Heeeyyyyy!! I took a brief break last week. Work travel, general busy-busy-ness, blah blah blah. Anyway. I’m still struggling with what I wrote about in week 43. For the first time since I started ISW 2.0, I gained weight over the course of a month (only 1.4 lbs, but still). I know it’s true that February was a short month, and I traveled twice, and so on and so forth. Regardless, I’m struggling with the idea that ups and downs will happen. I guess it’s probably true that I’m fortunate this hasn’t happened yet! So it had to happen sometime, right?? So I decided to do another comparison pic to help me feel better. Because when I’m feeling down because of lack of progress, nothing helps me feel better than pulling back and seeing the bigger picture!

Pounds lost: 57.6

% to super goal: 45.7%

I am STILL doing the damn thing!

I have made some progress, though! I didn’t take my scale with me on last week’s trip for the first time. I figured that when I take it with me, I end up punishing myself every day I’m gone. I step on and then get disappointed because it keeps climbing up. So last week, I took no scale. Secondly, this week I did at least 15 mins of yoga four out of five days. I haven’t done great at frequent exercise recently, so it felt good to get back on track.

I’ve also been looking into an idea called intuitive eating. I think I will be talking about that in my next few posts. It’s basically about making food choices without guilt, honoring hunger, and paying close attention to your body’s signs that you’re full. Kind of like the “thinking thin” concept I wrote about a few weeks ago. So we can both look forward to that!

Meanwhile, here’s that progress photo! I can’t get over it. It reminds me better than anything else that this is a long game, and even when I feel like I’ve got such a long way to go…I’ve made it a long way already!

Hope you all have a wonderful week, and I’ll talk to you again next week!