The pounds finally started coming off again after 8 weeks of up and down over the same 3-4 lbs. I need to remember that my stress levels were high trying to get 'Wonka' up on the boards and I wasn't sleeping well AND my appetite was all over the place.
Stress really affects me. I keep forgetting this minor detail. Anyway, I made a huge change in my diet in that I stopped drinking so much coffee. I now am enjoying one big mug of it with a little half/half as opposed to my super yummy coconut creamer (which has egg, coconut milk, coconut cream, vanilla). I was drinking a ton of it but I was making up the caffeine with water. Still....I was stalling and continually losing and regaining the same 4 lbs. Now that I'm drinking the roasted cocoa bean drink I am avoiding caffeine and creamer altogether and it seems to be making a difference.
I also tried to convince my coach to let me switch to phase 2 but she wants me to be at my own personal goal before moving on. So I decided to go for 27% body fat rather than 25%. I also said 145 is the lowest number I'm going for on their scale. I am sure I will lose more weight on phase 2 (everyone tells me I will lose another 2-5 lbs on it) and then another 2 lbs or so on phase 3 so that would actually put me at about 140 lbs if I manage to lose any more.
Well, that is perfect in my book! I will be done soon...... gotta remember to be patient.
So, my weigh in results showed that I lost another 1.7 lbs of FAT and 1 1/4" total (1 inch off the chest, 1/4" arm, 1/4" underarm). I weighed in at 151.2 at the clinic BUT at home I weighed in at 149.2! That was my second day being under 150 lbs for the first time in YEARS!
Even better, this morning I weighed in at 148.6! I will probably go for about 5 lbs as I always wear heavier clothes and show a lot more water weight at the clinic. But hitting 145 on my own scale will actually count as making goal in my book! That means I'll show 147 on the clinic scale and that's pretty good! If I can get to 145 on the clinic scale before switching to phase 2 that would be phenomenal but I'll see how I'm feeling in a week. If next week is a drudge and I can't seem to shed much, I may say enough is enough. My hope is that I'll be able to be patient and say 'one more week'. I'd really like to get to 145 on their scale (143 on mine).
I thought I'd share a before/after pic. Here's pics from my friend Dorothy... top photo was from 'Master Class' at the Jewel Box when I was a size 16/18 and about 203 lbs. Bottom pic was from last night at Willy Wonka at CSTOCK!
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