Category: Getting Healthy
Wednesday Check In
| May 16, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Wednesday Check In |
Once again, it’s that time…Progress Pictures are here today!
I’m excited because I feel like I can finally see actual progress here. I really love that feeling.
One of these days I will iron that sheet before I take my pictures. But don’t hold your breath!
Your turn: What are you proud of this week?
Don’t Get Stuck in the Loop
| May 15, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy |
Last week I had a chance to finally meet Gretchen in person. Naturally the conversation turned to weight loss (Gretchen is also blogging her weight loss progress) and eventually we started talking about the fact that so many of our coworkers/friends/family members are “on a diet” and pretty much always seem to be “on a diet” but how none of them ever say “I reached my goal and now I’m done.”
This goes beyond the fact that anyone hoping to maintain a healthy lifestyle will have to permanently modify their eating behaviors away from a daily “diet” of cake and ice cream. I’m talking about the women (and men) in my life who have been on Weight Watchers for 25 years or have a lifetime membership to Jenny Craig – or if they’re not on a trademarked diet plan, they’re on their own brand of “diet” – I’m not bashing programs here because this crosses all the lines.
Only there is no finish line. There’s no point at which any of them stand up and say, “I did what I set out to do.”
These are my progress jars. I made them and let them sit on my desk. I haven't touched them since I took this picture.
Yes, some of this is just the nature of our culture wherein we’re engaged in this constant loop of self-improvement (body-hating style). Some of it is that it’s just easier to say, “I’m on a diet,” than to admit, “I ate an entire box of oreos for breakfast and the idea of more sugar right now makes me cry.” And some of that is expectation. Everyone understands “I’m on a diet,” and many people can relate.
But I’m afraid most of it is just that for these people, they will never reach their goal.
And I can’t ever know or say that they a) had realistic goals to begin with or that b) they put the right kind of work or effort into it or even that c) they had the right tools and didn’t have any extenuating circumstances to keep them from success. I am obviously not a mind reader or a professional. But I do hate the idea of saying “I’m going to do this,” and never actually getting it done.
As I watch the weeks go by and watch the number on my scale bounce around I’m more acutely aware that it’s far too easy to get stuck in the “I’m on a diet loop.” We’re now 5 and a half months into the year that was going to be “my year” – the year I reached my goal forever and I don’t feel like I have enough progress to show. Part of me wants to admit that I will not make it this year.
The other part of me is too stubborn to accept that. And that’s the part I’m going to hold on to.
I will not let myself get stuck in the loop. I will not be another person who is perpetually “on a diet.”
I will do this, and at the end I will give myself the honor of standing up and saying, “I did what I set out to do.”
Break the cycle and join me.
6 More Weeks of Winter
| May 14, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy |
Friday marked the beginning of a new 6 week competition at my gym. If you want to pause and refer to my list of goals, winning this contest is one of them. I’ve done this contest every 8 weeks since I joined the gym back in August and I’m seriously tired of not being the winner.
To be fair, it’s not like I’ve failed each time. I lose weight and inches every time, I just don’t lose enough weight (or inches) to win. It only seems natural to try and guess at what I can do differently this time around so I get different results.
But in reality I’m tired and I don’t want to make a bunch of rules for myself that I won’t follow or do some crazy “I’m giving up sugar and dairy for the next 6 weeks” plan. I just want to stick to the basics – exercise every day and eat the right things.
I took the time this weekend to do my prep work. I made breakfast for the week (egg white souffles with bell peppers) and chopped my veggies for lunch/dinner use every day. This morning was super easy – reheat a souffle, toss together a salad. Life should always be so simple.
In some ways I’m excited to have another chance to do what I know I can do. It’s not as important to me to win this as it is to finish the next 6 weeks knowing I did my absolute best and worked my hardest.
I think that’s the bottom line for me at this point – I’ve done well, but I haven’t done my best. I know I can do better and that’s not a feeling I appreciate having. So for the next six weeks that’s my goal. I’m not going to worry about the numbers, I’m just going to focus on working hard and making sure I end each day knowing I did everything I could do that day.
And now just because these pins made me smile, I thought I would share them:
Source: google.com via Lisa on Pinterest
Source: committed-to-be-fit.tumblr.com via Lenny on Pinterest
Source: committed-to-be-fit.tumblr.com via Lenny on Pinterest
Wednesday Check In
| May 2, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Wednesday Check In |
This week I have a scale story for you. On Saturday I dragged my scale upstairs so I could weigh the puppies. When I brought it back down and put it back in the same exact spot it was in before, it would not weigh me. It kept reading about 50 pounds lighter – which I would gladly accept, but I know it’s not accurate.
So I shuffled off and bought another scale. When I got it home and weighed myself, it was weighing me heavy but only by two pounds. FINE. I stuck it back where the old scale had been sitting and – wouldn’t you know? It suddenly started giving me an error message. Oh, really?
I took the old scale out of the corner and set it in the middle of the floor and IT WEIGHED ME JUST FINE THANKS. So now I have two scales.
Anyway, all of this is to say that I lost two pounds this week. So here’s what we’re looking like:
Starting Weight: 262
This week: 251
Total loss: -11 pounds
You know what that means? I met my first “mini-goal” for the year! To celebrate, here’s a picture of me in a bathing suit:
Yes, you may have already seen that if you follow my every move on the Twitter. I snapped that after my first 38 minute mile on Thursday (PR!). Obviously that’s after I fluffed my hair post swim-cap but you can still see my awesome goggle marks if you look hard enough (but I ‘d rather you didn’t get that close to my face). But that’s a happy face – no makeup, hair trashed, armpit jiggle on display – and no one effing cares.
For 9 days I’ve been doing two challenges – one is to drink at least 2 liters of water a day. The other is to get at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. These challenges are to be done every day for 30 days. So far? I’m at 9/9 on my water intake and 7/9 for exercise. This is a major improvement for me since I have such a hate/hate relationship with water and was kind of struggling to get in more than 2 workouts a week.
Anyway, those are two of my big changes for this week – more exercise and more water. I’ve noticed that I don’t eat out of boredom as much when I’m getting enough water. I still catch myself, yes, but it’s not as tempting. And I know you already know all about the benefits of exercise.
The other one is putting my focus back on vegetables. When I stop thinking about how to add veggies into a meal and start with the vegetable as the center of the meal it makes a huge difference.
I know these things are not new or groundbreaking ideas, but sometimes we all need to be reminded to go back to the basics. Being good at any sport requires that you master the fundamentals, right? As one of my favorite quotes reminds me, “and thus we see that by small and simple things, great things are brought to pass” (yes, that’s a scripture mashup – that small things idea is in there more than once).
So if you’re finding yourself trapped in that cycle of “it’s okay, I’ll worry about that later/tomorrow/next week/after the holidays/after this project is done”, it’s time to stop shrugging it off and telling yourself you’ll do better later or tomorrow. Get up right now and fill your water bottle or cup or coffee mug (pencil cup? Whatever you have, find some soap – don’t make another sorry excuse) with water. Stretch. Do a lap. Take a minute and start planning.
Focus on what you can do right here, right now, and do it. Repeat this as your day goes on and let each step you take add up.
How are you feeling about your goals this week? Anything you want to brag about?
What a Tool.
| May 1, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy |
Welcome to my massive post of the weight loss tools and training tools I can’t live without! This post has been a labor of love and I hope it’s as helpful to you as all of these things are to me.
Foam Roller – If you’ve used one before, your response is “Amen.” If you haven’t you’re probably getting that shifty-eyed look right now. YouTube this. Then buy one. When you’re writhing in pain and cackling with delight all at once because it just. hurts. so. good. you’ll thank me.
iShuffle – seriously, these guys are only like $50 these days. Get one and stop lugging around your bulky iPod. Or better yet, get a waterproof case like mine and take it swimming.
iPhone – okay, now, I make an exception to the “ditch the iPod” rule for the iPhone but I’ll get to that in a minute and the reason is simple: Apps. But again…I’ll come back to that.
Measuring Tape – Take your measurements. Record them. Do this regularly – once a month, once every six weeks, whatever. But definitely before and after you go on any kind of training plan. In many cases this is a more effective measure of your progress than a scale, especially if you are going to put on muscle or be a woman (and consequently have your body weight fluctuate as your body decides to camel away any moisture within a 5 mile radius. Wait, just me? Okay). But seriously, this is a great way to track progress.
Road ID – If you are doing physical activities outside (like running or biking) and could be harmed or suffer an injury that might require medical attention and you’re not able to speak for yourself, this is a really important identifier to have and it will save you from shoving your drivers license into your bra every time you go for a run. I have a neon pink slim ID bracelet that has my emergency contact info, organ donor status and allergy info on it. The best part though is that you get space to put an uplifting/motivating quote so mine also says “Go Hard or Go Home.”
Heart Rate Monitor – Depending on how fancy you want to get, this thing can do everything for you from, you know, monitoring your heart rate to balancing your checkbook. Mine is waterproof so I can swim with it and the most useful feature I have is the ability to time myself. I can record my splits with it if I’m coordinated enough at the moment (mostly not).
Food Scale – I mostly use this to weigh my proteins: chicken and fish – but I also use it when I’m baking a cake so each layer starts with the same amount of batter. If we’re staying on our theme, however, you will want this to help with portion control.
Immersion or Hand Blender – This is my hero. Soups and smoothies have never been the same since this came into my life. I used to stop my blender every other minute to stir the ingredients cause it couldn’t handle frozen stuff. The hand blender takes it all like a champ. I couldn’t live without it. And gone are the days of dumping hot ingredients into a food processor to get your soup smooth. Get one of these and forget how you ever managed without it.
Over-the-ear Headphones – I have the most ridiculous ears of anyone I know. Earbuds will not and cannot and shall not stay in my ears when sitting still – forget any luck having them stay when I exercise. So the over ear headphones are a must to prevent me from losing my mind. My hearing is another story.
Food Journal – I write down everything I eat in this book. Everything. At first I wasn’t sold on it and would routinely omit things but I’m totally convinced this is the most helpful tool in my arsenal. My trainer checks it every week and offers feedback (“Don’t cry. Stop f*ing up. Cheese is the devil. Eat more vegetables. Inspirational movie quote from the late 80s/early 90s. You can do it. Stop crying.”) but the best part is being able to see my patterns. I know I can look in there and see that I had popcorn the day before so I should pick a different snack for this afternoon. That doesn’t always get me to make the right choice but at least I know what I’m doing when I do it instead of thinking I’m doing well and wondering where I could do better. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?
::APPS::
Fitocracy – This app also has a website that is often easier to work with, but I like that I can track my workouts right after I’ve done them. I also love that there are rewards and levels built in – someone on the internet somewhere (great citation, right?) once mentioned that this was like an RPG for fitness and that might be true. If you respond well to incentives like completing “quests” and “achievements” you’ll love this one.
There’s also a social element to Fitocracy in that you can get “props” from your friends, follow your friends, and join groups. I’ve not explored that part of it much but I like the idea of it.
Gympact – I’ve mentioned Gympact before but I thought I should come back to it now that I’ve used it for a while. If you’ve not heard of this, Gympact is an app that allows you to set a dollar amount you can be charged for each workout you miss. So, for example, I have a “pact” of 4 workouts a week which is really easy since 2 of those days I meet with my trainer. If I miss a day, I let them charge me $5.
If you make your pact you get paid – how? All of the fine money collected for the week is divided between the people who made their pacts for the week. Sounds great, right? Well, sort of. The payout is only around $2 at most so you’re not going to recoup the cost of your gym membership or buy a vacation. BUT if you can keep yourself from getting fined, it’s a good deal and definitely worth the 5 seconds it takes to check in and out each time you go to the gym. This app is finally now in beta for android as well!
Nike+GPS – I’m not a distance runner and can’t justify buying a Garmin to be able to track my run data, but I do love the Nike+ app – and this is where that exception to the iphone in hand comes in. This app will track your run stats and play your music for you while you’re running.
I haven’t used the Facebook integration but if you were doing a long run you could let it update Facebook for you and it would alert you each time someone “liked” or commented on your status to cheer you on. It’s a fun idea.
The two things I really like about it are one)that you can take on your last run so you can challenge yourself to beat your last time and two) you can program “power songs” into the app so when you need a boost you just hit the “power song” button and it will switch the music to one of your songs. This is great in home stretch of a run when you need a little extra help to get through.
::Websites::
DailyMile.com – I am not the greatest at keeping this updated but I love the way it lets you record your activities and tracks your training.
You can see in the chart my mileage, time, and my “pace” – the only thing I take issue with is that this site incorrectly records the swimming miles. 1500 meters is a “swimmer’s” mile, but it does not recognize that. I don’t know why there’s a difference between the two, honestly, but there you have it.
This site also offers social elements – you can add friends and comment on their workouts – but I am not awesome about that part. I just like to see what everyone else is doing.
RockMyRun.com – If you know anything about me it’s that I love a good playlist. And a well-executed mashup is even better. Thankfully Rock My Run delivers on both counts.
Once upon a glorious time, this site was totally free because they were in beta testing. Now they’ve moved on and you have to pay for your credits. But I can assure you it’s completely and totally worth it. You do get one free credit a month so if you’re savvy and save up you won’t break the bank – and it’s possible because they release one or two new songs a week and they’re not all winners (that would be too good to be true).
If you get totally overwhelmed and aren’t sure where to begin, I recommend Rock to the Beat (my first favorite – a blend of rock and pop), A Run at the Roxbury (90′s cheese galore), Back in the Day (More 90′s awesomeness – my recent favorite), or Go Hard (a mostly rock mix). They, of course, have a variety of options so you’re bound to find something you like.
::Disclaimer::
I was not compensated in any way shape or form to review any of these products/apps/sites. I just love them enough to pass them on to you.
Now it’s your turn – What are the tools you can’t live without when it comes to your workouts/diet?
Wednesday Check In
| April 25, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Wednesday Check In |
I’m getting a late start today because last night was pretty rough but things are okay now and I am such a creature of habit that it feels best to just carry on.
So on Friday I had my weigh in for the 6 week contest at my gym. I lost 9 pounds and about 3 inches. Will that be enough to win (one of my goals)? I don’t think so and I’m almost hoping no because I know it’s not my best work. Is that silly? Probably.
To recap:
Starting weight: 262
This week: 253
Total loss: -9 pounds
I’m not really even dressed yet today but I have been making much more of an effort lately. Here’s what my hair looked like on Monday:
My curling iron and I are making friends again.
Last week wasn’t a great week for me – I had a cold so I didn’t get many workouts in and I felt like I was off to a rocky start with TWLC3, but this week I’m feeling much better and I’m ready to be focused and serious again.
Some of my fellow TWLC friends decided to do a 30-day challenge. For the next 30 days we’re going to make sure we’re drinking enough water (we’re using this calculator) and getting in at least 20 minutes of movement a day. We started on Monday and so far things are going well. I’ll make sure to report on those two things going forward.
How are your goals coming along this week?
Journey Forward ::10::
| April 19, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Journey Forward |
Today’s Journey Forward post is all about the obstacles that are keeping me from accomplishing my goal. What’s getting in the way?
I could sit here all day and list the reasons why in any given moment I am making an excuse instead of doing what I know I should be doing and what I know I really want to do, but that’s not helpful or productive. There’s nothing I can say that will be a legitimately good explanation for why I haven’t achieved what I have set out to this year.
The only thing standing in my way is me.
It’s time to remember what I want and why. It’s time to stop making excuses.
I have no idea what it’s going to take. For every excuse I can think up I already have an argument to shoot it down. Some examples
Lie #1: “It’s easier to get breakfast at the drive thru than make it at home.”
Solution: Prepare as much of my meal ahead of time as possible so it’s not just easier but faster to eat at home or heat it up at work. I’ve done it before, very successfully.
Lie #2: “I’m too tired to work out.”
Solution: Work out. You won’t be tired anymore.
Lie #3: “I don’t have time to ____. ”
Solution: There are 24 hours in a day and usually only around 10 of those are spent at work and commuting to/from work. That leaves 14 hours. If I can find time to watch 10 episodes of Game of Thrones in approximately 3 days, I can find time to do anything else.
So what’s the problem? What is it in that crucial decision making moment that somehow falls apart? It’s not that I don’t know what to do, how to do it, or that I’m just making up poor excuses. I know better. I can do this.
So why don’t I?
It’s not even that most of what I need to do is hard or that it’s not fun – I love cooking and trying new recipes, I love making a playlist and taking it out for a workout, I love getting to come here and show off my progress and hear that I’m inspiring people.
Making the right decisions makes me happy, and in so many cases it’s easier to do what is “right” than what is not.
So what’s getting in my way?
If I ever figure it out, I’ll let you know.
Wednesday Check In
| April 18, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Wednesday Check In, Week of Wardrobe |
Some of you will remember that I have already been involved in 2 rounds of That Weight Loss Challenge (TWLC), hosted by my friend Jenna. You may also remember that each time I started out strong and then – oh, hey! Something shiny!
Yeah.
If that doesn’t accurately describe my relationship with weight loss I don’t know what does. There’s always something. Who needs to make excuses? They’ll find you. Trust me – they’re sneaky.
At any rate, the second round of TWLC is over and I am about 3 pounds lighter than I was when I started. I want to give myself some credit for changing my habits enough to lose weight rather than put more on – but that isn’t exactly the spectacular finish I’d planned on. But that’s okay because Jenna just kicked off TWLC3 – a third chance for me to get my you-know-what together and get this done.
Now onto some facts:
I realized after entering my weight into the TWLC spreadsheet that it was time to stop giving that number so much power over me. I’ve been so worried and so anxious about sharing it on my blog, but it’s already out there. So I’m taking back control.
As of this morning (well, and yesterday) I weigh 254 pounds.
That means I have lost 8 pounds since I first set my goals. I’ve been sitting still at this weight for a few weeks now and it’s getting pretty frustrating. I give myself a pass this week because I have a cold but after this it’s time to change things up so the scale starts moving again!
My “official” goal for TWLC3 is to be at 198 pounds by October 16. That’s a little less than 2 pounds a week and completely do-able. I am honestly hoping to reach that before the end of TWLC3 but I want to be realistic and set myself up to succeed.
And now because I didn’t want to come here with absolutely nothing to report, I brought you a Week of Wardrobe pictures. Starting with last Wednesday:
A few notes – what looks like black pants are actually my jeans. I didn’t wear my sneakers all day Thursday but all of my heels are at the office. Now that I know the Friday dress looks like that with leggings, I will never wear it that way again. Saturday and Sunday I wore basically the same outfit and its basically the same thing I always wear. There’s no Monday picture because I wore the same thing that I did on Sunday since I was home sick. I don’t like my Tuesday outfit much because it emphasizes the wrong curves (which I cleverly disguised in this picture) but it sure was comfy.
As always, this was a learning experience. If you want to re-visit some old WoW posts you can do that here.
Anyway, I’ve been reading back through some of my old blog posts and I have to say that I miss the old me. It’s not that I’m totally different or anything, but I sure miss that fierce determination I had. I also miss that sass!
Some notable old posts:
Are you In Control? – how important is it for you to have complete and total control over your surroundings when you’re trying to lose weight?
What’s in My Gym Bag (this one was really popular cause apparently y’all are a bunch of voyeurs)
And then there was Progress – the first time I posted my progress pictures (my most commented on post!)
This is the Year – my 2012 goal
But now I’m going to stop before this turns into more of a Stuff From All Over post than a Wednesday Check In post. With any luck at all I’ll be able to report some actual progress next week, right?
Your turn! How are your goals coming along? Did any of you sign up for TWLC3?
Goodbye, Incentives. Hello, Reality.
| April 17, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy |
Today I’m back at work – though I’m not entirely sure for how long because though I felt lots better last night I’m feeling incredibly awful again this morning. We’ll see. I was so hoping for a speedy recovery.
If you were ever curious, I’ve given these guys a serious trial over the past few days and I don’t know how I feel about them:
I grabbed these guys cause I knew a week of tissues would leave my nose a wreck. So I used these instead of regular tissues and my nose is okay – but the skin around my nose is now dry and hurts. Fail. You can barely see it in this picture, but in real life I look like I have a bad sunburn:
Anyway, today I’ve decided to talk about incentives again – namely how they’re not really working for me.
Two weeks ago I realized I was super close to my first goal of losing ten pounds. As in- two pounds away close. And so I went to check on my incentives and realized the hoodie I wanted for my second goal was close to selling out. I thought about buying it and asking a friend to hold on to it until I had earned it.
Ultimately I decided that no, if I lost my chance at that hoodie it was because I hadn’t earned it and that’s the way the game works.
The hoodie sold out and the contest doesn’t end until Friday. So what if I win? I could pick something else as a reward, but then I stepped back and thought it all over.
Specifically I thought about the one thing on my list of incentives I really wanted most: the new camera lens. You may recall I tested it back in October at my cousin’s wedding and fell in love. It has officially been my “get back under 200 pounds” reward ever since then.
If I were even remotely close to that point I would be really happy right now. But it has been 6 months and I am actually further away from 200 pounds than I was when I first came up with the idea of rewarding myself for making it to certain points on my weight loss journey.
And so on Friday I took a deep breath and bit the bullet. I admitted that trying to bribe myself with new toys just is not an effective means of motivation and that’s okay. So I decided to get rid of my list of incentives and think about a new system for motivating myself. I’m still not entirely sure what that will be – fro yo? Making an extra student loan payment (yum, fiscal responsibility)? Or maybe it doesn’t matter. Maybe my reward is just in reaching my goals. After all, nothing motivates me quite like seeing the scale move and seeing my progress in pictures.
So Friday I did something I’ve been dying to do for almost a year. I bought the lens.
With my best friend’s first baby on the way, my little brother’s wedding just after that, oh – and two new puppies coming home – I wanted to have my dream lens in my hands. I’ve had 6 months to save the money (that was easy) and ended up using my credit card rewards points so I didn’t even need to spend everything I’d saved.
Yesterday afternoon I got two packages. One from my foodie penpal (more on that later this month!) and the other from Amazon:
Yes, I may have held my breath while I switched lenses. Goodbye old kit lens. Hello dreamy bokeh.
Now if only I had someone to practice using my new lens on…
“More pictures? Lady, do you ever stop?”
Mocha has informed me that he doesn’t remember signing a model release form. That’s okay though, I know someone who’s always ready for a photo shoot:
“Yeah, that’s right. I knew you’d get sick of those puppies and come crawling back.”
I have a lot of practicing to do to get used to this new lens and how it will respond to the different lighting conditions I plan to subject it to but I think that’s a challenge I’m ready to take on!
And I may just be a little attached already.
Now don’t get me wrong – there’s part of me who feels like I cheated. Would I be loving this lens more if I felt like I’d actually “earned” it? Probably. Definitely. But that’s where the reality check comes in.
Some people are really motivated by a rewards system. I am not. When I look at my list, the only thing on there that made my heart sing was that camera lens - but even the promise of that was not enough to keep me making the right decisions and keep me working hard. And that’s okay.
One of the hardest things about weight loss is accepting that there is not one set of correct steps or answers for everyone. Everyone responds differently to different methods. Which is why we all get so annoyed by those helpful hints like “take the stairs instead of the elevator” or “my cousin lost 30 pounds in 2 days when she started standing on her head before every meal,” right? If it were a simple “a+b=c” type equation then we would all just be walking around at our healthy weight and wondering how anyone could struggle.
So I tried something and it didn’t work. That’s okay. I’ll shake it off and try something different. And I’ll keep trying until I get it. That’s what matters most.
Wednesday Check In
| April 11, 2012 | Filled under Getting Healthy, Random Thoughts, Wednesday Check In |
I tried to look a little happier in this round of progress pictures than I have been looking lately. The reality is that I’m SO TIRED of taking the pictures and feeling like I won’t see any difference. I’m sad when I come here to post the pictures and know they’re just not what I want them to be. It seems pointless to take and post the pictures every month if they’re not helping me make better choices, not pushing me forward in my goals, and, most obviously, not showing any significant changes.
Despite all of my big talk, I clearly still don’t have my you-know-what together.
But I can’t, and won’t give up. Sitting around moping about how I don’t have what I want isn’t going to get me anywhere. It’s not going to make me feel better, it’s not going to get me the kind of abs that make other girls hate me, and it’s not going to help me live the kind of life I want to live.
I’ve tried to carefully balance the emotional side of the journey with the physical side of it. But I think I’ve been tiptoeing around my emotions too much and not focusing in on the facts. It’s time to shake all of the emotional stuff off and get on with my life.
Here are the facts:
I can sit here all day and analyze these pictures to death and point out all of the tiny changes I see and go on and on about how this is a process and one step at a time and so forth and so on but I’m over all that. I want to see a dramatic change like I did at the end of last year.
So, yeah. It’s time to actually get my act together and actually get stuff done so next month I can come back here with some killer progress pictures that I’m actually proud to post.
Additionally, if you’re also ready to start doing instead of dreaming, Jenna is hosting another round of That Weight Loss Challenge (also known as TWLC3 – so if you see me use that hashtag on Twitter, that’s what it’s about!). There are several different levels of commitment and different prizes you can win so head over and check that out. You have until the end of this weekend to join in and I’d love to have some friends with me on this journey! Let me know if you’re in!
What are you getting serious about at this point in the year? How are your goals for 2012 coming along?
