Pluses and Minuses, where Pluses are bad, and Minuses are good.

So, this is a bit of a mixed results posting. The Pluses are bad, but the minuses are good. Stay with me and you'll see how it unfolds...

First, as I expected, I actually gained a little weight this week. Not only did I indulge this weekend for our anniversary dinner (including fantastic carrot cake with creamchees frosting from Rosie's!) but I ate poorly last week in general, some driven by PMS, some driven by laziness. But, the damage wasn't as bad as it could be:

Weight loss this week: + 0.4 lbs.
Total loss: -10.1 lbs.

Not tragic, and not completely unexpected but still a little disappointing. I am confident this comes from not being as good about eating as I had been. I've vowed to get back to the diligent point counting I'd strayed from a bit, starting with yesterday.

One reason it's as disappointing as it is is because I went to the gym 4 times last week -- 3 of them were more cardio visits or a good blend of cardio and other. I really wished my first week of "more days in the gym than not" would have been rewarded with numbers, but I know it's my own fault.

But it's not all bad. I did bring my body fat down another point (that was definitely a function of the gym), and that's a good thing.

Here's one other good thing. I'm 10 weeks into this journey, so I decided to do two things.

1) Took updated pictures. (no, still not posting them). I was able to see a few differences, and that felt good.

2) Took updated measurements. When I started this, I decided to get some baseline measurements on the standard areas: bust, waist, hips, arms, thighs. I figure these measurements are a lot more slow to move, so every 10 weeks sounded like a good thing (7 total measurements in my 60 weeks).

I was really surprised by what I found. My Bust/Waist/Hips measurement was down a total of 5 inches, pretty evenly spread! Arms and thighs down slightly, but nothing to get too excited about.

5 inches down, another body fat point down, and less than half a pound up? I'll take it! :-)

Thanks for reading!