I am ridiculously scared to write these numbers down. I don’t believe them. It feels like if I put them here on the website then I am saying “Yes, I reached this. Give me credit for it and expect more!”
Let me be clear that this was a Phase II week. The beginning of this week contained two days that were completely Phase I days. Yesterday, also, was mostly Phase I, but included a snack of Peanut Butter on Whole Wheat bread. All the other days I had Phase II meals; my diet this week included shamelessly eating bread brought to me at a steakhouse, rice pilaf, couscous and lots of other starches. I’m assuming those three days of eating Phase I foods almost entirely by accident account for this weigh-in.
The only other possibility I can think of is calorie shifting, which I’m not sure I really buy into. (Please note that I link to this article simply to explain what calorie shifting is, not to recommend it. Check out this article for the dangers of relying on a diet like that.) I haven’t been doing this on purpose because I’m on the South Beach Diet, not a calorie-shifting diet. But I did try a lot of new things this week (hence the post entitled “Trying New Things“) and varied up my diet quite a bit.
Is that enough of a disclaimer for you to believe that I had nothing to do with this?
Starting Weight: 226.5 lbs
Last Weigh-In: 199.5 lbs
Current Weight: 193 lbs
Weight Lost This Week: 6.5 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 33.5 lbs
Starting Waist: 45 in
Last Weigh-In: 37.5 in
Current Waist: 37 in
Inches Lost This Week: 0.5 in
Total Inches Lost: 8 in
Starting Hips: 47 in
Last Weigh-In: 43.25 in
Current Hips: 43 in
Inches Lost This Week: 0.25 in
Total Inches Lost: 4 in
So needless to say I’ve met my goal of 195 lbs. The next goal is 191 lbs. I’m afraid that this weigh-in is a false low (though I stepped on and off over and over in disbelief, and even moved the scale to a different room to see if it was just unbalanced) and that if I act as though it’s real I won’t give myself enough time to hit 191 lbs. But there’s this other part of me that says I should believe in myself. I have lost thirty pounds. Why do I still think I can’t lose weight?
So the next goal date is going to be August 6th. That way, even if I wake up tomorrow morning and weigh 196 lbs again, I should be able to meet it. Here’s to luck…
