So far, so good this week. It's Friday, and I've already booked my one-pound drop from last week. With two days to go, the only question is how much more I can drop before Sunday's weigh-in. I didn't even do anything special this week. Last week's sprint made this week easy.

We have a birthday dinner planned for Monday, so I have at least one meal for which I need to prep. I originally had something planned for Wednesday too, but that got re-scheduled.

I think I will take it easy today, then do another mini-sprint tomorrow. Hopefully, I can get within a two-pound drop or so range for the period. That will leave me with ample room for Monday night, as well as getting me get completely back on pace.

At two more pounds, I'll be at eleven pounds dropped after eleven weeks. If I get there this week, I might even finish the fifteen early! We'll see about that.

Although I consider the last couple of weeks as successes, my pace has slowed down. It's simply hard to keep the momentum. But today, I've decided that this will be catch-up week. I'll call it a weight-loss sprint.

To help motivate me, I'll just list all the tasty food I've eaten over the past month and half. I ate all this, spent a weekend in Vegas, and still managed to lose five pounds:

• homemade tomato meat sauce
• kielbasa scramble and blueberry pancake from The Pan
• ice cream
• Korean tofu combo with kalbi
• cheesecake
• pizza Napolitano from North Italia
• deli sandwiches from ???
• flan
• tacos and beer at a party
• wagyu
• ice cream
• more wagyu
• soba
• wagyu again
• pretty good pizza
• ice cream
• Recipes cinnamon rolls and a brownie

As for this week itself, I'm shooting to lose two pounds so I can get back on pace. I think it's doable, but I'll need to stay on target the entire week.

To help keep me on target, I'm going to write one post each day that describes a tactic that helps someone eat less. (However, I'm not guaranteeing a posting schedule — there's a baby in the house. Things happen.)

Expect the first tactics post to be up tonight!

After last week's difficulties, I think that I need to make more of an effort to plan each week ahead of time. This had been happening as a matter of course up until then. But last week, things got out of hand, and then I struggled to catch up.

This week is going to be a little tougher than normal. Planning it ahead is even more necessary.

We are going on a short family vaction, just until the weekend. Although this will be a great time to relax and unwind, it may also end up helping me miss my target for the week. Even worse — I may end up regressing and gaining weight. That would be no bueno. Moving backwards makes it much harder to regain positive momentum afterwards.

So, I think my plan for the next few days is this: mitigate the damage. By this, I mean just try and be mindful as much as I can about what I eat, knowing that I will probably gain weight over the time. On Saturday, I will just have to cram (again) and hope I hit my target Sunday morning.

Here's hoping for the best!