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Starting Weight: 155
Last Week’s Weight: 143.5
This Week’s Weight: 147
Calorie Consumption Goal: 8,200 – 10,150
Calories Consumed: 10,332
Calories Burned Goal: 600
Calories Burned: 551

According to my numbers, last week was definitely not a good one. I didn’t really think it was that bad until I ran the numbers. Way too many calories & not enough exercise. And I weighed 147 this morning but I’m not too worried about that. I always weigh a lot the day after I eat a bunch of crap, like on Halloween. Plus I started my cycle this morning so I’m terribly bloated. I expect my weight will seem higher this week. Now if I weigh next week and it’s still 147, I’m going to be terribly disappointed. But I’ll worry about that then. I feel like I can get back on track this week pretty easily. The only concern I have is that I don’t usually feel well during my cycle and I’m afraid I wont feel like exercising. I going to follow the “something is better than nothing” mantra and just work out as much as I can tolerate. If I get started, I usually end up working out for longer than I intended anyway. Hopefully I can make that work for me this week. I don’t want to use one bad week as an excuse to give up.

Starting Weight: 155
Last Week’s Weight: 146
This Week’s Weight: 143.5
Calorie Consumption Goal: 8,200 – 10,150
Calories Consumed: – 9373
Calories Burned Goal: 600
Calories Burned: – 514

I tried something new this week. I was reading a Daily Spark blog by coach Nicole about the tool she uses to stay motivated. It was the Monthly Tracking Calendar. She said it helped to see her progress. If she saw a lot of missed exercise days, she was motivated to work harder. And when she saw that she was meeting or exceeding her goals, it made her feel great about her progress. I used to do something similar in that every day that I was active, I put a silver star on my calender. But I think the small size and color of the stickers made it difficult to see. Plus, I became so used to seeing them that their meaning no longer clicked when I looked at the calendar. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try Coach Nicole’s method.

Of course, I don’t have $12 plus S&H to buy an actual Monthly Tracking Calendar. So I decided to see if I could use what I have on hand. I ended up just using my regular calendar and marking off boxes in each date to represent my goals. It ended up working pretty well. I couldn’t help but notice when I missed a goal and I definitely felt good when I saw a couple completed goals in a row. So I’m going to keep with this method and see how it goes.

Anyway, I’m cautiously optimistic about my progress. I lost a bit of weight this week and I did pretty well with exercise. Even on days I didn’t actually work out, I was doing something that kept me active. I still have a long, long way to go. But I’m feeling much more positive about my plan than I have in weeks. I just hope I can hold on to that feeling.

Starting Weight: 155
Last Week’s Weight: 145.5
This Week’s Weight: 146
Calorie Consumption Goal: 8,200 – 10,150
Calories Consumed: -
Calories Burned Goal: 600
Calories Burned: -

Another week of fail. I’m really annoyed with myself. I keep coming up with excuses for why I’m not making progress but I just haven’t made the effort. And I have absolutely no excuse for not making this goal a priority. I’m not working right now so I have plenty of time to concentrate on this. In fact, I should be doing this now because if I get a job – HA! – I’ll have even more difficulty making time to work on this. It just doesn’t make sense. I always sabotage my weight loss efforts with crap like this and I’m sick of this. I’m tired of doing this over and over again. I was looking over my old journals from college recently and they’re the exact same entry over and over again! I need to lose weight! Oops, I didn’t exercise or eat right! I need to lose weight! Oops, other stuff got in the way of my efforts. I swear, sometimes I think I want to be miserable. I just can’t stand the idea of another list of New Year’s Resolutions being topped by, “Lose weight.” This year, I want to see, “Maintain weight loss.” I just need to stop making BS excuses and do this.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Einstein