Lose 15 lbs

I was sick for the last 2 weeks with a nasty cough, I hadn’t been that sick since I was in high school! It really set me back but surprisingly I didn’t gain too much weight while I was sick. I ate a lot of bad food and didn’t stick to a diet because I read you shouldn’t while you are sick. I tried to still eat well but when you are sick you crave the worst stuff! So I’m working my way back to exercising and tracking my food. I only have 6 lbs to go, so hopefully before the end of April I can hit my goal. (Well hopefully sooner than that but I want to be real about this.)

I lost 10 last year, and gained 10 slowly back over a span of 6 months, most of it over the dreaded holiday season, darn cookie contests!! So I decided to try to do 15 lbs this year that would take me down to around 125. I always felt 130 was my goal, which it always will be, but 125 just seems over the top and I feel like I’d like to try to hit that goal. Even if I break at 128, I’ll be happy because I haven’t been that size since before college! I really just want to be able to see my knees. I know that sounds gross, but I’ve always wanted to have nice legs and I have always had pudgy knees. It’s almost like my thigh is trying to leap over my knee to see what the other half of my leg is doing! I want to say bye-bye to that in 09. I hate sounding vain, but we all have our dreaded body issues. I’m using thedailyplate.com, it’s a great site and I used it last year. It really helps me keep focused on my food and it did help me lose the 10 last year around this time. Plus it’s free so that’s why I like it, it’s like doing it all by yourself with no help!

I fell off the wagon and into a field of peanut butter crunch sticks by Little Debbie, which was right across from a Papa Johns…and here we are 4 months later and 9 lbs heavier. I want to lose 15, I’m setting the bar higher this time around so that way if I can lose 10 again I’ll be happy, but if I can lose 15 I’ll be so proud. I feel go lower so when I gain some back it won’t be so shocking to myself. Does that make any sense? I know where my happy weight is and I want to go back there.