A few questions that you may have asked yourself.

Why do I want to loose weight?
What is my motivation?
What is my drive or purpose?
What do I want to do after I have reached my goal?
What do I want to do on my journey to my goal?
What will I do to maintain my goal?
What price are you willing to pay to attain your goal? Monetary and Sacrifice?

There is a song that says "We Fall Down (But We Get Up) When you fall, stumble or trip don't look back pick yourself up and proclaim I will attain my goal. The movie Chariots of Fire Eric Liddle fell in a race. He pick himself back up and with greater determination put himself back in the race and proceeded to win the race. He later became an Olympic Champion.

Do you have someone to help encourage, motivate, coach, push, pick you up, type of person to help you along your way?


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Thanks indeed, those are great things to keep in mind. And my husband's been wonderful about encouraging and motivating me.

This will be a quick entry as both my daughters are sick at the moment. I'm still on track, still exercising daily, and still eating the right things in close to the correct portion sizes. I was holding steady at 205 this morning, but I'm feeling good about my odds of seeing at least another pound (hopefully 2) gone by friday's weigh-in.

I'll be back on the 29th to report where I'm at weight-wise. In the meantime I'll be playing nurse & fitting in exercise when & where I can...

Woo-hoo!! Down another 2.5 pounds & feeling great about my progress to date. The under 200 mark is so close I can taste it... I've got my fingers crossed I'll be there in 2 weeks.

I was just thinking abt you and I am glad to hear your daughters are sick and you are just busy rather than you gave up or somethign - I hope your daughters get better soon

what an awesome feeling that will be when you get there it's nice to see progress

Ugh. I weighed this morning and was up 2 pounds. Not really sure why as I don't think I ate that badly. Still, I do tend to eat more when hubby's home and I've been sick with strep throat... which caused me not to exercise friday & saturday, but didn't stop me from eating things like soup, pudding and popsicles.

As time has gone on I've learned not to let it freak me out so much when I'm up over the weekend. It just seems to be the way it is with me. Again, I'm sure it's due to grazing more while everyone's home, and if I'm still down by the end of the week then I figure it's all good.

That said, I really, really want to get under 200 pounds! So, naturally, any back-tracking at this point is a cause for concern. I've decided to up my efforts at least a little this week in order to get under 200 as quickly as possible. I'm trying to be more active in general... just forcing myself to get up and move, even if it's just around the flat. I'm also going to try to incorporate at least 4 long walks this week (in addition to the standard exercises and time on the elliptical trainer), and break out one of my old yoga DVDs. I figure that, coupled with diligence when it comes to eating, should push me down even lower this week.

My ultimate goal is to be 195.5 by my weigh in on Friday the 13th. Man, would that ever feel good. So if I go by my weight this morning, I'll need to lose five pounds in twelve days. Difficult, but not impossible. I've already decided that when I hit 199ish, I'm treating myself to a mini-shopping-spree as it's the first big weight-loss event in my book. I just want to hurry up and get there!

Well, only down half a pound this week, but hey... it's still a loss. My total weight loss to date is 18 pounds and I need to concentrate on how good that is instead of getting down about not dropping more over the past week.

Also, in an attempt to counteract my sort-of stall I'm going to add another 15 minute morning session to my elliptical trainer time (bringing my total to 35 minutes per day) and try to reign in my portion sizes while incorporating more vegetables/less carbs.

Hopefully next Friday will bring better news...

I remember vividly the day I stepped on the scale and it read 201. I thought.... "well, that's it, point of no return". I honestly didn't think I'd see the 100s again. And with each pound I piled on (eventually totaling 220) I became even more convinced that I was destined to spend the rest of my life a 'big' girl.

But today I broke 200! That's right, eff you 200s... I hope to never see you again. Up till now I've been dieting & exercising hoping for good results, but not really believing I could pull it off in the long run. Breaking that 200 barrier (and yes, I realize I still have a loooong way to go) allows me, for the first time, to believe I can actually do this.

To add to my motivation I'm going shopping this weekend... I'll buy one outfit that fits me now, and one that's the next size down for inspiration. And as soon as I'm home the first thing I'll do is pull all the tags off the 'motivation' outfit and throw away the receipt... because I WILL get there. It's no longer a question of 'if', it's just a matter of 'when'...

Today is a good day.

Well Done !!

Congratulations on slipping under 200! You did it! Great job! I felt the same way the first time I saw a "1" again - this amazing relief, that yes, I actually can do this. Congratulations!

Thanks SlimMom & Trusylver for the encouragement! Of course this past weekend, right after hitting 199.5, we went to Berlin for the weekend and ate out way too often... but I'm happy to say I held it together and came home still under 200. Yay!

I've been thinking about what my next goal should be... ever since starting this journal my obsession has been getting under 200, and now that I've done that I find myself looking for a new challenge (I work best when I'm competing in some way... even if it's just against myself). I ended up settling not on a number the scale can show me, but a bmi calculation.

I'm currently 'obese' according to all the bmi calculators out there, and I really, really hate that I am. So, my next goal will be to get under 30 for a bmi. I played with the numbers a bit and it looks like once I get down around 190 I'll be there, so... another nice round figure to aim for on the scale, and an even more important statement that all my hard work is paying off with the body mass index calculation.

And now that I've got another goal to obsess over, I'm happy again. Time to exercise!

Awesome - Im glad to hear you are still holding it together and maintaining your onderland accomplishment!!!

Thanks for stopping by my diary-I love new visitors
Your doing really great, I just finished reading your diary and you seem to have a plan.Congrats on making it to onderland!!!I know I will be happy once I meet my goal.
If I had alot of money to just blow away I wouldnt be overweight-why you might ask-I would be able to go shopping everyday-LOL Everytime I would see myself in a hot oufit I would rethink that chocolate bar or the few slices of cake that I am able to inhale.
Germany has really helped me put on the weight!
First of all everything has a sauce and its so rich with cream-I now live in the city but I was living in the country where I had to drive everywhere-I am a city girl who walked everywhere change my environment and you get a fat lazy woman.
Throw in the kids and a husband who also likes to snack and you have the reason for my weight gain.

thats the same goal I'm shooting for - i personally think it's a great goal!!

Thanks, guys, for stopping by and for the encouragement! I'm actually updating my progress and ticker a day early this week as we have visitors from America arriving tomorrow and it'll be a pretty busy day.

I'm down another 2 pounds, bringing my weight to 197.5 and my bmi to 30.9. I've been doing really, really well, but I'm worried about how I'll do now that we've got company here and soon we're traveling- two things that in the past have been real diet-breakers for me.

Add to that the fact that on Aug. 1st we land in Malaga, Spain for 11 days of bathing suits, beaches and eating out. I mean, I'm really excited to go, I've never been to Spain... but dreading spending so much time in a bathing suit, plus all the eating out before & during vacation could really set me back (which, again, makes me dread the whole bathing suit thing!).

I don't know how I'll manage to pull it off, but I'm really going to try to not only maintain the weight I've lost (I'd be crushed if I ended up above 200 again), but continue to lose at least a little bit per week. Again, no clue how I'll manage to do it. lol. I just know that I've worked too hard to eff it up now...

*07/20 - quick update - weighed this morning and was down another pound! Since I'm a ticker addict I'm totally updating mine even though I said my thursday weight would be the official marker for the week.