Every Cloud

This morning, the alarm rang at 5 am, and despite staying up until midnight, I hopped out of bed and made it to the gym by 6:15 or so. Armed with some new downloads, I started out my workout with some David Crowder Band, and hit the treadmill for 20 minutes, walking at 2.6 mph (which is pretty fast for me), and then popped on the elliptical for 25 minutes. The last five minutes were killer, and I had to mentally trick myself through them. I’ll do that–tell myself I just want to get to the next tenth of a mile, or try to burn however many more calories in the next 30 seconds–whatever it takes to get me through the time.  I finished my workout with a brief two minute cool down on the treadmill.
 
And then I thought, “Oh, I think I’ll go hop on the scale.”
 
Remember the stomach bug earlier this week? Turns out that little cloud had a silver lining.
 
I weighed myself last Thursday, 11/11. The scale read 407.8  (My friend, who orginially did my profile on the fancy Tanita scale, calculated 2 lbs for clothing, so it was “officially” adjusted to 405.8).
 
This morning, the scale read 394.8, and if I adjust the 2 lbs for clothing, 392.8??!!!  WHAT??!!
 
13 lbs in a WEEK??  HAHA!! Biggest loser caliber, baby!! 😉
 
Seriously, though…I realize that a portion of that loss is due to the stomach bug. And really, I’m okay with that. However, I am certain that some of it is also due to hard work and consistency. I’ll expect to gain next week, surely. But this? It gave me a much welcomed mental boost just to see the scale move in such a dramatic fashion. And the biggest thing?
I’m FINALLY under 400, baby!!!
 
WHOOO HOOO!!!!!