Whoa.

I don't really know how it happened. It's quite a mystery, but . . . I am disappearing.

After a disappointing loss last week (.2 lbs), I had an astonishing 6 pound loss this week. What did I do? I did exactly what I said in my last entry. I drank all my water, ate between 24 and 27 points, and limited my junk food to 4 points per day. (I did have one slip up: I went to 5 points one day. The next day I limited myself to 3 points.) Nothing extraordinary.

In fact, I made some bad choice last week too. I only exercised once. I went out for drinks with friends twice. I didn't get hungry on Saturday until 2:00 p.m., so I didn't eat until then--craming my entire points in from 2 p.m. until bed at 10 p.m. I even ate 1/2 of Olive Garden's Spaghetti and Sausage dish on Sunday (15 points, with salad and breadstick).

But, apparently, water and junk food appear to be key. Perhaps my metabolism has grown past being able to efficiently burn junk food. Is that even a legitimate theory?

As of this Thursday, I will have eaten to my minimum points every day for a month. I will start a new monthly goal. Since it appears to be aboslutely necessary for me to loose weight, my monthly goal is to drink at least six 8 oz. glasses of water per day. This may appear to be easy, but I've been chugging bottles of water just before bed for the past week. So, I solemenly swear: I will drink six 8 oz. glasses of water per day from February 16th through March 14th. (Dad: After that you can choose my April goal!)

But, I still need to keep my mini-goals going. I want to test the junk food theory again so:

(1) I will limit myself to 4 junk food points per day. See definition of junk food below.
(2) I will exercise at least 2 hours this week.
(3) I will clear out either the 2nd guest room (i.e. the Teddy Bear room) or the garage this weekend, depending on the weather.