iT's A gOoD dAy...

I remembered something today...I get to decide when I have good days and when I have bad days. I had a couple of dissapointing days and I let it bring me down...no good. If I am going to accomplish this goal of mine...70lbs...70 whole pounds then it is very important that good days or bad it is up to me how I react. REFRAME --When I accomplish this goal of mine...70lbs...70 whole pounds then it will have been up to me whether or not I had good days or bad.

With that said...update time! =)

I have been thinking a lot about my smaller goals to achieve my bigger goal. Here they are. I will be weighing myself every Wednesday and taking my measurements every month.

6 Month Goal....30lbs by July 31st

(that will leave me the last 40lbs to lose by December 31st)

Monthly Goal....5lbs

(until July 1st and then it will be about 6.5lbs a month)

Weekly Goal...1.25lbs

(until July 1st and then it will be about 1.5lbs a week)

My whole thing with this whole weightloss thing is to be realistic. I know that I am going to have weeks where I just don't feel like working out or where I don't schedule it right...I know that. That is no excuse but I know that it is going to happen and I am ok with that. And I also know there will be weeks where I lose more than 1lb a week. These are just something to strive for! I am calling my game plan the 80/20 rule. if I work out 5 out of the 7 days in a week GREAT! If I eat right 80% of the time and treat myself 20% of the time I am in great shape. When I limit myself and tell myself I CAN'T have that or I HAVE to work out it never works. That is how I ended up weighing 170lbs when I got pregnant. I never stuck with any of my weight loss plans up to that point.

One thing I have learned from others that have lost weight is that it is a lifestyle change, not a temporary change. I will never keep off weight if I give up everything I love and be miserable doing it and then go back to what I really want to eat. I love eating ice cream and cake and pie and Pumpkin spice latte's from Starbucks. Do I need them every day though? I love my bean dip...I love to bake...I am not giving up things I enjoy...who wants to do that. I am just going to be smarter about the choices I am making and not indulge as often. If I mapped out everything I ate this week you might think I failed myself. I had fast food a few nights for dinner, I didn't work out as much as I planned or wanted to. But it was my first week and over all I believe I did great. I made better choices about food most of the time and I was conscious of what and how much I was eating at every meal. What more could I ask for? I am not going to 180 my life right away or I know I will fail. I will LONG for being lazy and eating unhealthy if I do that.

If this plan of mine doesn't work then I will get more extreme...I will be a little harder on myself so that I can accomplish my goal but for now it seems like what is right for me. Who knows maybe I will do great at my plan and lose all the weight sooner than I am planning. Maybe I will plateau in September. You never know what will happen. The bigger picture goal here is not a number...it is to feel good about me again. To WANT to dress up and do my hair and be cute again...to love my body and feel sexy again. That is what I really want. The number 70lbs is just my way of getting there.

So yes...tOdAy Is A gOoD dAy. Tomorrow will be a good day too.