Five pounds down - 195

Boy, was it tough going this week. On Sunday I'd had a late breakfast and skipped lunch as I snacked on mangoes throughout the afternoon. That night was Shady Shakespeare's annual fundraising gala, featuring chocolate and wine tasting ... is that dieter's death or what?! My goal was to consume no more than 800 calories and my total came out to 807, not too bad. But at what cost? So many empty calories that combined with my skipped lunch, I had to fill myself with other food afterward. Not only that, but because it was on Sunday night, it cut into my regular salsa routine, which cost me 600 unburned calories.

The net effect was that I overshot my calorie budget by 900 and spent the next four days paying back my "borrowed" calories. It took a great deal of work, planning and Subway sandwiches but I finally did it. Imagine my joy this morning when I stepped on the bathroom scale and saw 194.8! Granted, it's probably water weight and the rate of loss will probably diminish in the coming weeks. I would hope so, actually, or else I'd be a little worried that I was losing weight too fast; I'm about a week and a half ahead of schedule on my weight loss goal (30 more pounds by Race Day). It does feel good, though, to see my hard work translating to ticks on the scale.