Over the Hump!!

So I am thrilled with last week's weight loss -- 6.6 pounds!!! Its more than I have lost all month! Its like something finally kicked in after several weeks of trying and my body agreed "HEY its ok to let some of this dead weight go!"..... The ironic thing is this is week 12, and that means I've lost a total of 12 lbs... granted its been up and down, but the overall bottom line is I am 12 lbs lighter.

And while I am not thrilled about it averaging out to 1 lb a week I am VERY encouraged that I think I've finally caught on to what helps my body lose... what did I do all that different this past week?

1) I actually stuck with the program - was honest with myself about what and how much I was eating on every day...

2) I saved all my "extra" points for one big splurge night -- literally on Friday night I had six (6) pieces of Pizza Hut pizza (not at one sitting, 3 at one time, then 3 several hours later) and TWO regular Sam Adams Cherry Wheat beers..... and because I had 'budgeted' for them I wasn't cheating.... and I think it kept my body from going into 'famine' mode...

3) I exercised when I could, even if it was only for a few minutes instead of the 2 hours I really wanted..

But overall the biggest thing? SLEEP -- more of it. I think that makes a HUGE difference... I really do!