My 5 Pound Swagger

Greetings everyone!

The other day I was wearing this raspberry-colored jacket with ruffles and silver accents. My hair was looking nice - I straightened it that morning. I received two comments from absolute strangers. One woman was passing me as I was getting on the elevator at work and said that's a really nice color on you. I thanked her, appreciated the complement and went about my day not really thinking much of it. I had worn that jacket before a few times and not received the same attention. The second complement came from a woman passing me on the street as I was walking with a coworker to Starbucks. She said, "I saw you across the street and you just look beautiful. That color is gorgeous on you." A little odd and totally random but nice right? So what changed?

I lost five pounds last week. That's a total of nine pounds since I've started my journey about six weeks ago. It wasn't the fact that I lost the five pounds. It was the confidence that I can do this. It was the confidence that I had pulled a big number in one week and that I was one pound shy of double digits. It was the way I felt in my clothes and the fact that already I'm feeling healthier. It was my Five Pound Swagger! That's why I was noticed. I had a bounce in my step and a glow of happiness.

These past two weeks have not been all peaches and plums over here! Let's talk about the fact that until yesterday I hadn't written down any of my points since last Thursday. I am still upset with myself but nothing like the last time when I felt like I was spiraling out of control. I also had a moment of weakness yesterday with Tommy's Halloween candy. I ate like three mini packs of M&Ms, a mini Twix, a mini Butter Finger and a mini Crunch Bar. It was a chocolate fest. I enjoyed every second of it and then it was over. The craving hasn't returned today. Today I'm fine. I counted the points and have moved on and better yet I ate healthy the rest of the day, which is unlike me in my past life. Normally I would have thrown the whole day out the window. So in a sense I can even be proud of myself in a storm of chocolate.

Anyone interested in a cardio update? Well I haven't been doing great. I got out to walk/jog this past Sunday but I haven't even gone to TNT this week. Yesterday I didn't feel like it but failed to realize that today I'm on pick-up duty for my son and tomorrow we have an event. No TNT until Saturday and hopefully I'll get a long walk/jog in there sometime since the weather is to be so nice.

Guess we'll see what the scales say later this week. Anyone want to take a bet of how much I lose? Send me your guess in your comments!

Until then...
Nik