2-10-11

ok here we go
so I am doing this for me and if it helps you along the way I am really happy to be a part of that.
A year ago I started a weight loss journey. It has been a long hard road and it's not over yet. I have had setbacks but I have VICTORIES too.

When I say I am doing this for me, I mean that I need something that I can log my daily thoughts and struggles to help me keep on track. This can be a sounding board for anyone or if no one joins in it's a focus for me. Feel free to share, encourage or just read.

This week has been a LONG rough week. A week ago a stomach virus, or something like it, found me. TRUST me I was NOT looking for it. But it did keep me company thru Tuesday. Once I started feeling better from that I get this wonderful head cold, or something resembling it, now I can't talk. Not a good thing since I work in a call center. Yeah I HAD to call in, lookout Doc here I come.

I usually try and workout everyday if not at least 3-5 times a week. I have not been in a WEEK now :( When I workout I always feel better when I am done, even though it takes a lot to get me going some days. So now on top of being sick I have not been able to workout all week and feel ...aahhmm YUCK!!

Ok enough about my week, let me catch you up on my journey this past year.
Jan 2011 was a "high" for the "low" of my life. I had been the Queen of excuses for WAY to long and it was time to STOP!! "I can't" is not longer part of my "excuse" list for not losing weight. And yes this year is my year of NO EXCUSES (was glad to see that Biggest Loser copied me on this) but back a year ago.

Jan 2011 I set my mind that this year WAS going to be different. I set a goal, and for those that know me and my fly by the seat of my pants attitude about things, know that setting a goal was a BIG step for me. I wanted to lose 100 lbs in a year. ok ok it was not my initial goal but when I came to my sense it was my attainable goal. I sweated, whined, cried, worked, and many more roller coaster emotions in the past year. At the end of my year had lost SIXTY-FIVE lbs. I know some say "awww you missed you goal" but I say I LOST IT!! Yes there were times that I got disappointed about the place I was at but I feel sooooo much better than I did a year ago (well short of the junk this past week )

This year I am shooting for that 100+ loss. I am more determined than ever. I am NOT going to stop, it's not in my vocabulary any more. I love a "cheer" I use to hear at the football games "Don't stop, Keep going" It's one of my new cheers that I keep telling myself. So when you see me, and you will see me, getting down on myself just smile and give me that cheer. My favorite saying these days, one that was gotten from my wonderful mom "ya just do it" You are the ONLY one that can make that change or get it started. No one can drag you to the gym or force you to eat the healthy choices and make it last. Make that choice TODAY!!
So much more that I could say but much more time to catch up.
Hope everyone has a great day