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So my schedule opened up yesterday afternoon and I took the opportunity to go weigh-in at the center. I am at 204.4…40 pounds since I started in January. Happy dance! More importantly I am only 5 pounds away from crossing the 200 threshold and 10 pounds away from 1/2 way to goal. Exciting times!

So I am a couple days late but I have been thinking about my May Goals. I am trying to think about the things I would do to lose weight in a more holistic way. Meaning that the things I would do to lose weight is just one component of a healthy, balanced life. I seem to struggle with balance all the time. I am sure many of us do. When I am out of balance I start to “compartmentalize” my life–I start slowly disconnecting myself from different areas until I feel in control again and then begin adding things back in. This is a viscous up and down cycle…much like my weight loss. Dare I say these are connected?

So I have created four catagories for my goals:

Feeding my body

• Take my dietary supplements
• Eat 2 fruits and 2 veggies
• Eat conscioulsly and stop when full

Loving my heart

• Do 3 cardio workouts per week
• Do 3 “other” workouts per week
• Do evening strength set 4 times per week

Nurturing my spirit

• Read each night before bed
• Scrap 2 times per week

Serving my family

• Spend 15 minutes per day on “essentials” (laundry, dishes, mail)
• Work on a house project 1 time per week

I am grading myself on a good, okay, needs work scale. I know I won’t be perfect but by looking at my scorecard if I am feeling out of balance I am hoping this might help me determine where I am needing to focus.

Weigh In

So I did step on the scale this morning. It is 205. Still making downward progress. Crossing the 200 threshold in the near future is definitely probable which is very exciting. This week I am resolving to not step on my home scale at all. I may have to hide it somewhere inconvenient in my house. Weighing myself has become a compulsion.

So I officially broke into the 2+teens…219. Also reached 25 lbs.

The weekend was a bit of a bust as the plague had settled on our house earlier in the week. Luckily I did a lot Saturday–errands and clothes shopping because Saturday night I had a fever and the chills. Food wise–I strayed a bit off plan but I kept it reasonable so I don’t think that I will see a negative impact on the scale.

Going to start doing Cardio workouts on my elliptical tonight. Up until now I have been focusing on fat burn workouts but it is time to step it up a notch.

Happy Monday!

So I didn’t go to the center yesterday for my weigh in. My excuse is that I got called away from work to pick up DS–he had pink eye–so we spent 1 1/2 hours at the Minute Clinic. If I was really motivated to go (i.e., had a “good” weekend) I could have popped in while I was on a prescription run. But I didn’t. I WILL go in today and face the music.

So I was down 1 pound at my weigh-in yesterday.

I will totally take it.

I was up a bit today at my weigh in. I expected it.

Next week will be a bit different for me food wise. After 6-9 weeks on the plan they put you on what is called a 7-day break. It is supposed to help lessen any plateau as your body gets used to your new way of eating. I will post more about it next week.

Also I know there have been a couple people ask more about the program I am using. I am working on a page about it so there will be something soon.

As expected I crossed the 20lb threshold at my Monday weigh in. (It is nice when things go as expected )

So now my sights are set on the 30lb goal. Not sure what I am going to set for my reward…will need to think on that.

Wasn’t expecting amazing things this morning for weigh in…but was surprised to see I was down 1 pound. This week in total was really good–4 pound loss.

My goal was to get to my 20 lb milestone by today but fell short by 1 lb. But I am happy with how close I got and trying to achieve this goal spurred me on to up my exercise to 6x per week which I plan on continuing. Totally expect to be at 20 lb lost on Monday but TOM is next week so that is a wild card when it comes to weight loss.

On the Slim 4 Life program I go to weigh in and meet with the counselors three times a week. This is one of the main reasons I chose the program. The constant feedback and encouragement helps me. They also review my food journal to make sure I am staying on plan.

<> In other news…work is starting to get starting to get really busy. In fact I will have to work quite a bit this weekend. On a M-F basis this means I will need to be super vigilent to get my water and snacks in throughout the day. I think I will set reminders on my calendar.

Tonight I am headed to a jewelry party at a friends. Planning on bringing my own little snack to resist the temptation of whatever goodies are provided. The hostess knows about my weight loss goals so she will definitely understand.

So yesterday I went into the center. Start of week 5 (so 4 weeks on plan). I am so pumped–17.75 pounds and 9 inches.

But I certainly can’t rest on my laurals if I am going to have similar results for Month 2.

Things that I attribute my success to:

1. Drinking my water.
2. Upping my exercise routine to 6 times per week recently.
3. Eating foods on plan.
4. Being prepared when I am eating out or in social situations with food.