As the year 2010 ends, I am sure we are all trying to figure out how we did. A lot of us are probably being hard on ourselves as usual and are giving ourselves negative marks. I am here to tell you now that this approach is so wrong and do not do that. It is important that you keep hope alive, keep going even if you falter and put your best foot forward. Perhaps if we are not doing as well as we expected maybe we are not incorporating any of the habits we promised ourselves we would try. Overall do not be hard on yourself just brush yourself off and start over again and be real with yourself and do what you said you would do. I once heard a quote that holds so true about doing anything in life and I will pass it along to you.

“If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got”

So, as far as I am concerned in this entire journey let us get to the numbers that I know you want to hear about.
I started at 485.0 in August…
I last blogged in October and I was 452.2
Now in December I am 446.2 and now that’s a weight loss total of (-38.8)

Even though that loss is not much for a gal my size, I will take it and love it and enjoy it. I do not dwell on the numbers I dwell on the results that is seen and the habits I have maintained. I see so much of a difference in how clothes fit on me in august just cannot be worn now. How I had to go jeans shopping twice to get smaller sized jeans since august and just shopped for another smaller size just yesterday. What I am doing is making sure I am staying “present”. I feel when it comes to this battle here and know that every little bit of effort I make is worth it.

I have been using a new method of keeping track of my food intake, a sort of electronic journal if you will. It is called www.myfitnesspal.com. You guys should try it, It is very easy to use and even though I forget to log in every once in a while (as I wait for my new phone where I can download the program onto) I still can see everything at a glance and evaluate needed eating changes and patterns. One-step at a time I am changing and changing and I do flub but I just change again and I do not allow myself to be afraid to change.

As far as exercise is going, I make a conscience effort to incorporate it in whatever I am doing. For example, a friend of mine asked me to go out for dinner and it was about 20 blocks away and some ways across town. I did not tell my friend no, I just told him I will see you there in an hour or so from when I got off work. I walked to the restaurant. I took my time, put one foot in front of the other, and huffed it over there in the cold and I was not bothered about it either. In the beginning of this journey, I would have had many difficulties doing this especially when I could have taken the bus.

Another lesson I have learned is do leisure activities that I like. I like bowling, active video games, just walking, and traveling so I will do those things and never try to force myself to do things that feel like I am killing myself to do them. Therefore, the New Year approaches and I look forward to it and the successes that are awaiting my achievement.