After the numbers I saw last week, I was a bit worried about what I would find on my scale this morning. I’m not a big believer in using a scale when trying to lose weight – it can make people crazy, wanting to weigh themselves at every opportunity and obsessing about what they put in their mouths. But, at least for now, the relationship I have with my bathroom scale has been a healthy one.

Over the last week I have thought about those numbers and, for the most part, avoided REALLY BAD foods because of it. Knowing by weight and my goal has helped me to quantify where I want to go, largely taking the emotional element out of the picture. Numbers are fact, not something you can bargain with to magically change. The fact about weight loss is that you just need to consume less calories than you expand, and you WILL lose pounds. The fact my scale shared with me this morning? I’ve lost 2 pounds!

Putting my goals into numbers has shown me clearly that what I am doing is working. If I commit even more to eating healthfully and exercising, it will work even better. Let’s see what next week brings!

Activity: walk/jog plus some push ups, dips and step ups on the boardwalk

Breakfast:
1 coffee with 1% milk
(I usually have at least 2 cups of water in the morning, but the city has my water turned off for a few hours… will make up for it this afternoon!)

Lunch:
2 cups water
1/2 tuna salad sandwich on 100% rye bread with lettuce and tomato
1 banana

Snack:
1 cup water
1 iced coffee

Dinner:
2 cups water
1/4 cup edamame salad
1/4 cup caprese salad
1/4 cup pasta salad
2 small shrimp and veggie summer rolls
1/2 chicken breast with lemon and parsely
1/2 whole wheat roll with butter

1/2 cup cherries
4 arrowroot cookies
2 cups water