I plan to celebrate my victories and milestones. I can't always buy myself a gift and I definitely will not be rewarding myself with special food treats or meals like I would in the past when celebrating something, but I will give myself hurrahs and brag about it to a certain few people and revel in the congratulations I hear!
So here is my first Victory! Although it's taken me several weeks to get here, I am so proud of myself for losing 10 pounds!!! Honestly I could definitely have hit that goal before now, but I wavered on the weekends and gained back 2 lbs then lost 2 and then gained it back again and lost it again. Hey, I'm human. I'm going to make mistakes and not be perfect and that is just me. But there's something exciting that goes along with this loss. It's more than just a scale victory of losing 10 lbs that I am celebrating.
When I am dieting, if I have a weak moment and give in to a cheat meal or treat of some kind, I usually let it derail me completely and it takes me a week or 2 or a month before I am back on plan again. This time has been different. I have had lapses when I am being social and eating out with friends or going to the drive in theater, but instead of letting that take me over, the next day or sometimes even the next meal I was back on plan. I've never done that before. I usually let my derailment become an excuse for me abusing myself by eating whatever I want whenever I want it because I failed. My cycle was to fail and then win at failing because I was losing at winning and not winning at losing! Haha! Tongue twister...
But now even though one weekend it was the whole weekend, I get back on track much quicker and even my kids have remarked how proud of me they are about this, without me asking them Are you proud of me? So yes, I could have hit the 10 lb mark probably 2 weeks or a week ago, but I am here now and I am thrilled!
Another small victory to go along with this first milestone is when I was washing my hands in the restroom yesterday I looked at myself in the mirror and noticed my chin is slightly more defined or pronounced than it was! I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, but no! I am so happy! I usually see my weight loss in my face first and I've never been this heavy before and just have been so displeased with my very round faced and heavy necked reflection so I tend to avoid the mirror a lot. Now I get to search for subtle differences and celebrate them! Yay! I have a chin! Woohoooo!!!
On to the next 10 pounds down!
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