Mamma's on a Diet: Week 3 Weigh In

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19 Feb 2007 05:02 AM

So here we are, 3 weeks into my diet - or weight loss program as they seem to want to call it these days, different name, same uphill struggle - and it's time for another weigh-in report. It's quite funny really, now I have this accountability for my efforts, I'm scared to get on the scales in case I have to report that I've gained a pound or two! At one time I just had to battle with the non-logic of comfort eating to compensate for a bad scale day, now I'm more concerned with the embarrassment of feeling as if I've failed should the scales give the wrong answers! Still, I guess that's better than eating chocolate right? Embarrassment contains no calories or saturated fat!

I was apprehensive getting on the scales this morning. I'd had a little cheat a couple of days ago and my weight didn't seem to have dropped by much from last week and so I didn't know what to expect at my "official" weekly weigh-in today. Just goes to show how much weight can vary from day to day, and why you should listen to the experts who tell you to only weigh yourself once a week because I'm another 2kg lighter - that's about 4.4 lb!

The slight scare midweek was a bit of a wake-up call though. Last weekend I ate a normal sized bar of chocolate because I had enough points to allow for this. I know better than to eat normal sized candy bars on a diet, but it was so tempting and I'm so weak! Bad Katie-Anne! The positive side of this experience is that I'll stick to my treat sized chocolate rewards, and then even if I do have a bad scale day on weigh-in day, at least I know it wasn't because of reckless eating!

Start Weight 290 lb Current Weight 272 lb Total Lost To Date: 18 lb 10% Goal Weight 259 lb

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Check out my other blog entries here at families.com - you'll find me in the Disney Blog! and my weight loss progress is being blogged here at families.com in Momma's on a Diet!

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Hi,I'm a work at home mom of 2 preschoolers, Jake and Connor, and wife to Mikael.

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Linda Hansen (1796) 19 Feb 2007 04:59 AM

Congratulations, 18 lbs. is a lot to lose and dieting is so hard.

Fatherofeight (2475) 19 Feb 2007 06:00 AM

Another good judge of how you are doing is the way your clothes feel. When I don't seem to be making progress on the scales and I can tighten a belt a notch, or a shirt is looser, I know I am making progress and ignore the scales. I also NEVER pay attention to bathroom scales, they are worthless, find someplace that you can go and weigh on REAL scales. My doctor's office lets me walk in and go back to their scales. Or when I go to the YMCA, their scales are good. It sounds like you are off to a great start. Keep it up.

Katie-Anne Gustafsson (604) 19 Feb 2007 06:07 AM

Thanks Linda!

I live in Sweden Ed, no walk-in doctors, no Y, nothing. I could of course pay for a peronalized nutrition specialist visit - but just to get weighed every week, seems a bit like overkill! Same scales used every week is usually good enough indication that things are going in right direction even if not 100% accurate for the exact weight! And actually, come to think about it, I get weighed at the hospital quite a bit for my different medical problems, and our scales are usually only about 1 lb different to theirs (theirs are kinder LOL!). I guess you just have to go on what works for you - and for me, this works just fine, for the moment.

Lisa P (24013) 19 Feb 2007 07:31 AM

Keep up the great work, Katie-Anne!

Lindsay Gray (19073) 19 Feb 2007 11:11 AM

Great job!!