Saturday [day 6]

So far so good. Still 121.75 which kind of surprises me since I was so good yesterday. I didn't end up having any candy after all. Part of that is that my teeth hurt. I've been using whitening strips on them, partly as a way to not eat and partly because they were looking pretty bad. Even though I've been using sentivive teeth toothpaste and only whitening once a day or every other day, they still hurt. I swished with hydrogen peroxide this morning since I don't have any strips left and It hurt so bad, which normally it wouldn't. I think all my sweets eating and not having any dental insurance (thus no visits to the dentist) is messing up my teeth. Another reason to kick the sugar habit as well as the purging cycle.

Another reason I think I didn't lose today is because I woke up late yesterday and did one long workout so I didn't eat until like 3 hours after I woke up, squeezing all my calories into a 9 hour window, which isn't normal for me. I realized this as I did it today too - because on my days off I can sleep in. So I am not sure if the scale is going to budge much until Monday. That or I am getting into a lose, stay, lose, stay pattern. Which is fine as long as the general direction is down.

I am supposed to go out to dinner and go dancing with a girlfriend of mine. So I am trying to keep my calories pretty low until then. 630 after I eat a snack in a little bit. I think that should give me a good buffer for eating out and maybe a beer at the club. If I can hold out until then.

I am more than half way to having a binge free weekend and that much closer to my manicure. Since today is planned out I think I will be okay. I'll be with my girlfriend the whole evening so I shouldn't have any opportunity to binge. The band we are going to see plays until like 1am. I'll just need to not drink to much. Maybe a light beer and the rest diet cokes.

One thing that should also help keep me going - I tried on my bikini again today. I am still not where I want to be in how I look in it. But I saw progress! The muffin top was reduced and my tummy not so big! It makes me so happy to know that things are progressing on the scale and visually. Because sometimes I think the scale isn't accurate with fat loss, like it's all water. My plan is to take some more pictures in other clothes I want to fit into so I can see the difference with those too.