Week 20 unofficial weigh in

Well, I won't be weighing in for two Saturdays as the clinic is closed through next weekend. It seems strange to be missing out on this. I usually look forward to going and seeing the readout from the scale.

These past 2 weeks have been crazy in terms of the scale NOT budging. Yes, there's been a little bit here and there but overall I have hovered between the 159-160 range for days. It was incredibly frustrating but on Christmas morning I finally broke free and landed at 158 point something. Christmas Day I chose to only 'cheat' in terms of eating the ham. There's a glaze on it made with sugar of course. I said the heck with it. I avoided the mac & cheese and cheesy potatoes made by others (and boy did it look good!). I made the veggies for dinner (green bean casserole) as well as the dessert (creme brulee in individual servings so that I would not be tempted by a large cake or pie) so I also brought plain beans as the kids don't tend to love all those fancy sauces, especially ones with onion and bacon in them. I managed my 2 cups of clean veggies that way and had a pile (about 6 oz) of ham. I was sure I would knock myself out of ketosis but the next morning I was down to 157 point something!  Yesterday, I managed to come down a few tenths and then this morning I was down .8 so I was just shy of a pound down and came in at 156.5!!!

The best part of yesterday was I went shopping at Macy's and got into a form fitting size 8 dress (NO back fat or lumps even without my Spanx!) and then even better I got into a pair of size 6 pants for the first time in my life. Yes, I wore size 7 my freshman year of high school but that's the closest I've ever been to a size 6! I also got into a petite medium shirt as the regular medium was too big! What a great accomplishment in 5 months! I have to aim for another 11 lbs minimum and honestly would like to lose 13 so I can weigh in at 145 (clothes add 2 lbs). IF my body resists I may choose to stop at 148-149 which is only 7.5 lbs away.  I think going to my weigh in on January 11th will help me to decide what to do.

All in all, a really good week that didn't start out so grand. You never know what your body is going to do!!!!