Six in Seven!

I promised an update of the weight loss over my first week. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself! So far I am down six pounds in seven days. I'm not expecting to keep up that pace by any means, but it was really nice to see that number on the scale this morning. I've cut calories and fat significantly, and haven't had anything to drink but water all week. I've worked out 3 days of the 7 and was more active than usual the other 4 days. I feel good! I have a goal. I would like to lose 40 pounds by my birthday. Counting the 6 I already lost, I've got 34 more to go, and 23 weeks to do it in. 1.5 pounds per week is a healthy rate, and I know I can do it!

I am actually hoping that a bunch of people miraculously start reading my sad little blog so they can keep me accountable! And I know that this time I have to keep it up. I've gone through all this before, the weight loss starting, feeling good, but then I got busy and didn't keep up with it, and put 20 of those pounds back on. I WILL NOT do this to myself again! I hate feeling overweight, so why do I get lazy and stop working at it, especially when I was only 20 pounds away from my goal? Because I started liking what I saw in the mirror, got happy enough with what I had done so far, and settled. I lost track of the me that I really really wanted to be, the BEST me and stopped with the BETTER me. The problem with that is once you stop, especially if you do it before you make your goal, it is easier to tell yourself, just one bite won't hurt, just one Whopper, it's no big deal, but it IS! So I am NOT going to stop until what I see in the mirror is so amazing that I don't want to take ANY chances blowing it. Then I am going to go shopping, buy all new clothes, and throw away everything I have now. Can't wait!

OK, enough of me self-analyzing my weight loss. Sorry for the whole whopping one of you that actually reads this! LOL