Trending down!

When Michael and I first started losing weight I had all the numbers written down.  I knew exactly how many calories we ingested each day.  But as time went on I got lazy and knew, but didn't have exact numbers.  Then I stopped paying as much attention.  I knew I was eating healthy meals, but I didn't keep track of any numbers.  I just assumed I was within the 1200-1400 calorie range.  I also didn't really count my snacks.  If I took a bite or two of this or that, I just ignored it instead of adding it to my daily calorie count (because I want really counting anyway).  But the last two days I have counted everything!  Including the 1.5 chicken nuggets I finished off the kids' lunch plates and the 8 popcorn chicken that I snacked on while we were shopping last night.  I put everything I ingested into my MyFitnessPal App and diligently counted my calories.  I must say it helped 2 days ago because I knew I spent all my calories already and it kept me from getting a snack late in the evening even though I desperately wanted one.  The last 2 days I have been within 50 calories of my 1200 calorie daily goal.  Yesterday morning I was down 0.6 lbs (after a week of barely moving 0.4 lbs up and down), hitting a month-long low.  Today I was down another 0.8 lbs (140.2), starting my new month on a low!  Yay!  I'm feeling much more positive about reaching my goal by my birthday knowing I have 10.2 lbs to go in 5 weeks than a couple days ago when I had almost 12 lbs.  Like I said, each day trending down is worth celebrating!  Today I'm especially excited!  And you can bet I'll be tracking all my calories very carefully for the next week until we leave on vacation.  I want to give myself plenty of cushion for vacation!

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Started this entry yesterday, failed to post.  Adding a bit more this morning.

Still headed down!!  I was down to 139.6 this morning!  Down another 0.6 lbs and only 9.6 to go in the next 5 weeks!  I gotta say, tracking the calories really seems to help a lot more.  Big shocker there.  For three days now I have actively tracked my calories.  The first two days I was within 50 calories of my 1200 calorie day.  Yesterday I was within 100 calories of my 1200 calorie day.  The next 3 mornings I was down 0.6, 0.8, and 0.6 lbs.  That's 2 lbs in 3 days!!!  If I can maintain that kind of momentum, even vacation can't stop me from reaching my goal!  My plan is to keep tracking carefully until Wednesday when we leave for vacation.  Hopefully I'll give myself enough of a cushion and we'll be plenty active in Texas, that when we get home and I still have just under a month left to work, that 130 will be attainable.  Just wishing I had been carefully tracking my calories a little earlier...  Oh well!  Shoulda coulda woulda...