Week 20: Weight Loss Celebration!

Every ten pounds I reward myself with a celebration day. During my celebration day all bets are off--I get to eat whatever I want. I usually reserve this day for eating the JUNK that I've refrained from in the previous weeks. Yesterday was my celebration day. I hit 30 pounds!

For my celebration day I indulged in chocolate chip cookie dough, sour cream and onion chips, and McDonald's french fries. And I loved every bit of it! I will say all three left a rather nasty aftertaste, but I enjoyed them as they went down.

Now, as of this morning, I am back to focusing on my weight loss goal.

I wrote last week about canceling my subscription with Weight Watchers, not because the program doesn't work, but because they changed the program. I don't want to put the energy into learning a new points system when the old points system is working perfectly for me.

I found a free points calculator and a list of calculated foods online and I am going to do it on my own. I am not at a place where I just want to wing-it, but want to continue following the Weight Watchers program, just using the old point system instead of trying to convert to the new (and paying them for the privilege).

I created a little spreadsheet that I will use to track my points, and I'm off and running. Nothing has really changed except that I am tracking my points on my spreadsheet for free instead of paying Weight Watchers to track it on the website.

Stupid move, Weight Watchers.

Anyway, I made good progress last week. I focused on keeping a close track on my consumption. I really didn't want to gain weight on my first week off the program (well, not off the program, but doing my own version of it). And I am happy to report that I lost 1.7 pounds, which brought me in a a total of 30 pounds.

I am excited about chipping away at the last 20 pounds. At this rate, I should arrive at my goal weight in about 3 months, well ahead of my original time goal, but still achieving the weight loss at a health pace.

Onward!

Weight Loss Summary

• Week 01: Lost 4.0 lbs
• Week 02: Lost 3.1 lbs, 07.0 lbs total, 3.5 lbs per week
• Week 03: Lost 2.6 lbs, 09.7 lbs total, 3.2 lbs per week
• Week 04: Lost 2.0 lbs, 11.7 lbs total, 2.9 lbs per week
• Week 05: Lost 1.6 lbs, 13.3 lbs total, 2.7 lbs per week
• Week 06: Lost 1.5 lbs, 14.8 lbs total, 2.5 lbs per week
• Week 07: Gained 0.4 lbs, 14.4 lbs total lost, 2.1 lbs per week
• Week 08: Lost 3.1 lbs, 17.5 lbs total, 2.2 lbs per week
• Week 09: Lost 2.2 lbs, 19.7 lbs total, 2.2 lbs per week
• Week 10: Gained 0.9 lbs, 18.8 lbs total lost, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 11: Lost 3.5 lbs, 22.3 lbs total, 2.0 lbs per week
• Week 12: Lost 2.2 lbs, 24.5 lbs total, 2.0 lbs per week
• Week 13: Lost 0.2 lbs, 24.7 lbs total, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 14: Lost 1.9 lbs, 26.6 lbs total, 1.9 lbs per week
• Week 15: Lost 0.6 lbs, 27.2 lbs total, 1.8 lbs per week
• Week 16: Gained 0.5 lbs, 26.7 lbs total lost, 1.7 lbs per week
• Week 17: Gained 2.0 lbs, 24.7 lbs total lost, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 18: Lost 3.3 lbs, 28.0 lbs total, 1.6 lbs per week
• Week 19: Lost 0.3 lbs, 28.3 lbs total, 1.5 lbs per week
• Week 20: Lost 1.7 lbs, 30,0 lbs total, 1.5 lbs per week