I had a pretty good week last week. And it resulted in a pretty good loss. I lost 1.4 pounds. And here’s how I did it…

I usually splurge (my definition of the word “splurge” is to eat whatever I want and however much of it I want, just in case you’re wondering) on Saturday’s after weigh in. Then I tell myself I’m not going to splurge on Sunday,

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I had a pretty good week last week. And it resulted in a pretty good loss. I lost 1.4 pounds. And here’s how I did it…

I usually splurge (my definition of the word “splurge” is to eat whatever I want and however much of it I want, just in case you’re wondering) on Saturday’s after weigh in. Then I tell myself I’m not going to splurge on Sunday, but I usually splurge just as bad on Sunday’s as I do on Saturdays. And then I usually over eat in some sorta way on Monday’s too. Then back to the plan the rest of the week only to end up weighing exactly the same at weigh in as I did the week before.

Great maintenance plan.

Except I’m not on maintenance!!

I’m still about 6 pounds away from goal. So what I did this past week is what I should have been doing for the past year. I did not splurge on Sunday or Monday. I was back on plan Sunday morning.

And I added something a little extra to the mix this past week. I told myself not to eat unless I was hungry.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT WAS??!!!

Oh, wait, of course you do!

It was SO hard for me to sit here in the evenings wanting to snack but telling myself I couldn’t because I wasn’t hungry. I had nothing but healthy snacks in the house, too. Snacks that I could totally eat and still stay on plan. Snacks that wouldn’t put me over my daily points allowance. But I would not eat unless I was actually hungry.

A couple of nights I almost convinced myself to eat something just because it had been3 or 4 hours since dinner and I knew I’m supposed to eat something every 3 to 4 hours to keep my metabolism evened out. And I almost convinced myself of that. But I didn’t give in. I didn’t cave. I didn’t eat.

Was the hardest thing I’ve done in SO long. And I honestly don’t know if I can do it this week.

But I’m going to try.

Who wants to try it with me? Before you hit the comment button and tell me you’re on board, know that it’s NOT going to be easy. You’re going to feel like you’re depriving your body. But remember you’re not. You’re only depriving your mind. Your body will let you know when it needs nourishment and you’ll just have to wait until it does, no matter what your mind or emotions tell you.

So whadaya say?

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