Tonight I did my first weigh-in for my Dieting for a Dad fundraiser. Just to refresh your memory, I'm trying to lose 100 lbs in the next year and have 30 people who have pledged to donate $10 for every 10 lbs I lose to Brandi's Diabetic Alert Dog fund at Warren Retrievers.
Although my overall goal is to lose 2 lbs per week, my secret goal was to lose 10 lbs the first week. I know, that's a LOT of weight in a very short time, but I have a lot of weight to lose and I knew going into this that you normally lose the most weight during the first week. Honestly, I wanted to end my first week by having everybody sending in their $10 donation. I knew the upcoming weeks would be a much slower weight loss, so I really wanted...NEEDED...that first 10 lbs to come off quickly.
So tonight after we got home from our JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes I climbed on the scale only to find I'd only lost 5.6 lbs...over 4 lbs less than my goal. I was so disappointed in myself. I've worked so hard, stayed under my calorie limit each day, hell, I even did a three mile walk today.
With a heavy heart I posted the results on our Facebook page and wrote an apology for only losing a little over 5 lbs...which I quickly deleted before posting. As soon as the weight was up for everyone to see I started having people congratulate me on a good job...and it WAS a good job, just not as good as I had hoped.
So there will be no donations this week, but you can bet your sweet bottom that there WILL be one next week....oh God PLEASE let there be one next week!
As I begin Week 2 I am as committed as ever to reaching my goal. I will continue to log every single bite that enters my mouth, I'll drink water until I think my eyes are going to float away, I'll do whatever it takes to be successful in the quest....not just for the money I'll raise, but because my daughter needs me to.
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