Since my last weight related update, I weighed in last Friday – Monday and realized that my weight was fluctuating around a bit between 182.5 and 185, so I just left my weekly weigh in at 185. Today, I weighed in at 182 even, which is nice since it brings my total weight loss to 18 pounds since January. I’m excited to hit the 20 pound mark within the next week or so.

I managed to sustain weight loss this week despite having gone out to lunch twice and dinner twice during the week as well brunch and dinner over the weekend. This tells me that I am learning to make better choices about what I am eating when I do go out. Although, I did splurge on scallop crepes at Beau Monde last night. Considering that I have been at the mercy of various bars and restaurants more this week that most since I started dieting I managed to do much better with sticking to my daily points and not going over as much, which is awesome since I’m down to 24 per day.

Fitness wise, I am doing awesome. I came in around 40 activity points for this week. I’ve stuck to doing about 10 minutes per day on the elliptical machine at home. Save for Saturday, but I offset it by walking from 21st and Chestnut to 2nd and Vine and last night, while I didn’t walk as far, I did get some extra mileage in my meanderings. I want to up my daily time on the elliptical more over time. I also gave up using the elevators at work, which adds some extra fitness into my daily routine. I work on the third floor, which is about 60 individual steps from the ground floor, so doing that a few times a day helps.

I’ve also gotten back on my vitamin regiment, though there is one appetite control one I take that I think is keeping me awake at night, or its just been a combination of the time change and full moon. I’ve been so tired all week and then I can’t sleep at night.

Otherwise this week I have been enamored with the fact that I can now find and count all my ribs and when I lay on my back they protrude out, while my tummy goes inward instead of blobbing about. I am however starting to suffer from bra despair. My good ones are now on the innermost hook and I’m swimming a bit. I have to say I do look forward to being able to buy bra’s anywhere again. I need to fish through some of my old ones. I think I lost a cup size or so. I am loving the muscle toning and definition. I can really see the difference over the past couple weeks.

Its funny, during the week Tim hugged me and then pulled back to say “just don’t get too skinny, I don’t like skinny girls they are gross” lol. I’m not dieting for strictly vanity purposes, though its a nice perk. Diabetes and Hypertension run in my family. I’m not getting any younger and I know they best way to beat diabetes is through diet and exercise. My blood sugar and blood pressure has always been normal, but I don’t want to be fooled into a fall sense of security about it either.

I really need to become better about cooking/baking within the dietary restraints. While I am losing weight, I am relying too much on prepared packaged and frozen food. I need to get some more Weight Watchers cookbooks.