3rd week of my new life!

ggn329

Hello to all,
I am a 35 yo Hispanic female, I am 5 feet 4 inches tall. I currently weight 186 (have lost a total of 8 pounds in three weeks). MFP set my calories to 1200/day, so that's what I've been trying to stick to, some days I've gone over, some days I go to bed with some calories still left, but not hungry. Basically that's what I've been doing, I plan my meals, log them in, and try to stick to it, but if I get hungry, I do eat something, healthy of course.
I do eat some of the calories that I burn from exercising, which are usually from 15 minutes on an elliptical machine and whatever steps my pedometer measures for me through the day, I am a 2nd grade teacher. So I want to say that total I eat between 1300 to 1400 calories everyday. I am weighing myself every week, Monday mornings on the same scale
I am really working hard to lose weight this time, I am measuring, weighing, and logging in EVERYTHING, I've switched my beloved Coffee-Mate creamer for Almond Milk in my coffee, no more dessert every night, I'm exercising everyday. I feel great!! I have struggled with my weight all my life, name a diet, I've been on it., lost some, gained much more, I guess some of you can relate??
Anyways I just wanted to introduce myself because I am feeling a bit down since today I weighed in exactly at what I did last Monday, and I was ready to give up. I thought about dinner last night, when my family had boneless buffalo wings and french fries from Applebees, and I had fish soup (which I made and was YUMMMIII), it was awful to step on the scale and have my weight be the same. But then I started reading success stories here, and realized that I am not alone, I've lost 8 pounds in three weeks, and there's no looking back this time around for this lady!!

Keep going everyone, do not give up, we will do it
GG

Woomytron

Hello! You sound like you are off to a great start. I have had a hard time with weight since my son was born (he is going to be 3 this year). I learned to ignore the numbers on the scale and watch your measurements. I think the reason why I failed so many times in these past few years was because I wasn't seeing the scale change.

Keep up the good work and if you need support you can always message me!