Lost .8 at weigh in tonight

I lost almost a pound tonight. I was pretty happy with that considering the week that I've had. I still have .4 to go to get to the 20 lbs lost mark. I'll be there next week hopefully. I'm looking forward to getting my next 5 lb star. I checked in with Christine and she was excited for me. Dori was there tonight so we did a lot of awards. One woman, who is a lifetime member, has lost 90 lbs. That was encouraging to see that someone has lost that much weight. I'm glad that people who have lost a lot of weight still come to meetings.

I did talk to Alicia today about my weight loss situation. She asked me how I would treat someone who was in the same situation that I am in. I told her that I would be nice to them and tell them it would be okay. She said that I needed to do the same thing for myself. I need to have some compassion for myself. I never really thought about being nice to myself and cutting myself some slack like I would for someone else. Knowing that allowed me to go to my weigh in tonight. I thought about not going but decided that it would be good for me to go, so I did. I'm glad I went. Losing .8 was a big deal for me. Plus I needed the support and encouragement that a meeting gives me. It was nice of Christine to notice that I was so close to my next milestone.

I so want to get to the 20 lb mark next weigh in. I'm going to try to do better this coming week. Tonight I got the rotisserie chicken for dinner. I made a salad with it. I also got some french bread to go with it. It was a delicious dinner. It was so much better than fast food. I'm glad I took the time to get the chicken and make the salad. David enjoyed it too. I had plenty of points to use because I didn't have lunch today. Next weigh in day I'm not going to skip lunch though. I don't think it's a good idea. I'll hopefully be at a big enough loss that eating lunch won't take it away. Even if it does, I'd rather wait for the real loss than miss lunch. I certainly can lose .4 in a week's time.

I'm going to try to remember what Alicia told me today regarding having compassion for myself. She also wanted me to remind myself that I don't need to put pressure on myself, that I need to relax and not get down on myself regarding my weight loss. I need to be kind to myself this coming week. I also need to tell myself that I don't have to be perfect and there will be ups and downs. I need to treat myself as compassionately as I would treat anyone else.

Well, it's bedtime so I'm going to quit for the night. Hooray for losing .8 this past week!