I'm a better writer when....
...when things are not going well. Unfortunately for this post, I feel like things are going extremely well and I'm so excited! The week of vacation is finally here! We embark on Thursday night for the Stephen Kellogg Family BBQ! He doesn't care we aren't family by blood and I will happily pretend for the weekend that we are!
The suspense is really getting to me though... I feel like a kid on the Monday before Christmas vacation and the teacher really wants me to learn something but I just can't! I'm too stoked for what I'm waiting for...I realized today that I have not been grocery shopping in about 3 weeks. I really stocked up the last time so this is the first time I've run out of yogurts for breakfast and lean cuisines for lunch. The last couple of weeks seem like they have me off my routine anyway but I've noticed something else too. When we order out for lunch or get something at home for dinner for take out, I'm not over doing it. It doesn't even seem conscious. I just automatically make better choices. Even if I have some fries, I leave a good plenty on the plate instead of shoving them all down my throat. Even in the midst of not planning like a crazy person I have managed to not slide backward.
I've been riding the high of having been at this a year and seeing actual results. I feel it. It really surprises me that 34lbs of my 57lbs weight loss goal has been met. For those of you keeping count that is only 23lbs left to my goal. I really thought this would be a 3 year endeavor. When you start out trying to lose weight it seems so impossible at first. You feel like it all went on so fast that it can't ever come off fast enough. Now that I'm at a year looking back, it seems like it really all happened fast after all.
23lbs is a big deal in itself and I'm not making the mistake of underestimating this second year but I feel amazing about my progress. I anticipate that the last 23lbs will be harder to lose and most of all I think the maintenance plan is going to be the hardest of all but I think I'm doing this just the right way for me. By not "dieting" I don't ever look forward to when I can go back to old ways. The goal was to alter my lifestyle so it was working with my weight loss goals instead of against them. I really think it is working.
I went on a walk with Nancy yesterday afternoon and I think it was about 5 miles. Better than that though were the killer hills. A year ago there is no way I could have done that walk at the pace we did yesterday. I really just don't have any complaints that I can let fly.
<3Katie
179lbs
Day 371
Feeling pretty awesome if I do say so myself
The suspense is really getting to me though... I feel like a kid on the Monday before Christmas vacation and the teacher really wants me to learn something but I just can't! I'm too stoked for what I'm waiting for...I realized today that I have not been grocery shopping in about 3 weeks. I really stocked up the last time so this is the first time I've run out of yogurts for breakfast and lean cuisines for lunch. The last couple of weeks seem like they have me off my routine anyway but I've noticed something else too. When we order out for lunch or get something at home for dinner for take out, I'm not over doing it. It doesn't even seem conscious. I just automatically make better choices. Even if I have some fries, I leave a good plenty on the plate instead of shoving them all down my throat. Even in the midst of not planning like a crazy person I have managed to not slide backward.
I've been riding the high of having been at this a year and seeing actual results. I feel it. It really surprises me that 34lbs of my 57lbs weight loss goal has been met. For those of you keeping count that is only 23lbs left to my goal. I really thought this would be a 3 year endeavor. When you start out trying to lose weight it seems so impossible at first. You feel like it all went on so fast that it can't ever come off fast enough. Now that I'm at a year looking back, it seems like it really all happened fast after all.
23lbs is a big deal in itself and I'm not making the mistake of underestimating this second year but I feel amazing about my progress. I anticipate that the last 23lbs will be harder to lose and most of all I think the maintenance plan is going to be the hardest of all but I think I'm doing this just the right way for me. By not "dieting" I don't ever look forward to when I can go back to old ways. The goal was to alter my lifestyle so it was working with my weight loss goals instead of against them. I really think it is working.
I went on a walk with Nancy yesterday afternoon and I think it was about 5 miles. Better than that though were the killer hills. A year ago there is no way I could have done that walk at the pace we did yesterday. I really just don't have any complaints that I can let fly.
<3Katie
179lbs
Day 371
Feeling pretty awesome if I do say so myself
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