Begin week three

Current weight: 202

Four more pounds down when I stepped on the scale at the gym tonight. This is great for a number of reasons. Obviously, it's good because I continue to lose weight, and continue to be ahead of the pace I would need to lose fifty pounds in four months (I've lost ten pounds in the first two weeks, meaning it would take me just two and a half months to lose fifty at the same rate). But it's also good because this past week was Thanksgiving. Not only did I cheat on Thanksgiving (with, as mentioned in an earlier post, not a ton more calories but certainly a load of carbs), but I cheated a bit on Friday and Saturday as well, having a slice of pumpkin pie on both nights as well as a half-cheating dinner on Friday. And yet, in spite of Thanksgiving and pie, I still lost four pounds! You could argue, I suppose, that I could have lost even more had I avoided the pie or the Thanksgiving carbfest, but you know what? Four pounds in a week is a lot to lose, and I know that on the whole I've worked hard for this. If I can lose weight without fully depriving myself of some of life's little pleasures, that works for me.