Well, I just got back from WW and it was fairly bad. I gained 6 1/2 lbs, so I'm now at 233. However, I have now progressed from "the thrill is gone" stage to the "renewed resolve" stage. This is not an easy journey, it's not gonna get any easier for a while, but I can do it.
I bought a new 12-week journal. I labeled it "renewed resolve" and threw the old journal out. I have set a goal of 10 lbs. per month. I went through my book and wrote down my goal at the end of four weeks, eight weeks, and twelve weeks. At that rate, I will meet my goal in a little over nine months. (Last time I stuck with anything for a little over nine months, it was a 9 lb, 14 oz. boy!
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As part of my renewed resolve, I've decided that it's really important for me to see clear, tangible results beyond the numbers on the scale. That's why I decided to actually take my measurements and put them in my journal. They're bad -- 14 1/4" right upper arm, 39" waist, 49 1/2" hips and a 31" right thigh -- but in four weeks, they'll be smaller. I wish I had a digital camera, but for now I will buy roll of film for my conventional camera and take some "before" shots. In four weeks, I'll take some more shots. I can use the pictures in between for the first week of school. (I take pictures of the students, and they write a personal narrative about themselves that we put on the wall outside our classroom.)
As part of my renewed resolve, I also realize that I must
make time for exercise. I must quit thinking of exercise as some special evolution that requires special clothes and an hour of free time. I must quit thinking that I have to drive ten minutes to the park with the walking trail in order to walk. I must risk the fact that my teenage boy is going to laugh at me when I work out in front of the TV. (He laughs at me whenever he can!
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Renewed resolve. Time to throw out the "stinking thinking." Time to look in the mirror. Let's do it.
Jennelle
242.5/233/140
August 15 goal: 223