29 WEEKS TO GOAL!! (my accountability thread)

This is a thread that I wrote to my buddies @ MSN GoaD as I'm figuring out how to get my butt to GOAL...

Hey guys... I'm just spelling this out here to you all so you can keep me accountable each week as I'm counting down.

This is what I wrote to Al in Saturday's thread (a very lonely thread, I might add!!!) "I had a "not so fabulous" WI today... up 1.4 lbs! Crazy!!! I didn't know what I was to expect... I mean my points were in the hole from Sunday on, but I never went any further down, so I wasn't sure if that would mean anything... I took that Basic Training class on Thursday, I feel it a little bit in my legs, so there could be some residual fluid there, but I doubt much... there are a few other explainable reasons that I've sworn not to go into on the "guys" board :o) & that's more than likely it, but it still ticks me off!! :o) Well... not really... it didn't bother me much @ the time, but I'm tired of this rollercoaster & would like to get off now!! :o)"

So... I thought about it a bit the rest of the day... thinking about how I had said at the beginning of year 2 of WW (January 23rd, 2005) that "I was going to reach goal this year" & here we are, 3 months to the beginning of year 3... sitting right where I was 9 months ago (actually up 7 lbs or so)... so reaching goal by then is a little bit of a reach (you think??)...... so I'm thinking, what can I do to get myself focusing harder towards getting to goal??? Well... I'm turning FORTY on May 16th & I certainly think that being @ goal by the time I turn 40 would be AWESOME!!! So, I figured it out... it's 29 weeks away... I have 52 lbs to lose to get to 150... that's 1.79 lbs a week....... pushing it?? Yep! But, I figure if I really REALLY put my heart & soul into it like I really WANT to be doing, I can do it. I want to do it.

(I know, I know, Marcia... timed goals aren't your favorite, mine either... & certainly not ones that are about losing weight for something like a wedding or reunion... or a specific birthday!!! ...but I figure I have to have SOME sort of date to work towards)

So... here I am. I've built an Excel Spreadsheet to chart my progress. I plan on starting an every other day weight training regimen, as well as a definite scheduled cardio regimen. I've always said that I'm not going to do more than what I can practically live w/ for the rest of my life & yeah, this isn't all that practical for the long haul... but I HAVE to do something. I've been VERY laid back w/ this journey of mine... not stressing out over the bumps along the way... not worrying about the progress I've NOT made over the last year, knowing that I'll get there... SOME DAY... but not worrying over when. This laid back attitude of mine is getting me nowhere & I really REALLY want to get to goal... I also really REALLY want to become a WW leader... that's something I had forgotten about this past year.

Anyways... that's enough rambling on. :o) I've had several great weeks OP... even if the scale doesn't reflect that... but I see how great I feel & how smooth things go when I'm doing what I need to be doing... journaling EVERYTHING, positive attitude, etc. I can do this, I know I can!

So... keep me accountable guys. I'm counting on it.

Julie