Day 4 Of My 90 Day Challenge

I don't remember how many times I started a diet and never finished the diet. I made a promise to myself that I will not let 2007 go down the way that 2006 did. I've avoided making New Year's Resolutions because I know that I am going to break them anyways. But I now realize that when you set out to lose weight it is an on-going process and not just a final destination. I've heard stories of people who lose the weight but then turn around and gain it all back... plus some. So that is why I say it is on-going. Once you lose it, you have to stay focused and continue to do some of the things you were doing to take it off like excercizing, watching what you eat, etc.

Here is a quote that a friend of mine shared with us in one of my weightloss support groups:

"So after many years of my weight going up and down --- of saying on Monday 'I'm going to do it' and by Wednesday failing --- I realized that the commitment to do well and to be well is a lifetime of choices that you make daily. The space to live in is not 'I'll try. Not 'I want to.' Not 'I really want to.' It's 'I have decided." - Oprah Winfrey

This is the point where I am now. I have "decided" that this is it and I am committed to reaching my goal. I am sick and tired of going around in this circle of eating and excercizing, dieting, losing a few pounds, celebrating by going to McDonalds or something, gaining the weight back ( not from that one time, but by continuing to go back ), then feeling guilty and eating some more. That is a vicious cycle and I know that it is not good for my health. Enough is enough and I am ready to go down the journey to reaching my weightloss goal!

I officially started my 90 Day Challenge on Monday, June 11th 2007! This is now day 4 and I kind of cheated and checked my weight before my Monday weigh-in. I'm happy to report that I have lost 3lbs so far! I started off weighing 226lbs and now I weigh 223lbs! Yeah me!! And not only that, I did it effortlessly... i'll explain what I mean later.

No more weigh-ins until next Monday. Well, the reason why I decided to weigh-in early is because I feel that I need reassurance that what i'm doing is working and that it will keep me motivated by seeing the numbers going down. Not to mention, I didn't bring my own snacks from home and I was tempted and gave in to buying some snacks from the snack machine at work. So, by finding out that I loss 3lbs is very uplifting and I feel great and determined not to sabatoge this feeling and results by diving into the foods that causes me to gain and keep the weight.

My friend Matt tells me that I should stay away from the scale. His arguement is that what will happen if I get on the scale and realize that I haven't lost a single pound. He also mentioned that I should go by the way my clothes feel and not by the numbers on the scale. I completely understand. But everyone is different. The times that I did gain weight is when I stayed away from the scale, I do feel that personally the numbers does give me motivation and if I don't lose anything, I will do something different the following week until I start losing it again.

What is my goal weight?

My goal weight is to get down to 150lbs. I am currently 223lbs from 226lbs. So that's 3lbs. down and 73lbs. to go! It seems like alot and I don't like looking at those numbers. How do you eat an elephant... one bite at a time ( or at least grilled and not fried!) And that is how i'm going to go about reaching this gigantic goal of mine... one pound at a time!

*DreamRealizer

Originally posted on June 21st 2007