First Weigh In Day

October 28, 2008

I weighed myself this morning. I don’t know how I feel about it. I guess that 7 pounds is good. Roy had my all psyched out telling me the number was going to be high-‘double digits’ he said. 7 pounds is what I expected I guess. The big test is going to be how much will I lose next week? The goal for 20 pounds before Thanksgiving may be more difficult than I thought. It is November 27th. I still have 4 ½ weeks. So, 13 pounds in 4 ½ weeks sounds doable. Say I lose 3 pounds a week. That would be very close. If I lost 4 pounds a week I would be at 16 + 7, so 23 pounds. That’d be awesome. I have to keep imagining so I can stay motivated.

A couple things that I need to do better this week are drinking all my water, no matter what the circumstances are. It was hard to drink all my water while I was at the beach. Two days I struggled to get my necessary fluids while I was all over the place. I also need to spread my meals out better. They all clump together around dinner time. Last night I couldn’t even eat my last shake. I was too full. And that was after I spent half the day starving. I’m not getting in my vegetables either. I knew that would be a problem. I hate vegetables.

Here are the obstacles that I face today. My refrigerator is broken. All of my food is packed into coolers. Two weeks ago I would’ve lived out of the drive thru at McDonalds but I have to try to get through this without ice cubes and without cold water. The vegetables are warm and soggy or frozen, soon to be soggy. So, my previously stated goal to drink all my fluids regardless of the circumstances and to eat my veggies is going to be challenging at best today.
The BIG obstacle I face this week is Halloween. I usually make a huge pot of homemade potato soup and have the whole family over. Then I have 3 (not the usual 4, that’s good) buckets of candy that lie around for a month. Seriously; It’s no freaking wonder I’m fat. They’ll have to do something else for dinner Friday night because I’m not cooking homemade soup that I can’t eat. And I just did the math. If I stick to this plan, and I lose 4 lbs a week, I can be at my goal by my birthday. Even at 3 pounds a week I can get close. I have to keep my eyes on the prize. Next summer I can wear a 2 piece swim suit!