Well that's a surprise!

I'm down another pound ... and I did everything wrong this week.

After my mother's surgery last Thursday, things went downhill fast. The day after the procedure, I ate my way through an entire sleeve of Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches while I sat and watched TV -- kind of defeats the purpose of the "skinny" cow, huh? And then I gorged myself on Chick-fil-A sandwiches on Saturday instead of eating what I normally eat there -- a salad. There there were pretzels, gummy bears, an entire Baby Ruth bar, a half-package of Twizzlers ... the ugly list goes on and it didn't stop until yesterday.

And I lost a pound anyway.

I'm sure I'll pay for it at the next weigh-in but today I'm much better ... less panicky, less worried. I'm also eating within my point range and back to being accountable for what I'm putting in my mouth. I can't change what I did and what I ate. I can only try to make better decisions moving forward.

Someone told me today, "Just build a bridge and get over it." So that's what I'm going to do ...

I've passed the 25 pound mark.

I lost 1.2 pounds this week for a total weight loss of 25.6 pounds. I'm less than 3 pounds away from my 10% goal and I'm very excited!

In fact, my fattest jeans don't fit at all anymore. They immediately fall off my body. My feet don't hurt anymore when I wake up in the morning. I have more energy to do things throughout the day, including playing with my kids. I just generally feel great!

This upcoming week is another stressful one, so I'm just going to continue to focus on the basics (drinking water, writing down everything I eat, and getting a little bit of activity in every day). That's all I really can do, right? Oh, and hope for the best!

Almost another pound gone.

I'm down 0.8 pounds since last week. It's not a big loss, but I'll take any loss I can get these days. My mom's sugery has been looming over me, we're finishing some pretty laborious home renovations, and we've got our first family vacation at the end of this month. Oh, and did I mention that I've taken on some last minute freelance work in the middle of this? I'm just one big stress ball these days.

So looking forward to the next week and everything that's consuming my life right now, I realize I just have to stay focused on the basics. I need to drink a lot of water, pay attention to my portions, and make sure that I'm getting the right amount of veggies, cheese/milk, protein and activity into my day. With a little luck and some hard-core dedication, I might just have a chance at -- at the very least -- maintaining my current weight and maybe -- just maybe -- losing a bit.

Wish me luck!

Still on track ... 1 more pound gone.

I had another good week ... with this week's loss, I'm down a total of 23.6 pounds. To be honest, I was hoping for a little more of a loss so that I could stay on my mini-goal track of losing 6 pounds each month. But I'm not too far off that goal -- which is a minor miracle considering the two gains I had last month -- and I think if I continue to do what I'm doing, I can easily make up that .4 pound loss this month.

The cool thing in all this is that I'm less than 5 pounds away from reaching my 10% weight loss goal! Woohoo!

Besides losing a full pound, I'm also really proud of the fact that I walked six and a half miles on Sunday for the March of Dimes March for Babies! It's been a looooooooong time since I've incorporated that kind of activity into my life, and it really felt great. I can't wait for the weather to be warmer so that I can consistently get more exercise in. I'm not ready for a gym membership or anything crazy like that, but I think it would be fun to take the kids out for more walks in the afternoon ...

So this week, I'm going to focus on drinking more water (I feel like I'm just doing the minimum these days and I really should drink more) and I'm going to get better at tracking my activity. Here's hoping for another loss next week!