First day of spring is March 20, that's exactly 8 weeks from today (Jan 23rd). I'm not doing well with the weekly challenges ie setting goals and tracking points so I thought I would start another challenge that is several weeks away. St Patrick's Day is at about the same time but I'm already looking forward to spring so I thought I'd do a challenge for that date. It has actually been a pretty mild winter so I don't know what I'm complaining about. It isn't really about the amount of snow, just that it seems like we have 5 minutes of daylight, all I want to do is hold down the couch with a cup of tea and a cosy blanket.
Anyway I'm trying to rouse myself and get going on some weight loss. For crying out loud January is practically over already and I've done diddly squat for losing weight. I'm not going to weigh in today as I'm still on night shift and my weight is wonky, I'll wait until Wednesday morning to weigh in. I think though I'd like to set a goal of 15lbs to lose, that is around 2 lbs a week which is reasonable and within my grasp if I can keep my focus. I'm hoping this Meridia that I am starting tomorrow will help.
I'll tell you now that I am really serious about this challenge. I may not be good at keeping journals and tracking points but I think that if I am serious enough to start taking a medication I'd better take this weight loss seriously and I'm definately going to be doing some major work with my diet and exercising. If you want to join in this challenge you can expect me to be keeping this thread up and I hope others will join in and see some real losses. I know we've all been struggling a bit and lost some focus but I think it is time to give ourselves a swift kick if we want to see t-shirt and short weather and not feel crappy about the way we look!