Weigh-In: Week 5 & All About the Bling!

Still going strong!! :)  Feeling really good this week and I feel like I can do this!!

This week's loss:  -3.6 
Total Loss to Date: -20.4

I'm happy with that!  I would really love to lose 3 pounds a week though I know that won't be possible on a consistent basis.  I want to lose 2 a week and anything above that is a bonus.  Feeling pretty psyched to have passed the 20 pound mark and I have averaged 4.1 pounds a week to this point.  Go me!

I also passed a Weight Watchers milestone in a previous weigh-in but the woman who weighed me in that week didn't catch it.  So at tonight's meeting I got my first WW charm for losing 5% of my body weight!!  They give you this little charm holder and then with certain milestones you get a charm to add to it.  Not sure what you're supposed to do with it but I'm just setting mine on my desk so I can have it as a reminder of my progress.  I look forward to the day when that charm holder is FULL!

I am learning that it is still possible to lose weight even when going out to restaurants quite a bit.  This week I was out a few times and even had my favorite--Chicken French!  I am just planning for these things--I knew we were going out last Saturday night with all of the parents from my son's ski team so I saved up my points so that I could indulge at dinner and still stay within my points.  I am finding that if I know what restaurant we are going to that I can go to the restaurant's webpage and look at the menu to preplan my meal.  That way I know how many points I will need and I can plan accordingly.  That unlimited bread basket is sometimes hard to resist but so far so good!  The next challenge will be this Sunday night when we are going out to dinner for Valentine's day with a bunch of our friends.  Hopefully my husband will be smart enough not to buy me chocolate!!