40 pounds in 40 weeks

I have made it to another land mark in my weight loss. Today my pants feel loose – but it is not like those weight loss commercials where it looks like the pants are 10 sizes to big. I have found most days I can keep my eating in control, but the special events are hard to avoid. It seems like there is one a week. A birthday, baptism, old friend in town, you name it, always an excuse to overeat. Additionally, the holidays it appears have already hit Cardinal IG. We are starting to accumulate more and more food at the front desk.

I will add a 4 pearl of wisdom to my list of 3.

4. Tell everyone you know that you are trying to loose weight.

This week this was especially helpful for me. I coworker of mine convinced me that I did not need to eat the “Fun” size M&M’s that our enabling secretary had convinced me that I wanted. (Even though it had been nearly 3 months since I had candy from her bowl.) My coworker convinced me (and correctly so) that it was too easy to continue taking candy if I started with one “Fun” size candy bar. So I didn’t. Not to mention since weight is such a touchy subject, people are more likely to comment that you look like you have lost weight - if you have told them you are trying.