Most recent weigh-in shows 2 more pounds gone FOREVER!! :o) (week 36) 46.4 pounds total loss puts me UNDER 220!!! I am THRILLED! (& very VERY proud of myself!!) Things are going GREAT...life is awesome! My only OP problem these days is EXERCISE!! (what's new?) I'm trying to get my bootie out the door as often as possible for a nice walk. (AT LEAST every other day!) Shooting for an hour, which is 3 miles for my short legs. It sure feels great when I'm out there. I've started carrying Sam's MP3 player w/ me...music makes such a big difference! You can't get bored when you're listening to music & your pace is faster...especially when you're listening to stuff like The BackStreet Boys, Metallica, Hoyt Axton, Guns-n-Roses, etc. (LOL!! Seriously...this is what is on Sam's MP3 disk...I HAVE to burn my own music!! LOL!!) I strut down the street! :o)
This morning I woke up at 5:40 (nature called...darned water!!) went back to bed but never fell back to sleep... ....sooooooooooooo...I got up & went for a walk!! It was a cool 43 degrees & dark when I started out...kinda fun!! I need to remember this when I'm trying to talk myself into taking a walk! I DO enjoy it! BUT...w/ it getting colder, I'm not sure what I'm going to do...the cold air this morning hurt my sinuses after about 40 minutes...I can just imagine how long I'll last if it's below freezing!!
How about an NSV??
Remember that gorgeous fitted dress jacket I talked about in my last journal entry...the one that has been sitting NEW in my closet since my 5 year old was born & it FITS now?? Well...I had a party to go to a week ago & I wore it! It was a 90th birthday party for the mother of one of the designers I work with...Eleanor...she's such a doll!! It was a "ladies only" party...about 20 ladies stuffed into Sandy's small house! I knew most of these ladies, but haven't seen the majority of them this year! Needless to say, the comments & open mouths were numerous! I loved it! (of course!!) The jacket really accentuated the fact that there are smaller curves there!
Cool, huh? :o)
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I want to talk about GOALS...
My meeting a few weeks ago talked about goal setting (Storyboarding)…writing out the steps it will take to get to a specific goal. Well…I had a hard time coming up w/ something for this one, cuz I'm not really big on setting specific goals & and rewards (I’ve always thought that taking care of myself & getting this weight off is a reward all its own, right?)
I've just been moseying along, losing weight... not worried about exactly where I am, just confident of where I'm going. Well…this meeting made me think a bit...which I guess it was supposed to do! We’re supposed to set a goal to reach by January…
Well that night I took a look @ LinemanTX's website ...I have heard about his mini-goal chart, but never took a good look at it. He has a great chart set up w/ a note about why he set these mini-goals up & it just made a TON of sense to me! So...maybe I’ll set up a goal list for myself....just tracking those little pieces of progress, having the dates & all would be really great to look back on!
Anyways…I’ve decided on that ONE specific January goal to shoot for...to be in ONDERLAND by January 1st! How is THAT for a goal? As of this past weigh-in, that's 18.7 pounds & 12 weeks away (Jan 5th, final check-in day)...which means I have to average 1.6 lbs or so per week. I really don’t like timed goals...but I think it's a great thing to try to shoot for. If I don't reach it, I'll be fine. It's do-able...a slight stretch for me & how I've lost weight up till now (avg. of 1.3 lbs/week)...but it just means that I have to kick things up a notch, doesn't it? I know I'll at least be close!
The holidays aren't going to stop me! I'll be out of town for Christmas & into the first week of January (Colorado ...family & New Year's wedding) ...so it'll be a test...especially w/ my Mom's holiday goody baking...but I've been on two vacations this summer...both visiting my family and I've come home to great losses...so I KNOW I have the control it takes to get me through the holidays w/ my family!
So...w/ that said... I posted a challenge to my buddies on the GoaD board a few weeks ago to see if anyone wanted to join me in a New Year's Challenge! Well...the response was GREAT!! Check it out! AND JOIN US!! Set a goal for yourself & let me know...I'll add you to the list!
xoxxoxo.....Julie
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