Week 14: 193.5 and Week 15: 190.5

Week 14 Stats:

Starting Weight/BMI: 217.5/33.1 (obese)
Last Week Weight/BMI: 193.0/29.3 (overweight)
Current Weight/BMI: 193.5/29.4 (overweight)
Change This Week: + 0.5
Total Lost: 24.0
Pounds to Goal: 53.5

Week 15 Stats:

Starting Weight/BMI: 217.5/33.1 (obese)
Last Week Weight/BMI: 193.5/29.4 (overweight)
Current Weight/BMI: 190.5/29.0 (overweight)
Change This Week: - 3.0
Total Lost: 27.0
Pounds to Goal: 50.5

Right. So I'm exactly where I was three weeks ago today. I seem to be having some trouble gaining any ground. I'm quite a few pounds over the line that will get me to goal on April 9, 2013.

 

Again, I find myself a mere pound away from the 180s. I'm trying to focus on not lamenting my lack of progress and, instead, look at this as an opportunity to break through to the next level. 

I'm not going to waste too much time thinking about that line. Do I want to catch up to it? Hell yes. However, it's the line at the very bottom of the chart that matters the most to me. If I reach it in April of 2013, great! If it takes another entire year, so be it. I just want to get there.

I'm due for outpatient surgery next week, so I'm taking it easy, physically. Instead, I'm counting calories like a mothef^@&#r, and I'm trying to eat the healthiest foods that I can.

My goal is to stick with oats for breakfast, in the form of whipped banana oatmeal or oatmeal protein pancakes topped with banana. On the days I need a break, I'll have a protein berry smoothie in a bowl topped with Cheerios. Once a week, I'll have my egg and croissant breakfast at the best little bakery in Cleveland. 

Lunches will be salads with lots of raw greens, vegetables, protein, and grains. Last week I tried the Everyday Chickpea-Quinoa Salad from Appetite for Reduction. This week I'll try the Edamame Sushi Roll Salad from that same cookbook. Or, if I'm in the mood, I'll try a veggie wrap with hummos and a bowl of healthy vegetable soup.

Dinner will be anything yummy and delicious that I'd like, so long as at least half of my dinner plate is filled with vegetables.

I'd love to say that I'll never have dessert, but I'm a realist. I love sweets, and banning them from my diet will just make me binge. So I'll let myself have dessert NO MORE than twice this week. 

I want the scale to read 188 pounds one week from today. I think, so long as I stick with my plan, I'll get there.

Until then, I'll stay positive!