Sunday Scales: +1.6 lbs・Total Loss: 26.8 lbs. This gain is actually not as bad as I had expected. Despite last week’s efforts to meal-plan and get my head back into place that did not quite happen. While I did stick to most of my meal plan I also ate a lot of unplanned treats, snacked a lot and ate beyond my satiation level. What basically happened was that the good old last-supper mentality kicked in and for a couple of days I just stuffed myself because I knew I had to ‘get back on my diet’ and hence lose this ‘freedom to eat all my feelings’!

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Sunday Scales: +1.2 lbs・Total Loss: 28.4 lbs. Ordinarily this would be good news but not when it comes to the number on the scales! A small gain this week but this is where perspective helps because it really is just a very small gain. And not that surprising, either, because last week I went over my calorie limit quite a few times and was not very active, either, due my knee playing up again. Sigh. Looking back I can see quite clearly what was going on:

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Sunday Scales: -4.2 lbs・Total Loss: 29.6 lbs・Reached milestones # 6&7. Nice loss on the scales this morning. At first I was surprised because I had been indulging a bit the last couple of days while we were entertaining out-of-town guests. But actually, it’s not that surprising because I was not well earlier this week and ate very little for a few days…

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Sunday Scales: -3.8 lbs・Total Loss: 25.4 lbs. Well, that was nice to see on the scales this morning. Not only have I recovered from the cruise gain (2.8 lbs) but lost an additional pound on top of that. I reckon this is also testimony to how much water weight we carry when we eat a lot of processed high salt, high sugar foods as was the case with a lot of the cruise meals. Getting back to a more basic diet of fresh and less processed foods definitely makes a difference.

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