Starting new eating habits 5 meals a day fruit and veggies
Oct 30 - 194 - Start Herbal Rose
Nov 06 - 191 - Lost 3 Pounds that is better
Nov 13 - 188 - Lost 3 Pounds HELLO 80's
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Goal Weight 182 by end of Nov - Trip to see bff
Dec 04 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18 -
Dec 25 -
Goal Weight 175 By the end of Dec - Sexy Clothes
Progress so far!
Jan 1 09 - 198 START
Feb 1 - 193 Lost 5 pounds YEAH!!
Mar 1 ...

Starting new eating habits 5 meals a day fruit and veggies
Oct 30 - 194 - Start Herbal Rose
Nov 06 - 191 - Lost 3 Pounds that is better
Nov 13 - 188 - Lost 3 Pounds HELLO 80's
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Goal Weight 182 by end of Nov - Trip to see bff
Dec 04 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18 -
Dec 25 -
Goal Weight 175 By the end of Dec - Sexy Clothes
Progress so far!
Jan 1 09 - 198 START
Feb 1 - 193 Lost 5 pounds YEAH!!
Mar 1 - 191 Lost 2 pounds Not bad
Apr 1 - 187 Lost 4 pounds Awesome
May 1 - 182 Lost 5 pounds WOOHOO!
Jun 1 - 187 Gained 5 pounds OMG!
Jun 12 - 185 Lost 2 pounds YEAH!!!!
Jun 19 - 184 Lost 1 Pound that is much better!
Jun 26 - 184 Lost 0 pounds better than a gain
Jun 30 - 182- Lost another 2 pounds! WHOO!
Goal Weight 180 by end of June - Missed by 2 pounds
Jul 03 -182 - Start weight for July.
Jul 10 - 184 - 2 pound gain
Jul 17 - 188 - Water
Jul 22 - 185 - 3 pounds of water gone but 1 pound gain
Jul 31 - 189 - 4 pounds gain Depression does that. MEN!!!
Aug 03 - 189 - Start weight for Aug.
Aug 12 - 188 - 1 pound gone
Aug 21 - 188 - Better than gaining
Aug 28 - 188 - Better get to the gym
Sep 04 - 188 - Gotta get in the Grove!
Sep 11 - 188 - I better start working out!
Sep 18 - 190 - See no working out does this!
Sep 25 - 192 - Humm time to focus!
Sep 30 - 189 - WhooHoo! Excersice and eating right works!
Oct 09 - 194 - Starting again!
Oct 21 - 192 - Gotta keep my focus
Oct 23 - 192 - No weigh in
Oct 30 - 194 - these 2 pounds back the forth

Goal.........................Reward
Start Nov 1 2009
Reward:
190 lbs...Eyebrows -done (Nov 8 09 )
188 lbs...Manicure -dooe (Nov 10 09)
185 lbs...Trip (achieved Date) Goal date Dec 4 09
180 lbs...Outfit pants and top (achieved Date)
175 lbs...Manicure/Pedicure (achieved Date)
170 lbs... New Pants New Top (achieved Date)
165 lbs...New Bra and underware (achieved Date)
160 lbs...1st Goal Weight - A Trip Make over, hair and nails
Goal date March 2010 (achieved Date)
155 lbs...New Runners (achieved Date)
150 lbs...Bathing suite (achieved Date)
145 lbs...See a Movie (achieved Date)
140 lbs...2nd Goal Weight - A Trip Make over, hair and nails
Goal date June 2010 (achieved Date)
135 lbs...Spring - Summer Clothes (achieved Date)
130 lbs... 3nd Goal Weight - A Trip Make over, hair and nails
Goal date Aug 2010 (achieved Date)
130 lbs... Maintain for a couple months – A Trip Make over, hair and nails Goal date Dec 2010 (achieved Date)
To celebrate – A RING!


No Drinking Goal:
Nov 09
1st week – Herbal Vitamins Wild Rose (achieved Nov 6 09)
2nd week – New Foundation (achieved Nov 13 09)
3rd week – Eyebrows Done (achieved Date)
4th week – ONE MONTH Wild Rose Slim Vitamins (achieved Date)
Dec 09
5th week– (achieved Date)
6th week– (achieved Date)
7th week – TWO MONTHS (achieved Date)
8th week
Jan 2010
9th week – (achieved Date)
10th week – (achieved Date)
11th week– (achieved Date)
12th week – THREE MONTHS - (achieved Date)

Progress—not perfection—is important. To be successful, you don't have to always make perfect decisions and have perfect days where things go exactly as you planned. If you eat more or exercise less than you wanted to one day, you can make up for it over the next several days if you want, or you can just chalk it up to experience and move on. Remind yourself that what happens on any one day is not going to make or break your whole effort. This is not a contest or a race, where every little misstep could mean the difference between winning and losing. It’s your life—and you’ll enjoy it a lot more when you can keep the daily ups and downs of your eating and exercise routine in perspective.

In the last year and a half I have gained a sad 45 pounds, Yukies I know! I still can't get over how much I gained. Ok, give or take a pound.

This is the heaviest I have even been but the only person I am going to admit that to, is myself and you. I am making a life change to eat healthier and exercise on a regular basis. I think minimum 3x a week is a good start 30 - 60 mins will work just fine. I have to do this because Now IS the time to lose the weight.

It all start with Change;
May we all find a way to accept the changes in our lives and learn to embrace them!!! May we learn to take control of our lives and make the changes necessary to make our journeys successful. And most of all, may we find comfort in knowing that change is really a chance to experience new things and find happiness in hidden areas we had never dreamt of before!

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes. "
~ Charles Swindoll

Since starting my spark journey at the end of Dec 2008, I've decided to post some goals that I want to accomplish for 2009. So, I thought as 2009 starts, I would to write them all down on here.

#1: Start counting calories with Sparkpeople - DONE! (Jan 19 09)
#2: Start the scale moving in the right direction - DONE! (Jan 9 09)
#3: Join a fitness class - DONE! Aquafit class(Jan 09)
#4 Drink half my body weight a day in water which makes 12 cups a day of water a day a habit- DONE! (Jan 20 09)
#5: Join a Gym - DONE (Feb 7, 09)
#6:Workout 3x a week my routine - Done June 18, 09)
#7: Workout 5x a week my routine -
#8: Weigh is my low 160's by Aug 20 09 - Didn't come close
#9: To save money to travel - DONE! Nov 6 $430.00
#10: REFOCUSE -- Nov 1, 09



NEW TEAM MOTTO FOR RITA'S RETREAT SUMS IT ALL UP:

In order to move past your mistakes you have to keep pushing yourself forward. The only person who is still beating you up over what you did is you and it's time to move on. You are not perfect, that's no mystery. But no one else is either. Set a goal today. Hold yourself to a high standard and force yourself to rise to your own expectations. Give yourself an emotional hug and start focusing on the future. You've learned from where you've been.

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