Weekly Chart #4

I've been really bad about posting lately.  Life has gotten thoroughly insane recently.  My daughter fell and sprained her ankle so we've had to add numerous doctor and physical therapy appointments into our already packed schedule.  We went through another massive round of layoffs at work.  I'm still employed after 11 years, but it's really hard to see so many people lose their livelihood.  It also of course adds to my workload.  I'm starting to feel like the ground after heavy rains when it becomes supersaturated and the excess water can't soak in any longer.  There's a song by a band named Enchant called Juggling Knives.    There's a line in the song that keeps recurring to me right now:  "And now the choice is juggling nine or dropping ten."  So we'll see what happens next!

However, the good news in all of this is that counting my calories really is working.  I've had some weeks recently where I haven't made much progress with the weight loss, but I haven't regained either.  So right now I'm considering that to be a win since the stress has been so high.  I'm also back into exercising full-swing now after having to cut back when I got strep throat.  So even though many things in my life feel out-of-control currently; I still feel in control of my health.  Which was the true goal all along.

Here's the current chart:

I've graphed my weight loss in Excel and added a trend line.  If I keep up at my current pace I should reach my goal weight sometime in early April.  Although I've given myself until June so I won't stress out if it takes a bit longer.  I must admit to being pretty excited about being able to purchase some new spring and summer clothes.  I hope that I'll have solved my problem of seeing something that looks cute on the model but hideous on me!

I'll try to be better about posting at least weekly again!