Health Check-In 11.04.19

08/2019 loss:  11.2             (TOTAL -11.2)

09/2019 loss:   9.1              (TOTAL -20.3)

10/2019 loss:   6.8              (TOTAL -27.1)

Monday, 11/4/19 -1.6          (TOTAL -28.7)

I noticed my monthly losses have gone down each month, but that's okay.  I have not been 'perfect' and a 6.8 pound loss in one month is still really good.  According to WW, the average loss is 1-2 pounds per week.  A 6.8 loss in one month is 1.7 pounds per week.  So I'm still right on track!

Here are the treats I enjoyed this week and still had a weight loss:

1 hard seltzer
peanut butter crackers
biscuits and gravy
1 piece of pizza
1 small blueberry muffin
1/2 of a Kit Kat bar

And here are some non-food related wins/random thoughts:

*3 pairs of jeans that no longer fit (too big!)

*I put on my 'winter' jacket (which is just a light jacket) yesterday morning and after I buttoned it up, I pulled it away from my mid-section...I had a lot of room.  I may need to get another jacket, but not this year.  I rarely wear a jacket here at all, so it can wait until next season.  Plus, the jacket has a belt, so I can cinch it up if necessary.

*I did a 3+ mile hike yesterday by myself.  It was a moderately easy hike, but at one point I thought about turning around.  I saw a couple ahead of me hiking on a steep incline (think...staircase) and I paused because I wasn't sure if i had the motivation to do that and I couldn't see where the incline ended.  But I wanted to finish, so I did it.  And it wasn't bad at all.

*I had to keep hiking up the leggings I wore on the hike.

*I said 'no' to a LOT of treats this week.  Peanut Butter Pie, lots of chocolate, and pastries at break yesterday.

*I drank a lot of coffee this week.  I found some almond milk caramel flavored creamer that is delicious.

*Trader Joe's mandarin chicken with cauliflower stir fry mix makes a great dinner.  It's kind of pointy (10), but it's a lot of food.  SO GOOD. 

And here are goals for November:

*More Barre!

*At least 2 more hikes

*More detailed tracking.  I track every single meal, but sometimes I get REALLY lazy and will do a 'Quick Add' in the WW app, and just plug in 'Breakfast' 6 points and 'Lunch', 8 points, etc.  I want to be more detailed so I can see how many vegetables I'm not eating ha ha.

*More water.  I haven't been hitting my gallon per day lately.  Usually I get around 75 - 80 ounces, but I'm going to strive for 128 oz consistently this month.