Diary of a Loser: Confession Time
After a one week hiatus, Diary of a Loser is back and better than ever. This will be the last Wednesday post though. Beginning this Friday (yes, two days from now) Diary of a Loser is moving to Friday at noon. Check here every week to see where I am at in this crazy weightloss game. Want to catch up on Diary of a Loser posts? Click here.
Enough of the admin stuff. Let’s get to the meat of this discussion.
Confessions. It’s the New Year. Time for some brutal honesty.
You know, we all are imperfect beings. And that’s okay. We slip up sometimes. And that’s okay too. It happens, as much as we wish it wouldn’t.
So anyway, I have been working hard at this weightloss thing, but saw an overall maintain over the holidays. I suspect it was mainly due to all the cooking I did of treats for friends and family (you have to taste your creations after all!). But maintaining isn’t a bad thing. It’s actually pretty good, when you think about it. I didn’t really eat my way through the holidays as sometimes happens. And THAT, my friends, is a really good thing.
But I also wasn’t perfect. I didn’t resist every urge. I wish I could say that when I was taste testing my creations it stopped after one or even two tastes . . . nope. Sorry, that would be lying. And I wish I could say that I didn’t indulge in anything outside of the few tastes of creations . . . nope. That would be lying too.
The good news? I started the New Year off on a light note with some delicious and light desserts. They were decadent but not fattening, and I can definitely get used to a year of desserts like that.
The bad news? Well, I already slipped a bit . . . okay, more than a bit. And the empty Ben & Jerry’s container from last Friday tells the whole story. But, at least it’s gone now right? (Yea, great reasoning . . . I had to finish it so it wouldn’t tempt me . . . and if you believe that one, I have some fabulous magic beans to sell you too.)
This week, the plan is to work out at least three times (got to get working on that one), eat well everyday (and take lunch to ensure I eat well at work - Tuesday I did that: a delicious salad modelled after this one, a sugar free Jello and an apple), and to drink gallons of water. I want to be a regular, ol’ lagoon. Or something like that . . . maybe a fountain. Anyway, I am taking it one step at a time, one foot in front of the other.
As for motivation . . . I have two. One big one is a very important upcoming business trip that is going to put me before cameras . . . eeek!!! I need to lose 10 pounds just to appear as I do today! And the second is so that I am thinner when I get pregnant. My husband and I are hoping to have another child (our second together, his third) this year and I want to have the ultimate in happy, healthy pregnancies. You know . . . the exact opposite of my last one. To my credit, I know what to eat and do . . . usually.
What have been your recent struggles? And what is motivating you?
