Life

Date: 03/12/2010
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 163.4
Goal Weight2: 155
Final Goal Weight: 145-150
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 0.7
Total Weight loss: 56.2
Pounds left to lose: 8.4

Well, another week down and almost another pound down. I didn’t expect high losses this week or the upcoming week. One of my best friends is leaving for Europe for a few months and we are celebrating his last week with us. So in turn I have been working out less and partying more. I know this goes against an earlier blog post I made, where I had decided that I wouldn’t party anymore, until my vacation to California next month.

Life is always going to get in the way of your plans. That lesson we all know well and learn at a young age. Sometimes things don’t go exactly the way you hoped. How you handle it makes all the difference. I think this lesson is a big part of the reason we got un-healthy in the first place. “I could work out, but I’m tired.” “Sure, I could make a healthy dinner but this pizza is more convenient tonight.” Slowly over time this mentality snow balls. I don’t want any of my readers to get the impression that I am letting these little things that come up, get in my way and take me off course.

I feel like personally I have learned enough, in the six months of being on Medifast that every now and then I can allow myself a little break. I don’t recommend this to people just starting out. Find your willpower, learn new habits, break the routine you have been stuck in. Otherwise you might find yourself “cheating” more and more, before you know it you are stuck right back in your old unhealthy routine.

Just like everyone else, I get caught up in the “life happens” excuse. It’s not always easy to push through those little roadblocks. The more you stick to your commitments the better foundation you are laying down to keep making smart choices in the future.

I really want to step up my game in the next few months. I have given myself a time line for meeting my goal weight. I really want to be there by June but I think that might be pushing it a little too much for me. I want to keep my goals realistic. I think I will be able to lose another ten pounds by June and then push all the way through to my final goal by August or September. September is also when I am taking a trip to Vegas! I would love to be bikini ready by Vegas time. Time to kick it into gear!