Sistah Pat

Weighed in at 166.5 again this morning.  I was curious about whether or not I’d gotten down this low before so I went back and looked at my weight table.  Guess what?  This is my lowest point and I was here on September 8.  I weigh everyday but I only record my weight in my weight table on Mondays.  I also reached 166.5 on September 22.  I’m glad to be back at my lowest point again but I’m kind of disgusted with myself for not having made any progress in the last six weeks.  Reaching 150 by the time we leave for the cruise on December 19th didn’t seem unreasonable when I had 3 1/2 months to get there but now, it’s looking a bit obscure.  So, I’m aiming for a milestone on Monday.  I want to break 165.  I’m going to be a workout fool this weekend.  It also gives me incentive to be good over the weekend with my food choices.

I’m wondering if it’s possible for me to reach 150 by December 19.  I’ve been hugging 166.5 to 168 for a couple of months.  I’ve got to break this plateau.  Let me think a minute…I’ve got 8.5 weeks before the cruise.  That would come out to an average of almost 2 pounds per week.  With the way I lose, I’m not sure I’m going to make it.  Way back at the end of April when I started working at this, I had a goal of 5 pounds every two weeks and it proved to be pretty tough.  Now, after dieting and exercising for six months, I’m not sure I can manage 2 pounds a week.  I upped my calories to 1,200 because I took everyone’s advice to try to kickstart my loss again but I don’t know what else I can do other than exercise even more.  Oh well, even thinking about the challenge gives me incentive to kick things up a notch.  I guess we’ll see what happens.  Right now, I have a teeny little goal of kicking that pound and a half off my ass by Monday.

2:15 - Did a kick-ass workout.  I did 55 minutes of aerobics and treadmill and then did week one of c25k.  That’s my last session of week one.  I did a total of 85 minutes and burned 800 calories according to the treadmill but we all know how reliable that is.  Anyway, I weighed myself and worked out.  Now I need to find some food!