Weigh-in Day No. 9

Not my best.  But hanging in there.  Onward and upward to the New Year.

Merry Christmas!

I love this picture of my daughter and I!  It's my favorite from the day.  I actually felt relaxed and excited.  I can't wait to see what next Christmas' pictures bring!

Weigh-in Day No. 8

The scale is going the wrong direction.  But, this is still well within my goal of staying under 265 for the holidays.  It is what it is.  I'm off to enjoy my Christmas and my family.

Weigh-in Day No. 7

Woohoo!  This is perfect!  Sure, a loss would be great, but truthfully, I have way overeaten a few times this week.  We had our family party on Sunday and our bible study Christmas party last night.  Both were major sugar fests.  At this rate, I am exactly on track to begin the new year right where I want to be.  I'm still working out hard and eating well on the other days and it is definitely helping not to have the mentality of "I messed up that day, I might as well eat everything in the house."

Weigh-in Day No. 6

Much better. And this is even following a 3-day trip to Disneyland. I feel like I am fully on track to succeed in my December goal. Yea!

Goal for December

I can hardly believe that it's December already! This year has flown by. I knew when I started my weight loss/life change in mid-October that it was going to be a little wild around the holidays. When I first met with the dietician I talked with her about how the Thanksgiving-New Year window has been my downfall on more than one occasion in the past. I debated waiting until after the holidays to even start, but then decided that I really didn't want to face January 15 pounds heavier and that much more miserable. If things are going to change, I couldn't wait. So, I didn't. But now, here I am again. With the holidays and honestly, all of the food that goes with it. Thanksgiving wasn't a complete failure in the food area and that was great. Now, it's the beginning of December and I've decided to set a realistic goal for myself. It's actually more of a holidays goal.

I have decided that my weight goal for the Thanksgiving-New Years window is to simply stay under 265 pounds. That is a 5 pound window from the morning before Thanksgiving. While losing would be nice, the truth is that if I can just keep my sanity and control to some degree, I will be okay with that. I'm going to try to not let it be an excuse, but I'm not going to freak out if the scale moves up a little bit. Over the next 4 weeks we have a 3-day Disneyland trip, a family Christmas party, our small group bible study Christmas party, lots of eating out usually because we're so busy, and Christmas itself. The food is high in calories and quantity this time of year. In between the events I am committed to keeping my work out schedule and making the best food choices possible during the days. I can do this and I'm looking forward to surviving and pushing ahead again in January!