Biggest Loser of the Week (3rd time)!

This is sweet! I am the biggest loser of the week again! I had a big gain last week and vowed to not have that happen again! I'm glad that I'm back down to almost losing 20 pounds! I hope to get into the 220's by next weigh in. I'm pretty sure that I can do that! I'm really excited to get down some more! Yippeeee!!!! Anna is sending me some clothes that are too big for her. I'm really excited to get them because Anna has such great taste in clothes! I know I'm going to love them! I am going to enjoy them as long as I can wear them! But, I am hoping to not be able to wear them for long! :) I'd like to get to the point where they are too big for me too! I'm on my way to my overall goal for this competition. I am a week behind because of my gain last week, but maybe I can make a comeback! :) I'm certainly on my way. I noticed that with the stress that I have been under for the last while, when I eat right I seem to handle it better. I seem to be able to cope because my body is nourished so then my mind is nourished. Anyway, I'm ready for this next week. Anna challenged everyone else in the competition to a perfect week. I have decided to join her in that challenge. It's fun to not weigh 250 anymore! It's a great feeling!

Happy Day

I'm still doing how I wanna do things! I am finally feeling better and have more energy!!! I think all the junk I ate last week is finally out of my system! It feels good to be healthy! Happy Valentines Day!

Back In The Saddle

I just realized something! Through all the years of trying to lose weight and yo-yo dieting, I have never come back so quickly from having a majorly huge mess up! Never! This is really something! Last week was just so raunchy and now I'm totally back in the saddle and rarin' to go! I have to say that I am really proud of myself for picking myself up, dusting myself off, and continuing on. I feel great! I really do! I didn't quit! I didn't just give up and say, "Oh, well, I can't do it anyway." I can do it! I am doing it! :)

Staying Strong

I've been doing well these past couple of days. But I've got to keep going strong if I want to win this competition. Actually, I need to keep going strong so I can make it to my goal. I want to keep up momentum, so I can blow past the deadline for this competition and continue on my way to losing more weight and becoming more healthy. I will be successful.

Thank Goodness For A New Week!!!

Okay, so I had that long blog that was a pep talk to myself, but I didn't follow through! I made very poor choices this week and it definitely shows in my weigh in! Holy cow! Does it ever show! Anyway, I was getting really frustrated and down on myself when I realized that just because I had a horribly week, it doesn't mean that I'm a failure. I knew that I was making poor choices, and I decided that those were choices that I wanted to make. Now, of course, I wish I hadn't made them, but on the other hand, now I can have a great comeback! :-)
On Sunday, we had our ward conference and in YW the Stake YW Pres. talked about exactness. She said that if we have a goal of saying something nice to someone every day for 2 weeks and we forget to do it for a day, does that mean that we just say, "Oh, oops. I missed up, I guess I'll quit." NO! It doesn't mean that. I decided to apply her talk to my life. It seems that I usually start really strong with something, losing weight, and then after about a month, I just kind of stop doing it for one reason or another. Anyway, I realize that I don't have to quit just because I had a bad week. There have been some HUGE things that have happened this past week that are way out of my control, but I want to fix them. I have found that I've been really stressed out about some of these things and I felt like I didn't have the energy to fix something good to eat or to exercise. But, I sure had the energy and the time to make cookies! Okay, so here I am so, so, so grateful for a new week. I am ready for a new start. I'm glad that we still have some time before this competition is over! I still have my goal in sight, and I am going to try my best to reach it.
Thanks for your comments on my blog everybody. And thanks for your encouragement and your belief in me. I really appreciate it.

Something Unexpected

So, when something unexpected comes up, what do you do? Hmmm... What did I do? For the first time in a month, I had an encounter with emotional eating! And I gave in! Rather than going for a piece of fruit or a yummy veggie, I went for a cookie! (Rather a few cookies) I just kind of let go of my vision for a little while. I knew at that moment that I wasn't making a wise choice, but I did it anyway! It's been about a month since starting this Biggest Loser competition, and I feel like I've done pretty well. As of weigh in on Tuesday, I had lost almost 20 pounds. It seems like whenever I do something to try to get healthy, I do a great job at first and then kind of fizzle out. Well, I've got news for myself! NOT THIS TIME!!! I am not going to just quit because I've had some mess ups this week. NO WAY, DUDE! I'm not a quitter. I am a go getter. When I see something I want, I go for it full force!!! I believe in myself. I know I can stick with it. I will not let myself down again. I refuse to quit. I like what Anna put in her blog the other day about what Jeff has said, "Fail Fast." I know that I didn't have a major catastrophe with my eating, but I can do better. I can have my motivation to keep this up. I mean, come on, I've lost almost 20 pounds! Why would I stop now! When I was younger and I didn't do well in school or was having a problem with something, Dad would tell me about the man that ran the race. He started the race and he was coming in dead last. He didn't quit though. He kept running! Even though he was the very last one and everyone would have understood if he quit, he didn't! He didn't quit. I will continue on. I think that one of the reasons why I've been having a hard time is because I see how far I have to go to the finish line. I've still got about 100 pounds to lose! When I think of it like that, it is very overwhelming. Maybe I should take it a day at a time. Or maybe a week at a time. I need to remember my goals that I've have set and keep them in mind. So far, I've lost almost 10% of my body weight. That is great! I need to lose about 50% overall! Yep, I need to focus on the smaller goals. I had a goal of losing about 20 lbs in a month, and I almost reached it. I knew that it was a goal that was going to be really hard to reach, but I almost did reach it! This IS going to happen for me, and I'm the only one who can make it happen. I'm off to a good start, and I'm going to keep it up. I always tell everyone else to keep up the good work. Well, Janie, Keep up the good work! :)
(I know that this blog has been a serious pep talk for myself, so thanks for reading!)

Ready, Set, Go!

Okay, here we are in a new week! I did pretty good last week. There are a few things that I need to change, but not too much. I have been more active and have really benefited emotionally from that. My life is still really busy, but I don't feel as stressed as I did before. I'm raring to go this week! Of course, I have a lot going on, but I'm ready to face it with a smile and courage! I have a goal of becoming closer to the Lord and I think that by being healthy in body and mind, my spirit will be healthier too. Okay, here I go! Off to a new week! :)