WEEK 5 -- DAY 34 -- 5th WEIGH-IN -- 222.5 lbs.

 1.2 lbs. lost this week

9 lbs. lost this month

9 lbs. lost YTD

And it's Super Bowl Sunday. And I lost more than a pound this week.  It doesn't get better than that.  I love when I've had a successful week.  And I know had I not had those Jenny Craig dinners the past three nights, I wouldn't have accomplished this.  When I did this same thing in 2010, at this point I had already lost 13 pounds.  So this time around, I've lost 4 less pounds than I did in 2010.  But, since I'm only trying to lose a pound a week, I'm already 5 pounds ahead of where I should be for the month.  According to my Lose It app, if I lose one pound a week, I will have achieved my weight loss goal by July 5, 2014.  Now that I've plugged in my 1.2 lbs. lost this week, I will achieve my goal by June 27, 2014.  Any little bit helps.

Today I'm making a special Chicken Cacciatore recipe from The Pioneer Woman for Super Bowl Sunday.  My husband also bought some shrimp and a bean nacho taco platter. Hopefully I won't go crazy today.  But, I won't be weighing myself tomorrow so I'll never know what damage I've done.

EDIT:  So I didn't go crazy and I'm so proud.  I had one shrimp and only 6 tortilla chips with about two tablespoons of the bean nacho dip.  I looked up the calories for the chicken cacciatore and it's hardly anything.  I only ate 1/2 of a piece of thigh and about 2/3 cup of noodles and all of the vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, onions) on top amount to practically nothing.  Glad I didn't tell my husband to buy some Super Bowl cupcakes.