Just Weight - Day #2 - 363 to go (Lost 1.4 pounds)

It’s been one thing to dream, design and create this roadmap…now to live it. Yesterday was easy. My pantry is stocked with everything I need. I am motivated and thinking I’m pretty cleaver. “They” say not to weigh every day. I can’t help myself because that’s what works best for me. Believe in your own competence.

Just Weight - Day 1, 364 to go

Two and a half years of planning, documenting, experimenting. I’ve been a chronic dieter all my life, have liked parts of most programs and detested others. I have finally completed the creation of a plan called justWeight that I believe will absolutely work, and now I am going to see if I can practice what I preach. It won’t be easy, too many roadblocks along the way. It will take patience, determination, and a desire to succeed that is stronger than any deterrent ahead of me. The confidence I have in this weight loss journey is overwhelming. I know in my heart it will work. I have done it and done it….but, I always stop. Travel, company, lunch with the girls. It doesn’t take much for my subconscious to take over, you know, that bad girl inside each of us, the one that says, “Just this once” or “Don’t ruin a good time dieting”. I call her “The Feeder”. Funny, but “The Feeder” also has many other faces, not just mine. It was my mother, my best friend, my sister. Actually, just about anyone that would make any eating suggestion to me fit that profile in my mind. That’s been the problem….my mind.
I am going to faithfully write to you, whomever you may be, and admit my successes, my failures. I will note my moods, excuses and even hunger pains. But hopefully, I will be describing feelings of elation over the loss of ¼ pound, perhaps 10% of my total weight, and finally my ultimate goal to get back into a dress I wore on my honeymoon over 23 years ago. That goal is 52 pounds for me.
I have created a very simple 365 daily menu plan. It’s just real food that real people eat. There is no big secret here, just balance and portion control. I also like a simple plan to follow, so there it is, right in front of me.
I started today. My goal – 52 pounds in 52 weeks. Catch the dream.