I actually lost weight!

I lost weight this week. I probably lost about 2 lbs since last week ( I didn't have an exact # last week), but since my last WW meeting I lost .2 lbs. So I am done to 150.2. I am so happy that I lost.

Brandon and I have made a pact. We are determined to lose weight and he reminded me that when one of us isn't trying it's really hard for the other person. So here's to a new start.
We have decided to try and give ourselves one "free day". Parties come up, friends want to go out to eat, life happens, but we can plan for it as much as possible and make that our "free day"

Some words on free day from Hussman Fitness:

"You should think of the free day as an opportunity to choose "unauthorized"
foods. It's not about losing control. It's about making choices and enjoying
those choices. The danger of going overboard is that a wild pig-out style free
day can blow several days of "caloric deficits" that are essential for fat loss,
and can also be detrimental for people who tend to be binge eaters. If you're
not a little careful, the idea of "free days" can create an "all or nothing"
mindset and sets up binge eating patterns that are hard to eliminate later. That
said, kept in perspective, the free day may help counter the risk that your body
senses a fasting state. Metabolically, you're trying to convince your body that
it doesn't have to lower its metabolism, shed muscle, or defend its fat stores
in response to the change in its "environment". You don't need a huge number of
extra calories to do that. It's good if your free meals make you feel warm, and
it's great if you actually break a light sweat. The free day gives you something
to look forward to, keeps your body "confused", and gives you a chance to have
that pizza and ice cream you've been eyeing all week, but don't go way
overboard. There's some evidence that cycling high and low caloric periods with
weight training can help muscle gains, but the effective cycle is evidently
about two weeks, not one day. And if your primary concern is fat loss, I
wouldn't try to get that fancy.
If you prefer, my impression is that you can
substitute the free day with 2 "free meals" between any Sunday-Saturday period
(following the program for other meals on those days). Don't try to "spread"
your free day across the whole week and then kid yourself that you're following
the program. That said, if you do have something that's "unauthorized," don't
fall into all-or-nothing thinking and say "I blew it! I'm a loser! The day is
ruined! Now it's a free day!" followed by a self-destructive binge. Just have a
little bit less to eat later that day, or the next day, to make up for that
small amount of lost ground. The main thing is that you don't turn small
indiscretions into self-destructive binges. We're all human. If you ate the
cookie, you ate the cookie. Now get on with your program!"

Remember losing weight is about finding what works for you. And I'm beginning
to find that what worked for me 2 years ago, may not be the same as today.