Spring

–verb (used without object)

1.to be released from a constrained position, as by resilient or elastic force or from the action of a spring:

2.to come into being, rise, or arise within a short time


To be released from a constrained position. Wow! That explains it perfectly. Even though I'm not quite a third of the way to my final goal. I feel freer, lighter, a spring in my step. My progress has been pretty consistent and I'm very proud of what I have accomplished so far.

This week was a more relaxed week, I didn't count calories for the majority of the week. I wanted to see what would happen if I just used what I have learned so far and watch what I was eating. So I did this until Friday and I'm happy to say that I didn't gain weight but I didn't lose weight either. So on Friday I started back with counting. Right now I'm eating between 1200 and 1500 calories, I try to vary it daily. I'm still sticking with eating the same thing for breakfast, and for lunch I normally choose between a couple of choices. Dinner is different everyday. This has really help me track my calories and also I just don't really think about those meals. I know if I'm hungry I can choose between a couple of snacks that I already know the calories count. Its makes it so much simpler. I'm hoping that when I reach my goal I can eat a little more and still maintain my weight loss. I guess that remains to be seen :0

So this week I have lost a little over a pound. So I have lost a total of 30.4 pounds since the end of January! I have reached my 3rd goal. I have been setting 10 pound goals for myself. My next goal is 217. I'm very excited about reaching this one. I haven't weighed that since college, 10 years ago. It seems that I have been losing about 10 pounds a month, which I guess is a good amount. Its very tempting to try to figure out when I will be at my final goal but I'm resisting. I don't want to set myself up for failure. 10 pounds at a time is working really well for me right now.

Exercising: What can I say, this time I'm not really thinking about it. I would like to start walking everyday not so much to lose weight but that its a really healthy thing to do. I was laughing and asking my hubby if I can call, my Sunday workout, my last chance workout if its the only workout of the week? hehe.
We have a new park, Garry Prickle. It has a nice 1/2 mile loop. Yesterday I walked 3 miles and ran for about 3/4 of a mile. My legs are hating me today. I've might have over done it, but it felt really good at the time. I say I would like to walk everyday but I think that's not very realistic. I think I'm going to shot for at least twice. I know that sounds lame, but since I'm only working out on Sunday it is a step in the right direction.

prep·a·ra·tion

noun
1.a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
2.any proceeding, experience, or the like considered as a mode of preparing for the future.
3.an act of preparing.
4.the state of being prepared



Well it Sunday night and tomorrow is Monday morning reality check. I need it this week. I have done really good all week. On Friday I was down four pounds...but this is the reality, if I don't watch, track, plan, my eating then I'm not going to have the results I want. I did plan the Easter meal, which was great. We had the dinner on Saturday and I planned it all out. It was healthy low-fat and delicious, but the problem was that it was only that one meal. Did I plan breakfast no, dinner no, what I was going to eat on Sunday (We did Easter dinner on Saturday) no!!! I also haven't gone shopping at all for this coming week.

There is no such thing as willpower only preparation will keep you on track. I know this. I can see over time that the weeks when I take the time on Friday to plan the following week, shop for the food, then prepare ahead of time snacks and lunches my weight loss is much better. I feel better, I'm not hungry and I don't think about what I'm going to eat, because it is already planned. Well, there you go.

OK, so I guess I need to get the tushie moving and plan what I'm eating next week. Will update tomorrow and let you all know where I'm at. Until then....

This week stats: Lost 2 pounds for a total of 25 pounds. My waist still isn't moving.

I guess I should be happy with a 2 pound loss but I know where I was on Friday. So really I had a 4 pound loss and gained back 2 of it over the weekend. Which makes me MAD!!!! These weekends are killing me. I need to plan the weekend better. I planned out next week but stopped on Friday. The weekends are where I really need it. The problem with the weekends is they get busy and I can't eat every couple of hours. So I then I'm starving and I don't care what it is, I just want food. I might need to start carrying a little lunch bag in my purse filled with healthy snacks. I try to grab my almonds and raisins but sometimes I forget. Need to get better at this.