Celebrate Progress No Matter How Small. 254.8 pounds. - 0.1 pounds today, - 1.0 pounds this week, - 2.9 pounds this month, - 25.2 pounds since May 1, - 78.2 pounds from my all-time high of 333 pounds.

If you have every lost big amounts of weight it can be frustrating when you progress is slow. I've learned, however, that I need to celebrate progress, no matter how small. If I don't do that then I'm setting myself up for frustration down the road. If I can't celebrate the small wins then I'm setting the bar higher for what I can celebrate. That means fewer celebrations, less momentum, less enthusiasm, and I'm making it harder to stay motivated. Do I want to lose a lot of weight each and every day? Yes. Is that realistic? No. So celebrate every win you can and you will be more likely to do the same activity in the future.

Yesterday I didn't follow my plan exactly, as I ate after 5 p.m. However, I didn't have breakfast so I did accomplish my goal of intermittent fasting for one meal in the day. This allowed me to lose one tenth of a pound. I had a full night of sleep and I exercised, so I feel great about that. I've gotten back into biking in zone 2 and my IT band feels better. I am going to learn from my past mistake of going really hard on my bike so that I don't strain my IT band again.

Today should be a good day. I have a full day of work and I have a work event tonight to go to. I don't know that food will be involved in the evening event or not. The unknown is not a good thing to deal with when trying to stick with a plan. We'll see what happens today and we'll see what the scale says tomorrow morning!