This is our third Weigh-in Wednesday, so here’s the update on our progress this last week. At the end of the post we’d love for you to link up to your own update post about your weight-loss progress. We look forwards to cheering you on!

Food

JOY: I haven’t been as good at recording my daily intake as I was last week. There have been several times when I’ve forgotten to record one and even two meals. I’ve also been eating a little more often, not waiting until I’m truly hungry. I did get better toward the end of the week and I was able to keep from snacking all day long. It has helped tremendously, however, that we’re completely out of chocolate chips!

KATE: I have been pretty good at maintaining my food log. However, there has been a time or two when I purposely didn’t write something down because it was late at night and I wasn’t too proud of myself. I KNOW that’s not a good excuse and that it’s a bad habit to get started. I’ve committed myself to not doing that anymore.

Water

JOY: I haven’t been recording my daily water intake, but I have been drinking a lot more than usual. I’m still using a regular glass instead of a water bottle, and I find I’m refilling it several times a day. I’d imagine that I’m getting close to 8 glasses of water a day at least.

KATE: My water intake is still doing great. I feel like it has definitely become a routine now. I do still have to convince myself to put the coffee cup down and go get water at certain times, but that’s getting better also.

Exercise

JOY: YES! I’m exercising! I actually exercised over three hours this week on the Wii Fit (and I’m happy to say that I’m ranked number one in most of the games/activities so far — most, but not all…yet.) I’ve actually been having a lot of fun with the Wii Fit and it’s been incredibly easy to stay motivated to exercise with it. There are a few activities that eat my lunch (anything upper body like push-ups are so hard for me to do), but overall I’ve been working hard enough that I’m sweating by the end.

KATE: Okay, I am impressed with Joy’s accomplishment. I wish I could say that I was exercising as much. I am getting more movement worked in to my days though, although I don’t have one set-aside workout time scheduled.  That is a goal for this week.

Challenges

JOY: My biggest challenge this week was snacking. I found myself several times just wanting to eat for the pure enjoyment of eating rather than waiting until I needed to eat. I’ll admit that I gave in a little too much at the beginning of the week, but by the end of the week, I just distracted myself with busyness and I was able to avoid over-indulging.

KATE: There was one day over the weekend when I was having a very busy morning and decided it would be okay if I skipped breakfast. I should know better. By noon, I actually started not feeling well. Obviously my metabolism has quickly gotten used to eating breakfast. As a result of this, I had a bagel with cream cheese less than an hour before lunch.

Successes

JOY: I’ve really surprised myself in my self-control when it comes to drinking milk. Before we started this 2 Moms 20 Pounds challenge, my main drink was milk; I drank it in the with every meal, with snacks, and sometimes on its own. I’m happy to say that we actually had a gallon of milk come within one day of its expiration date — a rare occurrence at our house. I have been making sure I get at least a little milk each day, but that’s usually only with cereal.

My other big success was on Monday night when Jerah, my 9 year old, decided to make brownies. Now, I LOVE brownies, especially right out of the oven — but I didn’t have a single one! And it was surprisingly easier than I thought. What’s really great is that each of these little successes makes it that much easier to say “no” the next time!

KATE: I made bacon waffles one day last week. I love bacon waffles and could easily eat a dozen in one sitting. But I successfully limited myself to 2 waffles and felt extremely satisfied. I’ve also noticed that I’m getting full quicker which has been great in keeping me from over eating.

Plans for the next week

JOY: I need to keep to my goal and eat only when I’m hungry. When I start snacking between meals, I find that it’s hard to stop.

KATE: I need to work in a specific workout time so that I can keep myself accountable. I also need to come up with a few new ideas for my late-night snack so that I’m not tempted by things I know I shouldn’t eat.

Weigh-in

JOY: I realize that a person’s weight can fluctuate up to about 4 pounds from one day to the next, so I wasn’t really surprised that my weight went up and down quite a bit this week; but it was a little disappointing. Last Wednesday I was at 164.4, and by Friday I was down to 162.6, but then it went up again to 165.8 on Sunday. I know I probably wasn’t really gaining weight, but all the same I wasn’t terribly encouraged by it. Thankfully, I weighed in this morning at 163.2, which is a 1.2 pound loss from last week. Hopefully it’ll be even better by next week since I’ve added exercise into my routine. Slowly but surely!

KATE: We finally purchased a scale this week. As of Friday, I have lost 3.5 pounds. I am very happy with this progress and am now looking forward to noticing more of a difference in my clothes.

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Are you trying to lose weight, change some dietary habits, or just eat healthier? We’d love to have you weigh-in with the details of your week. Join us every Wednesday and link up via Mr. Linky so that we can all come cheer you on!