lose 40 pounds

So I’ve been sick all week, which hasn’t exactly been conducive to exercising… but it also prevented me from overeating every day. Well, except Saturday, when I always eat too much. But anyway, I’m (mostly) better now, and my sister is home, so hopefully she’ll motivate me to go to the gym (as in she’ll go with me).
It’s pretty obvious I’m not going to complete this goal by the end of my challenge (7 days), seeing as I’m at a net loss of only 17 pounds now, but I’m certainly not giving up.
Think bikini! Short shorts!

This is ridiculous.
I’ve gained 15 pounds back in 4 months.
I’m going to be back where I was in the fall, at 165, by Prom this year. I wasn’t going to go, but then they decided to make it free for seniors. I’m making my dress again, and it’s not going to look as bad as it did last year.
And then I’m going to be 150-155 by the time summer starts. I’m going to wear a bikini for the first time in my life. I’m going to look great in it too.

I didn’t eat too well today.
I’m making it a goal to stay under my calorie limit for 10 days in a row.
I think it helps when I think about what I’m going to eat the next day. So, for tomorrow:
light yogurt & string cheese for breakfast
fruit salad for lunch (and apple & a banana cut up. i had this the other day, it was really filling [it was a huge apple])
some quick snack after school, probably string cheese or crackers & cheese
dinner’s up in the air, but probably a salad (lettuce, chicken, & cheese, no dressing [i hate dressing]) or tuna (mmmm)
and probably another snack sometime after that
I will do my best to avoid the girl scout cookies (or have 1-2, instead of the… oh geez… over a dozen? i ate today).

I went to the gym again today… but I haven’t been doing particularly well with staying under my calorie goal lately =/

...for the first time since August 27 (according to my food/exercise diary).
I went at the worst possible time, of course, right when all of the adults are getting home from work, but I’m happy I went. I’m planning on going again on Wednesday. I did really well losing weight when I was going to the gym every other day in the summer, and since then I haven’t lost any. So clearly, this is what I need to do!

Not doing so hot with this right now. Someone should make me go to the gym! I did really well in the summer, and then school (and after school activities) totally interrupted my routine. I liked going to the gym on Sunday morning but after practice on Friday & Saturday, I’m sore on Sunday.

160 by the end of January
155 by the end of February
Maintain after that… I’ll have to see how I look/feel and decide if I want to lose a little more after that, since 155 is still at the high end of my BMI “healthy” range.

I’m not sure if I can do the first, being at about 168 right now, but we’ll see. If I can get myself back in the gym agin, I should be able to do pretty well. And even if I only get to like 163 this month, that’s still fine with me.
I was just thinking how this will, if I can avoid gaining weight at college next year, be the last year that “lose weight” will be a New Year’s resolution for me. =D

So in the past month I have not lost any weight, but rather gained about 3-4 pounds. Oops.

Wed: 165.2
Thurs: 165.2
Fri: 165.2
Sat: 165.8
Sun: 165.0
7-day average: 165.3
Yes, well, that would be lovely if I were trying to maintain 165, but that’s not what I’m trying to do, I’m trying to get down to 155. grumbles
So new dates for goals:
160 by Christmas (since I’m obviously not going to lose 5lbs by my birthday, which is in 10 days).
155 by Valentine’s Day.
Maintain 155 for at least a month after that before I check this off.

Sun: 163.6
Mon: 164.0
Tues: 166.5
7-day average: 164.4

So I don’t know what my deal is, but I have eaten entirely too much for the past 9 days in a row. And somehow, it wasn’t showing up on the scale until now. I don’t know why I’m sabotaging myself (well, I have a faint idea), but it really needs to stop.