emsterdamsel

It was just three years ago when I was determined to lose 30. Instead, I crept up the scale and weigh 20 pounds more than I did then. Even though I am still not finished with my master’s, I took on this project by joining Weight Watchers. I hate giving them my money, especially when not working. But I was desperate. I am tracking using their e-tools, going to meetings, and emphasizing the filling foods like vegetables, salads, some fruit, and staying away from my pitfalls. My hardest task is to get myself to stop grazing, and measure more. I have lost 7 pounds in 2 or 2.5 weeks. My next goal is adding elliptical and stationery bike, weightlifting, and trail hikes.

I have to take out the brutal red pen and get rid of every word that is excess. Pare it down to 2-3 pages. And submit it. Get over perfectionism.

obstacles:

“I might need this someday”
“As soon as I get rid of it, I’ll wish I had it”
“This cost good money”
“It made me feel good when I got it”
“This stands for my mom”
“This stands for my father”
“This makes me remember that person”
“That relationship was meaningful”
“I feel naked if I”m not surrounded by things”
“I love it, I simply can’t let it go”
“I just haven’t found a place to put it yet”