Day 8: Week 1 Weigh-in

Starting Weight: 225
Today's Weight: 222.6
Weight Lost: -2.4 lbs.  (Wished it were more but this is still pretty good.)

So, the Week 1 results are in, and I lost... 2.4 lbs. I am happy about that but not as happy as I would have been with 4 lbs or more. But I am trying to put it in perspective and still committed to NOT giving up on myself.

Since I did a naughty thing and ate all that popcorn and fruit yesterday, and subsequently felt myself blowing up like a balloon last night, I am not terribly surprised that the scale did NOT drop below 222 as I had hoped. In fact, when I first weighed in this morning it showed 223.6! A little later in the morning, before eating (but after a good poo) (Did I really just write "poo"? This is not Hemingway. He'd have written "shit".) I weighed in again and got the 222.6 so I'm going with THAT.

There is is: the Slow Loser Syndrome. You'd think that radically improving my diet this week, both in terms of quality and quantity, would have gotten me at least 4 and preferably 5 or 6 lbs off for this first week (especially given that first week weigh-ins are where you lose the most water weight) but this is not the case for me. This is not the first time on WW where I have had mediocre first-week results while others around me do much better.

Water: DRINK SOME, then DRINK SOME MORE!

While I am not crying over unlost pounds, I can't say I'm not disappointed and a little concerned. I have been reflecting on the past week, on my choices, to see if there are things I could do differently this week. One is drinking just plain WATER; I don't think I am doing enough of that. So one thing I could change this week is to drink a liter of water a day rather than low-cal juice and even rather than Crystal Light decaf tea. I might see a bigger drop next week as a result of flushing out any excess toxins in my body. So I'm going to start with that.

Any "bad" foods I ate during the week? Three cookies overall, and I counted those (well, 2 of them). And they were small cookies. So I don't think it was that; I mean, you have to live in the world, right? I did eat a lot of fruit and maybe it's just too much. I was on track with dairy (no cheese and I switched to non-fat milk and yogurt half-way through the week, too). I think I'm watching my portion sizes well.

Except for the popcorn: I think I had too much of that, and there's a lot of sodium in it. That's another thing drinking more water will fix.

The bottom line is, I did LOSE some weight. And if I stick on this program the way I am committed to doing, I will lose MORE weight. If it is going to be slow, then so be it. I am 51 and on the verge of menopause and whether I like it or not, this is going to be a factor in my weight - both how easily I can put ON weight as well as how quickly I can (or can't) take it OFF. Everyone has the same issue as they age.

So my target for next week is to hit that first 5 lb mark... to take off the other 2.6 lbs (or more) that will get me there. And to drink more water - lots more water! In fact, let me go and get some water to drink RIGHT NOW!

I will never leave the bathroom now, for sure.