Last Week Must Have Missed the Memo!

I am thinking that last week must have missed the memo - this week I lost another 4 pounds! Last week I only lost 1 pound... 1 POUND! Thank goodness this week I returned to my average and lost 4!

It was a particularily interesting week as my family came to visit me. I love my family very much - but the only reason we get along is because there is lots of distance between us. My mom was very excited that I had lost a whole wack of weight - but was going overboard with the support. Everywhere we went she would be talking about points, when we were shopping in the grocery store - she would point to an item and ask how many points were in it. One night I went to have popcorn and my mom commented, asking how many points I had had that day and "encouraged" me not to eat the popcorn. It was more than annoying. I repetidly told her that my points were under control and that I could handle it (after all - look how far I've come this far). My mom does this because she cares and really wants me to succeed and I love her for that. But, I am a very, very independant person and like to do things (like weight watchers) alone. I found myself biting my tongue many times. What's worse is that her behaviour is rubbing off on my litle sister - who - when I picked up a babybel cheese said, "Lisa - you shouldn't be eating that". I am so sick of everyone monitoring my food consumption - it makes me so angry. My mom would even be commenting on my exercise program - saying things like - "are you doing weights at the gym as well?" or "you should focus on your mid-section when your at the gym, not just your legs". Even when we would pass by a dairy queen I would say something like, "I love blizzards" and she would go off on a rant about how I need to stop idolizing foods like Blizzards.

I am very excited that I was able to lose 4 pounds on this weigh-in, with my family visiting, the stess and all the eating out I did this last week. I did make very good choices this last week though (and not just because I had my mom and sister narking me out). I managed to stay on plan and get most of my exercise in. We went shopping in Seattle on Sunday and I was fitting into XL clothes again - which was awesome. I even bought a pair of jeans from the Gap in a size 14 and was able to get them on AND zip them up (so I bought them). I thought my mom was going to cry, she also said that me fitting into size 14 jeans was the highlight of her trip. It was ridiculous!

On a positive note, I am at 215, but on a negative note, I am at 215. I have a long way to go and am going to have to find a way to tell my family to "butt out". Good thing I have a while until I see them next. Maybe by then I'll be skinny enough that they won't be down my neck so much *sigh*. I am very happy that my life is back to normal - back to reality. I can now continue to focus on myself and my weight loss.

This week - the goal is to lose another 4 pounds, continue to stay on the weight watchers plan and go to the gym 6 days this week. Last week I managed to eat little to none prepackaged foods and will plan to continue on that path this week.

So far - April rocks!