Less of Josephine.

I weighed-in this morning and I’m down to 190.4, which is a 3.4 pound loss this week and puts me at 17.4 pounds down for 6 weeks. Yippy Skippy! I’m so glad I was able to resist temptations (and there were many) this weekend, because it really paid off on the scale. Weekends are usually so much harder because my darling husband likes to tip a few cocktails and bring in high-fat, high-salt junk food. That used to be my modis operandi as well, so the urges are still there. The habits are so ingrained I can literally taste the martini and olives on the back of my tongue while I’m watching him mix the drink. But I’m trying to create new habits and prove that I can have perfectly fun, enjoyable Friday and Saturday nights and still stay completely ON PLAN. This definitely takes some serious effort and mental fortitude. But when every Monday morning roles around I feel an incredible sense of relief that I continue to be on plan and continue to lose weight. No martini could taste as good as this feels (but I’m not sure about olives, I really LOVE olives!). I’m now 47 days without a binge. FORTY-SEVEN! That’s mind-blowing for me, and I’m so proud of that accomplishment. I’m beginning to hope that there really is such a thing as total abstinence when it comes to binging. Instead of wondering WHEN I’ll binge, I can hope that maybe I’ll NEVER binge. A life without binges, that’s something worth striving for!