Twenty-Four Sticks of Butter

Today was my Weigh In, and I'm pretty pleased to log a two pound loss!Considering I was on vacation for a week, I'm very happy with that. It was all I could do not to sneak a peek at the scale for two weeks, let me tell you. So here is my question for all that stop by here - How often do you get on the scale? Feel free to cast your vote in the poll on the left. Myself, I prefer to check in daily. When I was not actively working a healthy lifestyle, I stopped weighing myself, and that's when trouble hits! Next think I knew, I had gained 30 pounds! (again) As much as I don't want to become obsessed with a number on the scale, I just feel better knowing how my body responds to different variables, like exercise, or not enough water, or PMS, or a high sodium meal etc.

Six pounds lost does not seem like a lot of weight, nothing overly impressive...no one is going to say 'Oh My God, you lost SIX POUNDS????? That's AMAZING!' But for another perspective- I picked up one of my 5lb dumbells this morning and I was like, wow, when you hold the weight this way, 6 lbs really IS some extra weight. Some of my old Weight Watcher friends would translate 6 pounds as 24 sticks of butter! When you look at it THAT way, ok, I'm a little more impressed. Six pounds lost has dropped my BMI to within one point of the upper range of 'normal weight'. When I lose 7 more pounds, I will have a 'normal' BMI.

Six pounds is really nothing compared to how good I feel though, and how I can tell my body is changing literally day by day by day. Everything you read about running being the best exercise, the best fat burner, the best 'mental health' fix - that's ALL true. All of these positive changes really keep me going with this journey! Of course, having 24 sticks of butter melt right off me is a pretty good motivator too!