So it was my birthday on Sunday, hooray!! And I let myself have one day of no calorie counting or tracking, to just "live". I was initally very apprehensive and a little scared to do it, since up until a month ago, I "just lived" myself all the way up to 266 pounds. I am now down 20 lbs since starting the Optifast program, and while that is awesome, the program is no joke and takes immense amounts of self-control, which I must say I had been in rather short supply of. So I had my day, which turned into two, which magically made it to 3 whole days off of my products and eating normal food. I have to say, while I am not proud of the fact that I went off plan for longer than I intended, I am impressed with myself for the fact that I did not go out of control like I normally would, and I am still down a pound this week!

I have also started to work out more consistently. I tried a spin class, which I must say I was hoping to like more. I literally felt like I was dying about halfway through it, and then noticed that there was a very nice looking gentleman BEHIND me. Translation: this tasty fellow had witnessed me heaving my large self off of and slamming it back down onto the devil spin bike for 45 mins before I realized he was there. UGH. Although this distressed me greatly at the time, I also noticed a change in myself. There was a time when I wouldn't have even tried spinning bc I didn't think I would be able to do it, but I went for it. And Mr. Sexyspinman was in all likelihood not too worried about what I was doing, and if he was I will never know.

So, moral of the story, I think I will explore some more classes and try to find some that I really like so I will actually look forward to going and have some variety to my workouts. Next goal is to get back to the C25K I had started a few months ago. I really enjoyed it and one of my long term goals is to get into good enough shape that running will be my go to and enjoyable source for cardio.

I hope everyone has had a fabulous week so far! Keep fighting the good fight, we will all get there, one pound at a time!