Hiatus Status

Starting weight: 286
Current weight: 262.4
Goal weight: 135
Pounds to go: 127.4

Hello everyone! I knew I hadn't posted much in August, but when I signed in and say "last post: August 6th" I was surprised! I guess that's what it's like when time flies, right? On August 12th, I left for Summer Camp with our youth group, and when we got back on the 15th, I literally unpacked half my stuff, re-packed some fresh clothes, and turned back around and headed off to our family camping trip 2 hours later. Crazy! Since then there has been a lot of catching up to do... on laundry, on life, on errands, and finally on my blog.

I had a few pretty major roles at camp this year, and the whole week leading up to it was pretty stressed and frazzly for me. I worked 6 of the 7 days before camp and was spending my free time running around and making sure all my ducks were in a row for the week ahead. It was the first time in this journey that I experienced a strong urge to stress eat. All I really wanted was a big bag of crunchy cheetos and pretty much anything made of bread. But I stayed strong! Stuck to veggies and turkey pepperoni (my favorite protein at the moment... 11 slices for only 1 point!) and hummus. I did splurge on some Reese's at one point late in the week, but I made sure to buy the fun size and portion them out so I didn't go over points all week.

And I was pretty pleased with how I did the week of camp/camping. I usually weigh in on Tuesday evenings, but since we were at camp I weighed in that week on Thursday afternoon. I wasn't able to track very well all week, but had premeditated that I wasn't going to worry about it. Even with all the stress of camp and not tracking all week, I still lost 1.2 pounds! I had set my mind that if I could just maintain my weight, not gain anything, I would be happy. But for all that and to still lose was pretty great! It made all that will power it took to not buy the family size bag of Cheetos SOOOOO worth it.

Since then, I have lost another .8 pounds. Since we've been back from camp, I haven't been to the gym. But I have been staying on my points plan, and have taken measures to ensure that I won't be able to brush it off or postpone it any longer this week. Summer is almost over, and I can get back to my usual routine just like everyone else. I'm looking forward to more awesome weigh-ins ahead! The next big star milestone as far as WW goes is my 10% star, which would be 28 pounds down and I hope (read: WILL!) hit in the next two weeks. Personally, I am looking forward to being at least 50 pounds down by Christmas. It feels like a crazy long ways away, but I know that time will FLY, just like it has the last couple weeks.

Thank you for your persistent support, and I look forward to sharing more and more good news with you as the weeks go by! I am thankful for each one of you!