CHALLENGES!!!

Ok, here goes this post of challenges. Getting to spend this weekend with my parents and brother was awesome. The food issues were not so much. I got there on Friday, we got pizza. But I was able to get my mom to share a personal pizza with me, and I only ate one piece. And loved it. But portion control! We also had steak and I had a dollop of mashed potatoes and spinach. I found out that I can thoroughly enjoy spinach with only shaved parm cheese on it. No more dressings for me! Anyway, I didn't think I had done so well (I also had an el pollo loco cheesey roll up) and yet miracles! I lost exactly two pounds. I was at 257.8. Which means that's two weigh ins at 250, which means I am officially in the 250s!! (I always weight for two weigh in's before I get too excited). I'm so stoked. Plus I have two weeks to make it to 255, which was the modified goal because losing almost 3.5 pounds four weeks in a row. I'm close, I can almost taste it.
Which leads me to the next challenge. I'm sick. Like kill me now sick. Which means two things. Lots of soup, which is high in sodium, lots of tea with honey, which shouldn't be too bad, and no running this week. Which is my worst nightmare. I had been doing so well, I was so excited. But I can't do day two or three of week three and I'm a bit pissed. But I get woozy just standing for too long. And my lungs are rejecting themselves, so I don't think running would be a good idea. Which means I was so close to making 255 but it doesn't look like I'm going to make it.
There is an up side to all this. I don't want to just throw in the towel. For the first time, I'm not hitting a snag and throwing my hands up and going aw screw it. I think I might have if I hadn't lost today, but I did and I'm not going to give up.

Weekly loss: 2 lbs
Year loss: 13.3 lbs
Total loss: 35.6 lbs