Getting back on track after being sick

Okay, here's the thing. I was sick last week, as you know. And I traveled this weekend, and ate kind of crappy here and there, and felt airplane-bloated, etc., when I came home late Sunday night. I weighed myself Monday morning. I didn't love what I saw. I got too busy to post yesterday, and decided I'd see what I weighed on Tuesday morning, when the bloat went down.

Much better.

So, even though it's technically not my Monday morning weigh in (and I'm fessing up about that), it's a legitimate weigh-in, and it honestly motivates me more, so, whatever helps me, I'm using. I'm sure you can all support me in that.

Here we are:

This week's weigh in -0.2 lbs
Total weigh in: -16.1 lbs.

I went to pilates last night -- the first work out since I'd gotten sick. I was in good shape until about 55 minutes into it (Maria had even commented on my great form during the hour) and all of a sudden, during an exercise, Maria said, "I don't know what just happened, but I just watched you turn pale before my eyes". I felt it, too. I'd just hit my limit. I'd worked hard, but didn't have enough in me to get through the full hour. Sure, we were basically done, but still, it felt like a little bit of a "I wasn't ready yet" calling. The good news is I'm feeling better today, and I hope to be at 100% soon enough!

I'm still a little worried about how being sick will impact my current goal (3 more weeks to lose almost 4 lbs) but I'm refocused on it, and hoping for the best.

On to an update about how I'm feeling about my progress so far:

I've struggled a little bit with the statements of "I haven't weighed this amount since ________". For whatever reason, I just don't have much of a good tracking of my weight beyond the last 4 years or so. I can look back at pictures, but it's not the same thing. Honestly, I'm not even sure I could tell you what I weighed in high school or college. (High School - less. College - more some years, less others). My goal weight is in line with what I weighed in grad school, which is the last time I remember feeling like I was happy with how my body looked. It may have had something to do with having no money to buy food, sure... but still.

So, I'm left with hazier hallmarks of where I'm at. Today, I was pleasantly reminded of one. I wore today a pair of pants that I bought when I started working with my current employer, 6 years ago. I didn't wear them for long, as I gained some weight early on (they brought lunch in every day for us for a few months during a crisis-clean-up, including peanut butter cookies every day.... yum). For whatever reason, I kept these pants, and today, when looking around for something to wear, I thought I'd give them a shot. Not only did they fit, they fit well. Even roomy.

I don't know what my next hallmark of progress to my past weights will be, but that one felt good today.

Thanks for reading!