Every little bit counts. Right?

So I kind of cheated this week.  No, not my workouts/runs.  No, not my eating (though I could always be better at that...).  I pre-weighed myself on Friday.  Even though I was getting my workouts in and not eating anything too crazy I started to feel a little nervous Friday that I wasn't going to have as great of a week as I did last week.  My body just wasn't feeling the "difference" as much as it had been the previous week.  So I thought I'd just take a peek at the scale a day early and see where I was at.  The results?  I was exactly where I was at 6 days before.  Not the end of the world but I was disappointed.  I felt like I had just lost another perfectly good week to lose weight and I blew it, just as I have most of the weeks of my life.  On the other hand I thought there may still be hope for Saturday's weigh in BECAUSE I weighed myself on Friday after I had already eaten breakfast, had a couple cups of coffee and the day was half over.  How could the number be 100% accurate?  So I buckled down the rest of Friday and I did 75% of the Zumba "Mix" DVD and was on point with my calorie intake.

I need to take a minute and talk about this Zumba "Mix" DVD.  It was pretty amazing.  I have had this Zumba DVD set for probably a year now, maybe more and I never used this particular DVD in my workouts.  I have done the cardio, toning, live dvd, etc. but never the Mix.  The Mix is a cardio dvd that has you working out and dancing to songs from around the world with traditional steps.  It seriously was SO MUCH fun and kicked my ass.  I did a Bollywood style dance, African dancing, Belly dancing, some Japanese inspired dance, Salsa dancing, some French regaeton (sp?) or something, the Tango/Flamenco, some Brazilian dance...  So many!  The reason I only did 75% was because I only had 45-hour to workout and there were so many new songs and dances in this one that I just didn't have time to finish but I can't wait to do this one again.  Highly, highly recommend it.

Back to my weigh-in for the week.  So this morning I woke up and weighed myself "officially" and I was 1.5 lbs less than last week.  Whoop whoop! Not much but thank god it was something.  Every inch makes a difference, right?  Right?!  It fucking better!!!!!!  Do I think I lost 1.5 lbs from Friday to Saturday? No.  I think that Friday's weight just wasn't accurate but who cares? What matters is I'm getting smaller.  And I have more proof than just the number on the scale:

Last month I mentioned that I took measurements of my body.  I never posted them but I wrote them down and this month I remeasured myself.  Here are the old and new:

October 2nd Measurements:

Waist: 42.5 inches
Hip: 51 inches
Thigh: 27.5 inches
Bust: 47 inches
Arm: 14 inches
Neck: 15.25 inches
Butt: 47.5 inches

November 3rd Measurements:

Waist: 38.5 inches (4 inches lost)
Hip: 48 inches (3 inches lost)
Thigh: 26 inches (1.5 inches lost)
Bust: 45 inches (2 inches lost)
Arm: 13 inches (1 inch lost)
Neck: 15 inches (.25 inches lost)
Butt: 45.5 inches (2 inches lost)

BAM!  Proof!  Super happy when I saw these numbers and only hope that next month I can keep it up!

And in other exciting news...Daylight Savings is tonight! One more hour of sleep!!!! Night night!