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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Today is Halloween and I'm looking forward to a nice, easy weekend with my husband and my puppies. Of course, it is Saturday so that means errands and chores, which I don't enjoy, but have to call easy. Easier. Much easier than one year ago.
I weighed in this morning at 181, which is good considering where I was 11 months ago, but sort of sad for me since I lost only a few pounds this month. I think it was actually 5 pounds, but it took every thing in me to make that happen. OK, so I'm telling myself a lie. I didn't do everything in me because I didn't work out but a few times. I didn't run but once or twice and I didn't journal every day. I did make good choices most of the time, and that I'm honest about, but I know that I can't do this without exercise and yet, here I am living proof of that at the end of the month.
I was part of the OH Mini Challenge that is run on-again and off-again so I lose momentum when there is no place to post and read others posts. I guess I will need to find another source of motivation which is easy to do. I'll give it one more shot for the end of year challenge and shoot for 170. Ideally, I should set a goal for 159 which would get me to NORMAL, but absolutely know it would be impossible for me to lose 22 pounds in less than two months. Goals are supposed to be attainable and measurable, and I guess the 22 is only the latter half.
For November I'm going to get my activity level back up and see if I can kick-start my sloth-like metabolism. I was idle for so many years I can feel my body pulling me back to its comfort zone and I don't want to be there ever again.
On a more positive note, I was walking past a window the other day and saw a woman in the reflection. As I passed it I thought to myself "she was pretty", " I have jeans like that" and then finally, "dude, that was me!". So I backed up my steps and looked at myself again. I was not dressed up, just wearing jeans and some kicks....but the fun part is I had a shirt tucked in and was wearing a belt. I could not only see my waist, I was showing it off with a belt and everything. I've come so far, and I'm so happy with my new self that I've got to take time to celebrate the success I've had instead of focusing on the small misses that happen and will likely continue to happen.
Looking forward to seeing what the day will bring.
