lose 50lbs in 6 months

Okay… good news and bad news.

Bad news, this weekend was FILLED with small set backs towards this goal. Starting with the mexican food on Friday night and culminating with the Chinese food last night and in between was a lot of home cooking from Eastern Kentucky families (why did his Aunt have to own a sweet shop?).

But the good news is that when I wieghed myself this morning I was still holding steady at 182. True I’m not closer to my goal but even after all the bad things I ate this weekend I’m not any farther from it either.

Now for things I did good and things I did bad.

Things I did good: Friday evening I walked about 4 miles, even though I didn’t go to the gym Friday. And I went walking on my lunch break. While at his Aunt sweet shop I doubled up on the green beens and mashed potatoes (I know potatoes aren’t the greatest either) to keep myself from eating all the snacks. I did manage to limit myself 2 small mint chocolates and 1 snack cake… if you could have seen what was piled around me you would realize what an accomplishment this was. I drank alot more water, I only had 2 real cokes and 1 diet this weekend. And instead of watching a movie Sunday I suggested we go walk around the mall… any mobility helps I figure. So far today I have already drank 72 oz of water and I plan to go walking on my lunch break, as well as working out with Joe after work. And one smaller thing on the getting healthy line… I’m making myself go to bed at a regular time. And I haven’t drank anything since last Wednesday… go only know how many calories are in that….

Things I did bad: The sweet shop was a slip… but I’ll get over it. The bigger concern at the moment is I still have a proeblem telling myself when I’m full AND stopping eating once I get there. Plus… I have a bag of potato chips in my desk. It’s been there since last week and I’ve just about finished it off. I feel horrible about it but I still can’t help it. WHen this bag is done, which will be this afternoon I will not buy chips to leave at work anymore and will instead try to bring in some sort of vegetable or protien snack… Willpower!

Okay so this morning I wieghed myself and the grand total is, drumroll please, 182 lbs. Which means I want to be at 180 by next Friday….

Things I’m doing today to help me towards my goal:
—Drinking water, ALOT of water. It’s 8:45 and I’ve already drank 24 oz and I’m working on a 1L bottle. So don’t stand between me and the restroom.
—Actually eating breakfast. In 23 years I’ve never been a breakfast person but we are going to start slow. I picked up a protien bar when I got gas this morning and I’ve been nibbling on it. If I can make this bar last until lunch maybe I won’t be as hungry then.
—I was going to go work out on my lunch break and still want to try to do that… but during a casual game of badmittion at lunch yeasterday I think I pulled my groin muscle so we’ll see what we can accomplish.
—And the one I’m not overly proud of is that I’m trying diet supplements. But I’m only doing half the dosage. I realize those are temporary fix and I want to do this the natural way. But I think of them as more of a jump start than a solution.

This goal is in conjunction with one of my other goals… my wedding.

It’s something I’ve been needing/wanting to do for awhile now. This is a perfect reason to get off my butt and do it.

So starting with tomorrow paycheck I’m going to go get something healthier to stack on at work. And… since I’ve already paid for this month at my gym I’m going to go work out on my lunch hour.

So… in order to meet my goal by the middle of September I need to lose 2 lbs per week. Which is a healthy figure I beleive.

And starting tomorrow I’m going to wiegh myself each morning and try to remember to record it…

Here goes nothing.