Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 2

I haven't done as well this week as I had hoped. But, I have learned a few things about myself: 1) when exhausted resolve goes out the window. As in eat anything in site, and if that includes chocolate...then say good bye to it.  2) It is harder to keep calories low than I remembered. 3) I am 100% a person that seeks comfort in food. Thinking about reading Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst. 4) I have SO much more energy the days I exercise, even if I am sore from my workout. And 5) No Matter how much water in a day I drink I cannot get that hydration percentage to go above 40%! Anyways, the Results

Weight This Week: 214.6  Last Week: 218 Difference: - 3.4 lbs (Goal is 191 lbs...no longer obese)
Body Fat: (same as last week) 45.6% (Should be 16-23% for "Good" health, my goal for now is "Acceptable" 24-30%)
Hydration: (same as last week) 39.7% (Should be 50%)
Muscle: 56 lbs, last week it was 58 lbs....This portion of this new scale is so finicky that I am not really paying super attention to it. I miss my old scale in this regard and am planning on stopping by my moms tonight to see if new batteries really makes it work again...and if so I might be an indian giver and swap her for my new one. 
BMI this week: 33.6 Last week: 34.2 Difference: - 0.6 (My goal for now is just no longer obese so 29.99)

Goals from last week:
Lose at least 1 lb.  Met!
Exercise 4 days this week. I officially did 3/4 I thought yesterday was going to be tough at physical therapy, I was wrong and then didn't get out of work until 1245 so I missed the mark on this one. 
Count calories, staying under 1500 max, Goal is 1300. Ha! Definitely missed the mark on this one, but met it on 4/7 days. 
Drink half of my weight in water (that is 110 oz or almost 14 servings of water) DAILY. Met 4/7 days

Goals for this week:
Going to be more intense. Lose 1.5 lbs
Exercise 4 days this week.
Count calories and stay under 1420, also I am eating exercise calories. I need to stay under the 1420 for my goal of 1.5 lbs weight loss a week. 
Meet my 10,000 steps goal at least 3 days this week. 
Drink 12-14 servings of water daily.
One day this week drink 1 gallon of water. 

A few more things before I go....

Matthew has tried working out with me. One day after working out with me, we were watching a movie with James when he got home from work, when suddenly Matthew got on the floor and started to try to do push ups!! Oh my word were we confused at first, because he was even trying to grunt or vocalize while doing it like the people do on the DVD (heck, maybe I do it unaware LOL). Once I realized what he was trying to do, I stopped worrying that maybe one time he saw us during adult time and that we had scarred him for life! ;-) haha oh boy, it was much cuter after my realization of what he was actually doing!

Matthew got 2 cavities fixed and has at least one more appointment to fix cavities/clean teeth coming up. He handled it fairly well but kept trying to spit out the wedge that holds the mouth open. He slept basically all night after the dentist due to the medications they give him to help him be relaxed and such. ALSO, we are getting his eyes checked later today because he looked at my mom and said, "Glasses please." when looking at her phone, she also told me when he is reading a book or using her phone he frequently asks for her glasses. She is the only one that has glasses that help with close up. So I just want to make sure he doesn't have something going on with his eyes. We shall see how the appointment goes!

I learned that with a doctor's note, to treat a medical condition (which I believe obesity is a medical condition), we can use flex spending to cover both gym membership dues and/or gym equipment for home. Right after learning it my PT asked if we had access to an elliptical. I told her no, but would ask either family doctor or surgeon for note. Because I definitely would enjoy an elliptical to work out while watching some TV ;-) It is harder for me to get to the gym so I think an elliptical would be a better choice. I might even try to get a note for a Bosu ball if I clarify with the people that handle our flex spending what medical conditions it has to be. My knee weakness r/t quad wasting from surgery would make us able to get elliptical I would believe. I am also not certain where we could go to buy it...have to look into this more!
I got my dress for my sister's wedding. I am not 100% certain that I like it. It was 30 bucks, and to be honest we shall see after I have lost weight. I might end up chancing it if I still don't like it in March and going dress shopping again and picking something different out. I will grab my camera and upload better photos once I have time to have someone else take pics of me in it...and maybe have lost some more weight. So look for it in February ;-) These are photos of me taking a pic of my camera.