I met with Laura earlier this week, and I kind of figured my weight would be up a little. I gained 1.5 lbs this week.... but for a lot of different reasons. First, we ate pizza LATE Sunday night and my weigh-in was at 9:30 Monday morning. Not planned very well!

Also, Laura said I'm probably retaining water. I don't think I was as disappointed about the gain this time because I was expecting it. On top of that pizza, I think we ate out 3 or 4 days last week. I didn't eat horribly like I would have 6 weeks ago, but I didn't do as well as I could've done.

I did, however, have a pretty decent week at the gym. I lifted weights 3 days and did my cardio circuit 3 days.

Anyway, all this is motivating me to have a big loss when I weigh in again next Monday. It shows how weight loss is a challenge, and you can't lose ALL the time! PLUS, I've been getting awesome e-mails from viewers like you. One I read yesterday was from a woman who is actually using one of the links on our web page to lose weight.

She's lost 9 lbs in just 5 weeks through SparkPeople -- and it's free to use! She also found a support group right here in South Bend through the site.

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