Ups and Downs

Starting weight: 286
Current weight: 258.2
Goal weight: 135
Pounds to go: 123.2

The last few weeks have been, just as the title says, up and down. I had been having some trouble jump starting again after August, and had set myself a goal a few weeks ago to work extra hard and get down to my 10% goal. At weigh-in on the 15th, I reached it! As expected, I got a nifty little keychain. I am really proud of this addition to my keys :-)  

Why yes, that is my 25 pound award on it, thanks for noticing!

Despite an ice cream bar, despite Oktoberfest and all the fried food that comes with it, despite a handful of Doritos the night before, I not only met my goal I exceeded it! I was down 29.4 pounds. So close to 30 pounds down I can taste it. I celebrated a little.

Ok, I probably celebrated a little too much. Got a little over confident that I was back on track and hard at it! Anyway, all that to say, at my next weigh in I was up 1.6.

It was my first gain. And, just like everyone says, your gain comes on a week that you think you did pretty well. I took it strangely: I didn't weigh in at the normal time that I usually do. I was scheduled for inventory on Tuesday evening at work, and so I wasn't going to make the meeting. And, sort of selfishly, I knew I was going to have lunch with a friend that afternoon and didn't want to worry about spiking my number that night, or whatever. So I was a little shocked when I was up. At first, I was disappointed. And then I found myself thinking very little about it the rest of the day.

What I ultimately decided was that it didn't have to matter. The only way this gain had to matter is to motivate me, not discourage me. And bonus, they don't take your keychain away if you go under your 10% ;-)