Been a While

I know it's been a while since I've last blogged. I've bottomed/ plateaued at 179-180. This isn't because the plan isn't working; it's because I've stopped working. One week I completely gave up (plantains, Popeye's, lots of alcohol, Cheddar Bay biscuits, fried chicken, cookies, burgers, etc). Other weeks, I completely fall off on the weekends. I seem to have lost the discipline I once had when I first started. So I have to kick this off again. It's going to be hard b/c I'm going to be out of town this weekend at a big event, where I will be exposed to all kinds of alcohol and wonderful tasting treats. I'm going to really focus on saving up all my flex points for the weekend this time. For real. I have to get some things out of my house. The other issue is that I need to either schedule my work so that I have a chance to eat before I go and right when I get off. The other thing is that traveling hours by car makes you want to have things to munch on. But I'm going to try to get a microwave soon so I can pop popcorn and not get tempted by things like chips or fries.

I have to go back to the gym too: well, today was the first day back at the gym. I don't want to get comfortable at this weight (cause I never stay at this weight for long). This is my comfortable weight though, one that I reach most often. I've been here many times before. But my weight always eases back up, when I return to my regular eating habits. Which I'm trying not to do. So I have to summon up the willpower to avoid cookies, burgers, fries, cake, etc. I could do this before. And bread. But I think that also comes from allowing myself to have these things occassionally. I don't do well depriving myself of bread for extended periods of time. I like it...yes i do :)

The next goal is 170 by Thanksgiving. So that gives me about 6 weeks to lose around 9-10 lbs. Which I don't think is impossible, I just need to focus. My goal was 168 for the semester (I randomly wrote that down on a to-do list when trying to establish goals for the semester). This clearly doesn't match but I'm ready to get to maintenance (my goal is like 155, but I have to see how I feel at that size. Right now, I don't feel much smaller :-/ though I know I am from where I was three months ago.)

I'm done for now. :-|