Week 8 to ugh... Week 11. *hangs head*

So. I had all these fantastic ideas for blogging over the holidays.  For discussing the trials, tribulations and the unique set of problems that the holidays bring you when you're actively trying to lose weight.  I thought I'd be eloquent, thought provoking, soul baring, you name it.

Yeah. Looks like that didn't happen did it?

Today is January 12 here's a quick breakdown of the numbers leading up to this;

Dec 15: 225.2
 Dec 22: 224.4
Lost: -0.8
Total: 25.6
Dec 22: 224.4
 Dec 29: 221
Lost: -3.4
Total: 29.0
Dec 29: 221
 Jan 5: 220.2
Lost: -0.8
Total: 29.8
Last week: 220.2
This week: 218.0
Lost: -2.2
Total: 32

Trends: It feels like I'm losing weight on a 2 week schedule.  Every second week is a bigger loss, with a smaller one in the interim weeks.  The other thing that comes to mind is the weight loss on any given week seems to be mostly affected by what I ate the week before, not the week of.  Note the 3+ lb loss over Christmas.  There's no way given what I ate that week that I should be showing a large loss, especially since the week before when I lost the 0.8 I stuck to the plan religiously, knowing that Christmas week was largely a write off.

Weight loss has also slowed down signifigantly, which is good.  I feel better about the current weight loss speed than the earlier plunge off a cliff.  Not that it wasn't lovely watching the numbers come off, but I've read all sorts of horror stories about complications of losing weight too fast and I'd really like to avoid those.  That and I'm not being closely monitored by my Doctor on this to catch problems early (Next weigh in/cholesterol check is in April, so I'm a few months out)

As for the gym, I've been slacking off there and I need to fix it.  Between the Christmas holidays and last week I ended up working overtime, five days a week at the gym seems to have fallen off the schedule, and I'm making only 2 to 3 days per week and that absolutely has to change. 

All in all, I'm kind of glad the holiday season is over, and I can return to routine.  Routine food, exercise, work, and some not routine of wedding and social planning.  If I didn't have something to add stress to my life I'd probably be bored. Or so I keep telling myself.