Hey gang... thought I would share the revalation I had last night...
I had my wiegh in last night and gained about 3/4 of a pound last week. As I told my consultant, it is entirely my fault since I did not eat my JC food and did not exercise, but the result was disappointing to me none the less. We then spent most of our consultation talking about how far I have come and I realized that I have never lost as much weight as I have so far (35 pounds) and kept it off until now. I also talked about my sister's comment about the outfit I bought this past weekend and how good that made me feel. I realized that I wanted to keep going. I wanted to keep losing weight and dropping inches so that the number on the size of my clothes started with a 1 instead of a 2. I want to keep going. I want to do this.
I also found out that I started JC a year ago and renewed my program for another year last night. This will keep me going with my weekly consultation, program materials, etc. all the way through the maintenance phase. I talked to my consultant about using this renewal as an opportunity to recommit to my goals and start again so that is what I am doing. As of right now, I am resetting the scale and starting again. I signed up for my swimming class and that starts on Monday, so I will be swimming two days a week and taking my functional strength class one day a week. I would like to supplement that with my at home walking DVD's one or two days a week as well, but the fact that I have outlayed some cash and scheduled some exercise time works much better on my follow through than the self driven forms I have been doing lately.
I was so confident in myself that I came home and walked my two mile interval walking tape when I got home and regretting not putting the four mile tape in as I could have kept on going...
So, to quote one of my first posts all those months ago...
Now - a little about me, I am 36, single and well fat...
Well, I will be 37 on Friday. I am still single (but actively looking
) and still well fat, but I am not as fat as I used to be... I am reposting the following paragraph from that first post because I was kind of in awe that I even wrote it in the first place, but the words are so applicable to what I am going through...
I am finding that to win this battle, it truly is a bigger hurdle than just eating less and moving more. When you think about it, you have to overcome your addiction to food, chuck your whole emotional support system out the window and find another one, force this big ole walrus like body to move like a little otter to sweat off the pounds all while trying to balance all of the other fun stuff that life throws at you. Its no wonder we find ourselves here. But the good news is that WE CAN DO IT!!!!! There may be a few bumps in the road (like the nachos I felt the need to eat on Saturday night) but a favorite quote reminds me that "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
The obstacles are starting to get a little smaller in my eyes... The goal is getting bigger again...
So everyone - focus on the goal and you can accomplish anything...
Paula