Lost 10 Pounds

Wow, it's been more than a month since I've written my previous blog post.  I've been keep journaling on my notepad, it's just that I didn't have the time to update my blog.  Since then, as usual, I've struggled because of many many dinner invitations from family and friends.  It was really challenging.  Rather than refusing the food, I had to stick with portion control.

The Thanksgiving dinner wasn't that bad because my family understands that I'm working on weight loss.  I ate healthy and ate only a small amount.  I even ate fruits and vegetables before I went for the dinner so I don't binge.  It worked!

The most challenging day was when we had a group meeting at a chinese buffet.  It is "the" biggest buffet in town.  I knew I was in trouble.  As usual, I ate first at home so I don't binge again.  It sorta worked.  I ate only two dishes, but still, I'm sure I ate more than 1,500 calories from the two dishes I've emptied.

But I want to point out that Tyson Buffet, where we had the lunch, actually provided some healthy food.  Unlike other Chinese buffets where they serve American-Chinese cusines, Tyson Buffet serves more Chinese-Chinese dishes with less sugar.  I don't know if you know or not, but the Chinese food that you see in a typical Chinese buffet isn't really Chinese food.  Real Chinese food is less sugarly.  Anyway, I had a good time there.  I don't think I've gained any weight from that lunch, but my weight loss progress isn't anywhere near "fast"  It's slow and boring.

Someone emailed me and convinced me that I should record other measures of changes in my body.  Because I'm also doing light weight training I could be gaining more muscle mess plus I could be losing some inches near my belly.  Maybe that's why my weight loss is slower than I've expected.  I really expected that I'd lose more than a pound a week even though it was my goal to lose a pound a week.  But as I progress, I've noticed losing a single pound a week is really really hard! (at least for me)

I've actually increased my exercise level gradually, doing more jump ropes, doing more weight training, increasing the resistant level on my eliptical, and yet, my weight loss is slower than ever.  Not discouraged or anything, but I say to myself over and over again, when I lose all the weight, there's no way I'm going back to where I am right now.  It's just TOO HARD.  A lesson learned.  I'm going to post some pictures taken from our Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house as I end this post. Thanks for reading.