reach my goal weight

1. Making daily exercise a priority
2. Making healthful food choices at every meal

I have a goal weight, but I’m not sure it’s attainable. It’s a reasonable number, but it’s taking forever. I’d just like to one day get there.

in the last 7 months since the last update I have lost around 6 kilos. I’ve found real enjoyment and stress relief from exercise, I can see my fitness and general health get better. I also have the added bonus of a closer friendship with a work mate who comes to the gym with me.
So I’ve passed my first mini goal weight, have 1.5 kilos to go til I reach the second, and 6.5kg to go to the main goal. So nearly half way there :)

Last week, I was working out where I see my nutritionist and I decided to hop on the scale. I am 3 lbs from the goal weight we set. Speechless….

Based on BMI levels of Normal weight= 18.5-24.9,Overweight = 25-29.9 and Obesity = 30 or greater – I am no longer classified as OVERWEIGHT – I’m NORMAL. My BMI is 24.5. Back in September, it was 36.6.

A miracle.

It’s been a long while since I have been on. And of course I have gained, and lost- and gained, and lost. So I am once again within 10 pounds of my goal. It is a lit lower than previous because of the activities I have been doing. I am not so worried about weight or the scale for once I have actually been staying away. I have been measuring every other week and weighing myself maybe every 2 weeks. Which is not as hard as I thought it would be.

After reading my other entries I can see how much my life has changed, and food is always a factor. Not necessarily emotional eating but just things being out of control.

I think ultimately it is not even my weight that makes me unhappy- it’s just a contributor to the anxiety and frustration in other areas of my life!

I am at a pretty good place right now, so I am staying positive with that, and a better goal maybe than weight loss itself is self control. Something for me to think about.

I feel like the scale and I are arch nemeses. I have literally started to think of it as this creature that is against me, that sets out every day to foil my success and happiness. Every morning when I pull it out, I have this moment where I’m like, “Alright scale, you sonofabitch, are you going to cause trouble today??” And indeed it does, because I have been ridiculously good on my diet and every day the same damn number stares me back in the face. 127.0. It’s so final, there’s no jaunty swaying back and forth like an analog scale. “HEY KATE!! Maybe you’re 128…or maybe you’re 126, but who cares?” My new digital scale is incredibly stern-faced and unforgiving. “NO. You’re 127.0. Get used to it.”

I’ve been 127.0 for two days. Before that, I spent three days at 127.2. Now, when you’re stuffing your face with bland chicken and vegetables, passing up every sweet treat that comes your way, just saying no to bread and salty snacks, that’s a painful feeling. The problem with getting on the scale and weighing 127.0 AGAIN is that it’s an excruciating and interminable 24 hours until I get back on the scale and try to beat my score. So I just have to bide my time throughout the day, waiting impatiently for my chance at a rematch between me and the scale, during which time it’s sitting there in the bathroom probably laughing a very sinister laugh at me.

You may have won this round, Mr. Scale, but I’ll be back tomorrow.

Chocolat is just too delicious!
in 8 weeks I’ve to be on my goal weight! wanna look fabulous in my bikini!

I’ve taken a different approach to losing weight and am back on track now with 13 more pounds to lose.

One thing I always forget about dieting is what a big difference a few pounds makes on both my body and mind. I’m only down a few pounds, but my clothes are fitting a bit better already, and I’ve stopped feeling like such a slob.

The downside is how slowly the days seem to go when I’m dieting.

I’m 20 yrs old, and since I was a little girl I’ve been at least 10 lbs over weight. Now I’m 5’ 4” and about 50+ lbs over what I should weigh (130 lbs more of less). My entire family is over weight and well…I’ve fallowed in there foot steps in many things not just this one. But now it’s become a real problem, my back knees and ankels hurt constantly, most of all my back. When I’m in bed with my boyfriend I feel like I’m going to squash him…believe me it’s not a good feeling, specially when you love sex as much as I do. Yes I will admit it, I’m in love with sex, but it hurts when I’m not in love (I know I have some issues) but that’s not the point right now. The point is that I look like I’m pregnant since I was about 10, there is a reason why women only carry a child in there belly for 9 months, and even that’s pushing it. I’ve always had a problem with motivation, I really have, with just about everything and well this is just one of the things I’ve always “wanted” to do but never got down to actually doing it. But now since it’s not only for myself maybe I’ll actually do it. And before anyone tells me that first comes number one and then everyone else and that I’m doing it wrong, if one doesn’t care enough about once self to do it then grab someone that you do care about and use them as a crutch until you can do it on your own, just don’t let yourself become a cripple.

how did that happen? i weigh 117.5 again.

if i could just get to 112. i would be very satisfied.

5.5 lbs is what i need to lose.