So good, so far!

Today was a great day for me. I did everything that I feel classifies a perfect day for me. I'm really excited about reaching my 10% weight loss. That's 25 lbs!!! I am looking forward to going to the spa! I've been looking forward to that since December! I decided though that I would wait until I had lost 10% of my body weight. I'm getting close to that. Now, I'll have to think of something great for my next 10% weight loss reward! It's funny, the first thing that I think of as a reward is going out to dinner. Hmm...food, food, food...I do eat a lot of food and that's good, but I don't always want to think of that as my reward for doing something well or right. I think the spa thing is a great incentive for me. I'm glad Cean gave that to me for Christmas! The other thing that will happen when I get to my 10% point is posting my progress photo!!! That is going to be great to see the picture side by side! I know that I've made some good progress and it'll be fun to SEE the progress in a photo.
Well, while it has been a good day, it's also been an emotionally charged day. I am ready to go to bed and rest my mind and my body. It seems like the past couple of weeks have been very trying for me. I just need to remember what is most important in life and keep my focus. I am so grateful for the family and friends that I have that are so supportive of me. I feel that that has been a huge part of my own personal success with different things in my life. Specifically with this time around of losing weight. I was telling Cean tonight that my routine is becoming second nature. I don't have to think so hard about what I'm going to do during my day, or what I'm going to eat. I have always kind of "suffered" through a change in my diet or physical routine, but not this time. That's why I know that the weight that is coming off is going to stay off. I am doing things that I can do the rest of my life. What a great feeling to feel in charge of something! There are so many things in life that are beyond my control. So many things that I wish I could control. At least I can control how I treat myself and how I think about myself. I can control my actions towards others. I can choose who I want to be. I have control of the progress that I do and do not make. Hmm...I guess there are quite a few things that I do have control over. :)
Okay, now I'm ready to hit the sack. Nighty night! :)
Oh! PS Jeff, I really liked how you changed "so far, so good' to "so good, so far". Thanks!

Uh huh!

Uh huh, oh yeah!!! I'm having a perfect day! It's happening and I feel great! Thanks for the challenge, Anna! :) And, thanks for the clothes!!! I got them today! I don't think I'll be able to wear most of them right now, but I will be able to wear them very, very soon! Yippeeee!!!

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.