Spring Fling Finale

2010 April 21
by Karena

So, it’s the final weigh in for the Spring Fling Challenge at the Sisterhood. In one way, I really feel like I dropped the ball this week. I’ve been unplugged for most of the week, barely blogging or tweeting, and don’t think I’ve made it to the ‘hood all week. Sorry, H3. Unplugging was definitely something I needed this week, but I should of at least had the courtesy to let you know.

But in another way, I’ve done OUTSTANDING this week. Because I am down another pound, to 159. Yep, a new decade. And not only that: 159 is what I weighed the day I found out I was pregnant with Harry — December 20th, 2006. This is the lightest I’ve been in nearly three and a half years. And that feels really good!

And on that successful note, this is the last time I’ll be “weighing in” for a while. Right now I need to focus a little more on eating and moving for my health, as opposed to eating and moving for my weight, if you know what I mean. It’s all part, for me, of developing a healthier attitude toward food and lifestyle. I’m not saying I’ll never touch the scale again. Just that for now, it’s not where I want my focus.

from → keeping it real, weigh in

  • tiffanyzook
    I love your attitude about doing all of this for your health - For YOU! Great job on your new low!
  • Shera
    Congratulations on your weight loss. I definitely understand the need to step away from the scale for a while.
  • Hoooray! I still weigh myself from time to time to see how I am doing and how my body reacts to certain foods so even though one of the main points of IE is to drop the scale, I don't think it is terrible with the right attitude. With that said, the right attitude is something we have to work towards so on the days that I am feeling like that number might impact my mood or behavior, I don't get on. I think we each have to find a balance with the scale that works for us and for some that is not at all and for some that is every now and then.

    Good for you for taking the focus off your weight and on your relationship with food instead. !!
  • Yes, I see it as a useful tool and don't feel the need to drop it entirely. But at the moment, I let that number hold way too much sway over my day. I think it's time to define "healthy" by something other than a number.
  • Congratulations!!! That is finally when I started to lose weight, when I put the focus somewhere else entirely. (I wrote about that a little today too! LOL) Congrats on the unplugging too, I needed that for a few days and I think my kids needed me to do that too. Love you girl, hope you're sticking around at the sisterhood even if you're not weighing in!!! xoxoxoxoxoxo
  • You know what's really funny? I just sent you an e-mail, requesting the *focus* charm!

    I could no sooner leave the Sisterhood than chop off my arm! You all keep me sane! Love you guys!
  • BrookeF
    i think its incredible that you've went away from counting calories, dieting, etc and you've still lost weight. and you know how much i admire your quest for being healthy, not just thin.
  • Thanks, Brooke! I still sometimes find myself counting calories in my head when I assemble a meal. I have to slap myself out of it, LOL. It's so ingrained! But it's been very liberating to find that I CAN do this without obsessing over the details.
  • "Right now I need to focus a little more on eating and moving for my health, as opposed to eating and moving for my weight" ---> LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!
  • I'm amazed at the change in my mindset over the last month or so. I mean, before, I would have SAID I wanted to be healthy. But what I'd really have meant was "I want to be a size 8." Because lower numbers WERE my idea of health.
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