WEEK 3 -- DAY 15 -- 2nd WEIGH-IN -- 226 lbs.

                2.5 lbs. lost this week

                        5.5 lbs. lost this month

                 5.5 lbs. lost YTD

OH HAPPY DAY!!!  There's nothing better than getting up on weigh-in day, getting on the scale and seeing that you've lost weight.  I had such mixed emotions this morning thinking that I might have lost nothing.  I got on and off that scale three times just to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing.  I was weighing myself on a scale that has a dial with the darker black lines for every five pound increments.  The weight was just one past the dark line and, for a minute, I thought I was looking at the 230 lb. dark line meaning I was 231 pounds and had actually gained weight.  I looked again and realized I was looking at the 225 dark line so my weight was actually 226lbs.  What a great feeling!! One thing to note is that my ticker above does not seem to compute half pounds so even though I've only lost 5.5 lbs., it actually says 6 pounds.

Since I'm also on the Diet Bet Challenge, I was now curious to see what the difference was between the two scales I'm using as I have to use my digital scale for that weigh-in.  The difference is exactly 1.5 lbs.  When I weighed myself on Sunday for Diet Bet, I had clothes on and it was in the afternoon so I had already eaten a decadent almond croissant for breakfast.  My starting weight for that challenge was 231.6.  Today I got on that scale in the morning, having not eaten anything, and my weight is 228.8.  This means I've already lost 2.8 lbs. for this competition.  This is unbelievable as I have to lose a total of 9.3 lbs. in this challenge to share in the prize pool of $16,400.

I'm leaving today to go out of town for three days not returning until Friday.  This is always dangerous but this weigh-in is such a motivating factor for me.  The other great thing is that I don't weigh myself again until next Tuesday so I'll never know what my weight is when I get home on Friday.  And even if it wasn't that good, I'd still have four more days until weigh-in to make sure I lose at least one pound.

Loving my "weight loss plan" today.  And the good news is that my Jenny Craig food arrives today which will make it a lot easier for me than it's been because I'll always have something to reach for when I'm not sure what to have for dinner.  Feeling great right now!!!

Editing this post to add what I ate yesterday.  Picked up a raspberry croissant before I began my trip.  Had dinner again at Japanese restaurant Izakaya.  Had the Crispy Rock Shrimp as an appetizer and ate 1/3.  Had the Kobe beef again with a side of Fried Rice.  When I like something, I like to order it again when I go back to that restaurant.  At least I didn't order any dessert this time.