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The Quest for Skinny Erika Week 17

Posted By: Erika Mitchell on 05/31/2011

The Quest for Skinny Erika Week 17

So it turns out that if you don’t exercise as much as normal and attend two birthday celebrations, you don’t lose weight. Weird, huh?

I injured my knee at the end of last week (my own stupid fault, I ran on it even though it felt sore to begin with) and then caught a nasty cold. Even though I tried to make it out for walks, it wasn’t enough to combat the birthday food and alas, I gained .2 lbs.

Now, I totally understand that .2 lbs. isn’t the end of the world. Truthfully, I’m just glad I didn’t gain more than that! My birthday was a delicious affair and I fully admit to stuffing my face.

Rather, I’m looking at this as a confluence of diet-sabotaging events that all happened to fall on the same week. No big deal. I’m back on the wagon, back in the gym, and ready to get back on track.

I think this kind of thing happens with any long-term weight loss journey. Life happens (and so do homemade cupcakes) and you have to recover from it and get right back into the fight. It’s not the end of the world if you lapse and make some intentionally (delicious) unhealthy choices, but it’s imperative that you pick right back up where you left off.

A wise man once told me, “You can have the cupcake. Just make sure the cupcake doesn’t have you.”

My stats for this week!

Weight: 179.8 lbs. (up .2 lbs. from last week, but still under 180!)

Waist: 39 inches (up 1.5 inches from last week. Ummm, not really sure how I feel about that…)