Week 3 - Day 1, Progress and "splurge" days!

End of Week 2 body stats:

• Weight: 194lbs - that's 2 more pounds!!!
• Waist at belly button: 36.5" - no change, but that's okay.

 Day 1:

• total calories/points: 2478 / 60 points - this leaves me with 20 flex points for the week. These party snacks/dinners are screwing me over lol - plus it probably didn't help that part of those meals was Domino's pizza. I feel like I've really done an excellent job with keeping my alcohol intake in control - only drinking 3 or 4 beers on a Friday or Saturday night and maybe 1 or 2 during the random weeknight outing. This kind of additional calorie intake I can totally handle and plan for.
• played various Wii dance games for about 3 hours with few breaks - I think overall I probably burned about 500 calories, if not more - I was sweating my ass off! My toe survived quite well and I see no reason why I can't get back to my gym routine this week. I underestimate on my activity tracker with WW just because I was too busy having fun to pay attention to the exact amount of time I was dancing - adding 20 activity points to my weekly flex points bank. 
• only smoked 5 cigarettes which is pretty flippin' amazing for being in a party-like atmosphere with other smokers.
• 2am bedtime
• $8 spent to chip-in for pizza

I'm really proud of this 2 pound per week progress I'm making - I'm already starting to see subtle differences in my body, especially looking at pictures of myself. Last week there were several moments of feeling like I just wanted to eat whatever the hell I wanted all day every day - but I didn't, and I gave myself Saturday to be a "splurge" day. I think knowing I can have that one or two days a week where I don't count calories until the very end of the day (instead of as-I-go) really helps me keep myself under control during those "fuck it" moments. I'm really excited to get back into the gym this week, and even if I don't have the time to make it to the gym, having the knowledge that I can successfully do some cardio at home with my toe makes me feel really good and motivated.

Once I get back into a regular workout routine I'll have to adjust my calorie-intake some. I'll try bumping up to 1800, and if I'm still struggling with strong hunger, 1900. 1700 was the number I shot for in order to maintain weight-loss without regular exercise and so far it is working brilliantly and I'm really proud of myself for that.

Overall I'm feeling really good about these last 2 weeks and good about myself. The steady progress I've been making certainly is motivating!