My husband’s mom and sister came to visit midway through week 3, and I cheated a bit and got sidetracked and lazy about counting points. When I weighed in, the results were exactly the same as the week before.

This morning I’m just wondering if my scale is broken. This last week (Week 4) I haven’t been counting my points, in fact I was self sabotaging because I was feeling guilty about certain parenting issues and I was so stressed out that I just decided I didn’t care. We’re talking fudge brownies, peanut butter M&M’s, chinese food, Wendy’s and In-N-Out. Yet I get on the scale cringing, and somehow even after all that crap…I still managed to lose .6 of a lb.

My husband gave me some time yesterday to get away from everything, so I went to the mall and picked up some clothes. I know you aren’t supposed to run out and do that while in the process of losing weight, but it was an opportunity for me to examine how I was really feeling about myself. I’m glad I did…today I feel ready to face the day. It’s time to start enjoying life instead of hiding in the house wishing for acceptance from people that I don’t even know.

I’m actually really excited about the fact that I escaped putting back on weight that I had worked hard to lose, and it is giving me the fuel to pick up my pieces and glue them back together. Today I will be looking for some new recipes, and I will post some links if I run into something awesome.

Oh, and here are the stats:

Starting Weight: 226.4 lbs
Weight Last Week: 221.2 lbs
Weight This Week: 220.6 lbs
Weight Change: -0.6 lbs
Total Progress: -5.8 lbs