Down another 1/2 pound - so 6.5 pounds in just four days. (Today's day five but the weigh in was this morning ) So today I had fruit and peppers and some left over chicken, then blueberries and nuts, then peppers and nuts, then a beautiful dish full of deli turkey, snap peas, cherry tomatos and mushrooms. I put a little lite salad dressing on it and zapped it in the microwave. Yum. And strawberries for my last snack. Another too-tight skirt zipped right up today - proof that 6.5 small pounds truly do make an impact. If you think about what six pounds of meat looks like - that's an impressive loss. So I'm back on track, back on the plan, back to the losing streak. And in this particular situation I'm proud to be a loser.
I was in a meeting today at work with people that I had not met before. One of the women is obese - and when I looked around the room I realized she was the only truly heavy person in the room. And I wondered how much of her time she spends thinking about her weight. I sure spend a lot of my time thinking about mine, and I am well on my way to my goal of losing 100 pounds. (more than half way there!) So did she compare herself to the other people in the room? Or is she ok with it? Tough to be ok with it when we are surrounded by and constantly bombarded by advertising that depicts woman as very thin - and then that becomes the standard. But I don't think that those images are my driving force - I think recovering my health is my driving force. And I feel great. I'm still thinking about her tonight - wondering what her demons are - wondering what emotions she is stuffing - wondering why she needs to medicate herself with food.