. In fact, while we were away for the weekend, I wore a new pair of pajama bottoms and was admiring that they fit. And what did I end up saying? "Huh, I look skinnier...there's clearly something wrong with this mirror." lol

So, the weekend went pretty dismally as far as food goes. We were in Traverse City for our niece's 2nd birthday, which meant eating out for almost every meal, eating birthday cake, trying to behave but still going over. I think it balanced out with being under the day we came back home, but again, the sodium. /shakes fist vigorously!

This week I'm going to try and work on my sodium intake. I really wish food manufacturers would realize how bad it is and cut back. I'm also going to go for walks at work, at the very least, since the weather is supposed to be in the 60's all week! Yay for a *very* mild winter and the onset of spring!

Oh, and measurements/pictures are a couple weeks late thanks to our busy schedule. Hopefully that just means more of a difference!