No weight lost this week. I must be back into my non-weight-losing cycle. For the month I Iost 6.4 lbs. total -- URGH. I was hoping to lose 8 but it was not to be. At least it wasn't as bad as last month! My body definitely loses weight in phases ... a couple of weeks of good weight loss, then a stall or very low weight loss for a couple of weeks. I have a feeling that it's going to be this way for the rest of the time I am losing weight, though I suspect I may have longer stalls and shorter losing phases. I still have 33 lbs. to lose to get to goal. At the rate of 5 lbs. lost a month it will take me another six months (almost 7) to get to goal. Not that I am complaining ... to only have 33 lbs. to lose to get to goal is something I never could have achieved without being sleeved .... last year at this time I was in the mid/high 220s .... so I am down over 60 lbs. I am wearing a size 14/Large now ... normal clothes! I look and feel like a normal person again. And for that I am very thankful!

I have been doing well with exercising ... I walked 4 times this week (and would've done more, but was in a class at work and needed to get to work 45 minutes earlier than normal, so that really impacted my morning walks). I did some intervals on a couple of the days and on one day I really overdid the intervals (my thighs were really aching for a couple of days). Yesterday and today I did longer walks (since it's the weekend and I have more downtime).

I have not done well with eating this past week and I know that is contributing to the lack of weight loss. In class I would get bored, and eat mindlessly (and there was always food around ... though I tried to stick mostly to good stuff, like fruit or beef jerky, I did have some pretzels and rice chips and a handful of Reese's Pieces (bad me!!!). This week it's back to normal (except Tuesday, when there is a baby shower I will be attending, and most likely will indulge in a little piece of cake).

I have been thinking a lot about what I have been eating and I believe that I basically have been eating like someone in maintenance ... being mostly mindful of what I am eating, but still having treats here and there. This week I'm sure I ate least 1,000 calories a day, probably on a couple of days it was more like 1,300. My basal metabolism rate is 1,600 calories a day, so no wonder the weight is not coming off ... even with the exercise several days a week, I probably didn't burn too much extra. It kind of sucks to be such a petite woman! I don't have much room for error on the calorie side!

At the rate I am going with the weight loss, I think I may be cutting it super close again to making my Labor Day goal of 157 lbs. But hey, if I get out of the 160s before September, that will be really cool.