Hiatus
So… my life kind of fell apart and I fell off the wagon. Actually, I didn’t really lose it until after the holidays. I had maintained, even with attending only a meeting per month during my personal chaos. Then I gained a bunch and felt incredibly discouraged. But I had made a promise and a new goal:
I will lose 15 pounds by the time I go to Seattle in June.
My best friend bought me a ticket as a Christmas gift. This is an amazing thing, and I am determined to be closer to my ultimate goal weight by that time. When I set the goal, I was thinking that I weighed 202. Of course, I had gained about 8 pounds, so really I have about 23 pounds to lose by June. I’m back down to 204, losing steadily. I had a rough week due to a back issue, coupled with a shot of steroids that made my weight shoot up 4.4 pounds. I dropped 6.8 this past week though, so I’m back where I want to be.
My reasons for setting this goal are very simple: I do not want to be gigantic in the photos from this trip, and I do not want to fly across the country with this much extra weight on me. I became very lax in the program the past few months, but I am focused and motivated now. My back has finally come back to a good place, so I have made a small goal to work out at least two days this week. I need to be careful, because I was in a really bad place with my back just two weeks ago.
I took time to go through and use etools through WW to enter all of my weigh ins for the past year and a half. It’s nice to be able to have a visual for that progress, along with a chart that tells me exactly when I’ve hit milestones. I really want to hit my 50 pound loss by the end of February, and I think I can do it. That’s 4 weeks to lose 7 pounds… that’s about 1.5 a week, with a little leeway. It’s been forever since I have officially lost another 5 pounds, and I am ready to get out of this plateau I’ve been in for months.
My friend Monica and I email each other every day with what we’ve eaten and what exercise we’ve done. This is helping me stay honest and stay focused. I know that while Mon won’t judge me for eating something “bad”, she will be reading about it! I see her doing such great things as she trains for a big race this summer, and I want to push myself too. I know that I can reach my short term goals now, and those will help me get to my long term ones. I would really like to be lifetime by July, which would be 2 years since I started the journey. We’ll see.
So, now I’m working on my “Seattle Goal.” This goal means I am aiming for 187 by June 15th. Another goal is my 50 pound loss which is 197.7. The goal that will come first though, is below 200 pounds. I haven’t been able to say that I was under 200 since June of 2006. I’m going to get there, and my hope is I will see that in February.
Long story short, I am back on track. I haven’t missed a meeting in the past month, and barring emergency or something I truly feel is more important (ie- a riding lesson) I will be at every meeting coming up. I feel good right now, and I am incredibly motivated.


