July 4th

Remember how I mentioned in my last post about being a bit unmotivated? Yeah, well it continued on that way for a while. I managed to lose 3 more pounds after that, but still...just kind of floundered a bit.

But, last Saturday started my recommitment to the 20 pounds in 10 weeks thing. Me and Joel might possibly take a little trip to a nearby town in the first of July. So, from last Saturday until July 4th, I have 10 weeks to get down to 150 (short-term goal for the get-away). So far so good.

Last week's weigh-in revealed 170 pounds. Yesterday...167.4. The goal is 2 pounds a week...accomplished (and then some). Now I just have to keep it up.

And I will. I heard a talk the other day about how some of us don't lose weight because we don't really expect to. We WANT to lose weight, but if we are really honest with ourselves, what we EXPECT is something different. We expect that we'll do well for a few weeks, maybe, and then something will come up and derail us...or whatever the case may be (whatever expectations may apply). But, the point is that our desires so often don't line up with our expectations. That of course applies to more than just weight loss.

So, I'm EXPECTING to lose these 20 pounds by July 4th. I WILL do it.

And, an added bonus yesterday was that I was down another 1/2 inch in the waist.

For those of you wanting to lose weight, but you just can't afford a program...let me tell you, you don't have to pay to be a part of a program anymore...really. There are so many GREAT resources online. Here are just a couple:

SparkPeople.com - really great articles and tools you can use (thanks Olivia!)
HealthDiscovery.net - a really great site...I'm a part of one of their forums; basically kind of a Weight Watchers bootcamp buddy system

That's all for now. I'm running out the door. But, I'll try not to be so scarce. I have lots to share, so I'll try to do that.