Power Month?
It is going to happen today! Tonight when I get home and I get back from my walk and I step on that scale I will see a 6 in the middle!! This is not to say that when I wake up tomorrow morning that it will still be there because that's unlikely. I weigh myself twice per day; once in the morning and once after my walk. There is usually a 3-4lb difference in the readings and helps me to determine what things I do in a day really work. Yesterday morning I weighed in at 174lbs. Last night after my walk the reading was 171.8. It was so close I could taste it... no pun intended... This morning I was at 173.8 and I am certain I can see a 6 tonight if I walk on my lunch break and walk tonight after work. I need this a lot because it will make progress feel real.
Yesterday was a nearly perfect day and would have been perfect if I had remembered my FitBit yesterday morning and I feel so great. This power week thing is kind of awesome. I even put on a tshirt this morning I haven't worn in 4 or 5 years and it fit better than it ever has before. When I was in high school I lived in jeans and tshirts pretty much but the bottom of the tshirt would always hug me. Now it hugs the ladies but falls right past my waist and it feels spectacular.
I think its important for me to focus on how clothes or a workout make me feel in addition to getting information like my weight each day. It gets me a step closer to actually loving the lifestyle that makes me healthy instead of just missing chicken burgers and french fries. Last night I got home and should have done laundry and dishes and a bunch of other household chores but even if I had, there would still be more dishes and laundry to do today so instead of rushing my walk to get home to slave over that stuff I just enjoyed my podcast and went my whole 5 mile route without Brutus and kind of loved it. Yesterday I walked 8.3 miles. Today I think I can do the same and it really makes a difference.
This week has made me realize that if I want to lose weight I'm going to have to do things that I don't plan to do for my whole life because this phase requires it. I've said since the beginning I don't want to diet because when I get off of it I'll just gain the weight back but what I failed to recognize is that the weight has to come off before you can potentially gain it back. If I could do a power month I really think I could be at my goal even before my birthday. I'm seriously considering that because I know I'm better at maintaining than losing so if I can make some quick work of getting rid of the weight I can put all my focus into creating a forever routine that will help me keep off the weight. I genuinely wish I had done this last year. If I had learned this then I wouldn't trying to lose it now.
I think this week has given me the confirmation that I am unstoppable when I'm not whining...
<3 Katie
171.8lbs
Y2D15
9
Yesterday was a nearly perfect day and would have been perfect if I had remembered my FitBit yesterday morning and I feel so great. This power week thing is kind of awesome. I even put on a tshirt this morning I haven't worn in 4 or 5 years and it fit better than it ever has before. When I was in high school I lived in jeans and tshirts pretty much but the bottom of the tshirt would always hug me. Now it hugs the ladies but falls right past my waist and it feels spectacular.
I think its important for me to focus on how clothes or a workout make me feel in addition to getting information like my weight each day. It gets me a step closer to actually loving the lifestyle that makes me healthy instead of just missing chicken burgers and french fries. Last night I got home and should have done laundry and dishes and a bunch of other household chores but even if I had, there would still be more dishes and laundry to do today so instead of rushing my walk to get home to slave over that stuff I just enjoyed my podcast and went my whole 5 mile route without Brutus and kind of loved it. Yesterday I walked 8.3 miles. Today I think I can do the same and it really makes a difference.
This week has made me realize that if I want to lose weight I'm going to have to do things that I don't plan to do for my whole life because this phase requires it. I've said since the beginning I don't want to diet because when I get off of it I'll just gain the weight back but what I failed to recognize is that the weight has to come off before you can potentially gain it back. If I could do a power month I really think I could be at my goal even before my birthday. I'm seriously considering that because I know I'm better at maintaining than losing so if I can make some quick work of getting rid of the weight I can put all my focus into creating a forever routine that will help me keep off the weight. I genuinely wish I had done this last year. If I had learned this then I wouldn't trying to lose it now.
I think this week has given me the confirmation that I am unstoppable when I'm not whining...
<3 Katie
171.8lbs
Y2D15
9
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