weight loss diary: week 9 of 15

And, yes, I did it! Finally busted through my plateau, as mentioned in the previous posting. Now comes the hard part: taking off those last 6 lbs.

As of this week, I'm starting what I call Phase 2 of the weight loss: Toning. I've lost the weight mostly through restricting my caloric intake, but the flab is still there. The flab! Until I actually turn that into muscle, I won't feel settled in my new lower weight - although its definitely nice to see the change. So from now on, I'll be posting my inches too - yikes!

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Week 9 Stats:

• Weight: 124.5 lbs
• Body Fat: 27%
• Body Fat #s total lost: 2.96 lbs

The Inches:

• Chest: 31.5 in
• Waist: 28.5 in
• Hips: 37 in

Workouts:

• Mon, 5/8: 20 mins Elliptical, 40 mins Weights
• Thurs, 5/11: 20 mins Elliptical
• Sat, 5/13: 3.5 hours Dance

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What Helped Me:

• Not drinking. Seriously helped raise my metabolism and bust through my plateau. The calories saved from alcohol and drunk eating didn't hurt either ;-)
• My home elliptical trainer. Yay! I love working out on it.
• Seeing the change in myself. I never knew that seeing an accomplishment could help so much.
• Being OP. Gee, actually following the WW plan actually works...
  

What Hurt Me:

• Complacence. Sigh. I indulged quite a bit this weekend, since I'd lost the weight, feel good about myself and had extra points. Never fear, I did have 6.5 flexies left this week, but I'm terrified that I'm going to lose all control and go off the deep end.
• Fear. See above :-) Can I maintain that self-control once I get more points or go off the alcohol abstinence? I've decided that I'm not going to start drinking until (a) I am confident that I can start drinking and then stop at 2, and (b) I can have fun without alcohol. As it is, I'm quite enjoying being sober, waking up early, and not being hungover.

Week 10 Goals:

• Workouts: 3x cardio on the elliptical or other, 2x weight training, dance on Thursday night and all day Saturday.
• Stay OP! Go to meetings! Blog on ExP! All the things that I've learned and not lose them now that I'm close...
  
• Get over my emotional reaction to annoying ex-boyfriends and their annoying ways, clean the house, declutter my life of annoying ex-boyfriends. Tee hee, see a trend?

And now for the ultimate challenge... I'm starting to date again. Scared...