Weeks Seven and Eight

All right so a couple of things. I was off on my weeks on the last post. It was weeks five and six, five being the week I didn't have a picture of. Also, I have clearly missed yet another week. I actually completely forgot to take a pic.

I had had a cold which then turned into a lovely case of laryngitis. Don't get me wrong, I get colds a lot so I can handle them pretty well. I know people who get one and act like they're dying... If you're one of those people: Take some Dayquil and get over it! In fact, it always irritated people when I worked in offices since I would come to work with a cold. I don't have 2-3 day colds. Mine last usually a week minimum and this one has been going on for over two weeks now (I did have a two day reprieve in there but I'm not really counting it). I had a cold when I lived in Denver that lasted for over three weeks! Anyway, you get the point... But I've never had laryngitis before. It was surprisingly painful, even more so than strep, and I've also had that twice in the last year. (I clearly need to work in a less germy environment) So I spent my time not speaking and staying inside for the most part, and completely forgot about blogging. (By the way, I'm mostly feeling better, but my throat has been itchy today)

Back to the weight loss. In week seven, I lost 2.8 pounds. I lost that much in week one but that's the most after that. Week eight was not as exciting, I lost 0.6 pounds. My leader said that was good after having such a big loss the week before. This week I definitely need to step up the exercise. Especially since Thursday is Thanksgiving and I don't plan to stick to the plan too closely that day... Plus I think that exercising will help with all of the illness. Overall, I've lost 15.4 pounds. I think it's starting to look obvious in my face a little. Here's my pic for the week:

It should be interesting to see what the scale says for this week, but I'm going to stick to the plan every day other than Thursday and not overdo it on the Thanksgiving feast.