Hello my friends,
In my last blog I mentioned a sore throat and cough oh and did it KICK MY ASS and stayed around until right before my birthday. I lost the battle with table salt because I needed my food to taste like ANYTHING so salt became my friend again.
What you say? Birthday?
Yes. I turned 40!!!!! and I spent it in Vegas....drinking and eating and making merry...(thanks to my boyfriend who had been planning this surprise for me since Christmas and thanks to my many friends and family who made it out to celebrate with me). Ahh bliss..
But this is a weight loss blog. I went to Weight Watchers today for the first time in over a month. I was ready for the worst considering my Vegas extraveganza...
I lost .8 of a pound. WOO HOO!! I am officially down 9 pounds since I started.
Now I need to kick things into gear. I mentioned in an earlier blog that about 1 1/2 years ago, I was really focused and let my friend's layoff derail me. The stress of taking on extra responsibility for no additional compensation and frankly the guilt I felt because I still had a job threw me for a loop. What I was working on at that time was a goal to lose 100 pounds and to start training to be a personal trainer. I was so focused and driven that I managed to go home for Christmas and still lost weight! My strategy was to not eat bread, pasta, rice or sweets for one year or until I reached my goal weight and it was working. I lost 13 pounds before I gave up trying.
So here I go again. This time, I'm well aware of how I deal with stress so I'll try to find other outlets so I won't be derailed. I am going to do a combination of Weight Watchers and a lo-carb program. Again: no bread, pasta or rice for one year because let's face it. I know what it tastes like and it's not exactly one of those items that one NEEDS to have, plus, I'm not giving it up for good...just until I lose the weight. I'm also giving up sweets, again, I can wait until I lose the weight. I think that I were giving it up for good, I wouldn't be able to maintain it. I started this the day after my 40th birthday and aside from a cookie slip-up on that first day, I've been really really good. So I'll count my points but keep it lo-carb-esque (in other words, I'm not going all Atkins/Southbeach...if I want to eat a tomato..I'll eat a tomato!)
My goal: lose 100 pounds WHILE training to become a personal trainer... I want to do this by my 41st birthday... and I will.
Current weight: 243 Goal weight: 143 (I'll consider those 9 pounds already lost as my cushion.. :0) )