I was looking for a notepad to write down some random notes while I watched tv earlier, and I came across one that I apparently haven't used since last year. On the very first page of the notebook, I had written some weight loss goals for 2006. This is what I wrote:
Ultimate Goal: to weigh 150lbs or be a size 8 (whichever comes first) Goal for 2006: to lose at least 50lbs or to weigh 200lbs
No red meat from Mon-Fri No soda from Sun-Fri -> water, milk, unsweetened cranberry juice, and fresh squeezed juice only No junk food from Sun-Fri No fast food from Sun-Fri No fried food from Sun-Fri
No eating after 7pm (if dinner hasn't been eaten yet, only a small meal can be eaten; No eating after 9pm)
When eating at a restaurant, cut meal in half and only eat half of it.
I've always had an idea of how I was going to lose the weight. I just haven't had enough motivation to actually succeed. Maybe finding this today of all days, 7/7/07, is a blessing in disguise of sorts. It shows how far I've come considering how long I've been overweight. I've been thinking a lot about my journey after I read this page, and I know now how much I want to lose weight. I think about the goals I set for myself in July and how I haven't really followed through with much of it this week.
Today I didn't do so well food or exercise wise, but tomorrow is truly another day! I really need to dig deep inside of myself to try to work on achieving the goals I set out for myself this month. I know it is feasible. I just need to set my mind to it! I need to stop with this procrastination and laziness that I've kept with me for so many years! I need to break the cycle so I can finally be where I want to be mentally, physically, and health wise! :0)
Here's to tomorrow and the start to the new me! I can do this! I know I can! :0)
Actions do speak louder than words... We'll see what happens at the end of the month and I weigh myself right before I leave for Denver... Wish me luck! :0)
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :0)
Posted By: ~ M ~
Comments to this post:
07/08/2007 00:08
JACKPOT
hey there. i read somewhere that overweight people are experts on losing weight, meaning we all know how to do it, but we just don't act on it.
we both have to find our strength within ourselves to fight this battle. we both have to change ourselves to get the change we want.
i am hoping for the both of us that we reach our goals physically, emotionally, and mentally by the time it's 08-08-08.
I believe that you finding the journal is something more. It may indicate how your attitude was back then! A lot has happened in a year and you are a much more stronger and wiser individual from the last time you wrote in it!
We all make mistakes, but those who learn from it are really the ones who benefit from it. Since the last entry, you've lost 9lbs, which in my books is a step in the right direction. Just remember to take one day at a time.
Your attitude is what is going to make you succeed! You are going to get to goal! I think we all know how to lose weight but we don't know how to put it all together! But thats where all the learning is done! Together we will learn and hopefull teach others on how we got to our goals!!
Keep up the good work and don't let anything come in your way to a healthy you!!
You know I think we all know how and what we need to do to lose weight but putting it into play is the hard part! I like all of your goals except one, the eating after 7 PM one. I used to think that eating late would cause you to gain weight and it can but not in the way that you think. The way it was explained to me was that our bodies have no idea what days/hours are when it comes to food. Even though we may only say "1200 calories a day) our body processes the calories continuously and it will always take 3500 extra calories to make you gain a pound. So if you eat at 10 PM sure, in the AM you may weigh more but that's because the food hasn't been digested completely yet, not because you ate late at night. Am I making sense? LOL!
I'm telling you this because there are times when I have to have something to eat at night if I'm awake. The hunger is genuinely there and so I make a healthy choice but I eat. I don't want to see you starving yourself! But the other goals, although hard for me to follow, seem like healthy choices and I wish you lots of luck with it. :-)
