Two weeks late on the blog, but still moving forward

Okay, I forgot to post after last week's weigh. So, I'll start with last week.....262.
I didn't lose anything last week. I'm not sure why, just that I did have a birthday dinner at a great italian restaurant.
This week......259.
I am officially below the 260 threshold and one pound away from 30 pounds down. I am pretty excited.
The one thing I have noticed, however, is that this week was tough. For some reason, NOT overeating was a challenge. I had to talk myself out of falling back into some bad habits, like eating later at night, and eating a lot of high-calorie things. Maybe it's because I have kind of settled into eating a lot of the same things week after week. I have my eggs and bagel dinner. I have my Chef Boyardee dinners. I have my salads. I have my sandwich and soup nights. I have my fruit. I have my cereal. I have my pudding and my granola bars. It is a pretty simply recipe of what to eat, and I've been doing it for three months. Maybe that has been getting to me and my body is craving other things.
But, the way I look at that is twofold. One, it is working. I am down 30 pounds in just under 3 months. That's an average of just over 10 pounds a month. Two, and most importantly, I did this to myself. Had I nipped it in the bud before ballooning into a fatass, I could be more liberal in what I eat and when I eat.
That, however, isn't an option right now if I actually want to lose weight.
But, it can get a little old. That's why, once a week, it's good to go out, grab dinner, eat something high in calories, and enjoy life a bit. It would be a little too maddening to try and be food-celibate all at once. You need to fall off the wagon a bit and then get right back on.

Slow but steady, I guess

Sunday weigh-in.......262.
A pound down, and it was a pretty crappy week, in terms of eating. Went out on Friday night and had a BIG dinner, then went out for the Final Four game (Uconn is playing for a national championship on Monday night) and ate and drank. Then, just today, after the weigh-in, I finished the salad I had since Thursday and feel somewhat bloated right now. I think I am going to re-institute my Sunday workout starting next week. I feel like that might get me back on schedule.
I would have liked to have lost more than one pound this week, but no big deal. It is a pound. I am still down 26 pounds overall. Not too bad.
I have to keep reminding myself that it is a marathon. I just can't fall into bad habits. I can't start eating what I want, when I want, like I used to. I can't skip workouts. I can't raise my calorie intake. I have to stay steady. I have to stay on target.
Praise God, I believe I will.