Well, not the loss I was rooting for this week. I actually was up 0.5 for a total of 157. But I really am not that upset about it because I know the sorts of things that blew it for me For one, even though I accounted for it in my points, my husband and I had breakfast out a few times this week which always sets me back. I also had a few big dinners that weren’t well planned for including pizza (I had two slices of a small pizza…. not bad!), hot dog (oops), and BBQ (gets me every time in the South!). My in-laws came on Saturday night and took us out to one of those fabulous, $100-a-person kind of meals that only comes around every few months… so then again, I was NOT going to waste it! I even ordered well with the summer salad (clover greens, pumpkin seed brittle, poached pear, fresh goat cheese, and a Reisling reduction), sea bass (garlic crusted seared fish with some sort of white whine broth reduction and lima beans), and then.. dessert (ice box red velvet cake… so weird for such a nice place, but OH SO GOOD). Anyway, as you can see, I don’t regret that meal one bit!

I also slipped up on my water some this week. I didn’t always drink as much as I should. I can fix that this week.

I DID exercise so well though! I walked 3+ miles vigorously x3-4 this week. I plan on going even more than that this week, especially in the mornings. I feel so much more fit when I exercise. It is a huge energy boost, but then I’m pooped by 9pm that night!

I did cheat occasionally this week by looking at the scale before the big weigh-in today… and it got down to 155 at one point. I’m hoping that I can see a big loss this week if I stick it out! Either way, it’s the start of week 4 and I’ve lost 3 pounds… which is RIGHT on track for my 20 pounds in 20 weeks self-challenge. I think if I lost this week after going over on points so much it would have been false confidence, and I do NOT need false confidence this early on. I need a challenge!

So, how was YOUR week? Was the scale up or down? What mistakes did you make and what are you doing about then?