Morning ladies!

Motivation level: 6

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!
I'm feeling pretty good mentally, but my body isn't there quite yet. This weekend was really busy for me, and there was a lot of food involved. As a result I'm back up to 199 (even though I know I didn't consume an extra 7000 calories). So this week I will just have to work harder and drink lots of water. I can feel myself getting a little lax since I reached my goal of 199, and that is just not acceptable. Now is the time I really need to be on my guard, I need to kick things into high gear! I was planning to work out this morning, and I still may, but I'm not feeling particularly energetic at the moment. We'll see. I may just go for a walk, as it's a beautiful day outside. I didn't exercise at all last week because I was sick, and now I just don't feel like doing it. I have to though. If I ever want to lose the rest of this weight, I have to.

I had on my favorite pair of jeans yesterday, my size 20's. I knew they were a little big, but hey, they're jeans, so it's ok. But yesterday they just seemed huge. I can't wear them anymore. It's time to move on and buy new clothes, Elisha! now if I just had some money....
But I don't really want to. I want to get even smaller before I invest in new clothes. But who knows how long that is going to take? Even when my mom lost 60-70 pounds, she only ever got down to a size 14. I would be very disappointed if I never got below at 14. But in order to do that, I have to work a lot harder than I have been. I've got to get back my motivation, my determination. I need your help with this, chickies!

So today I'm issuing a sort of Call-To-Arms: let's make September the best month in weight loss history! We can all do this, and if we do it together it will be so much easier! No more excuses, no more laziness, no more letting things get in the way. We can be strong! Let's do it!

~Elisha

Yes we can do this Elisha! I've been doing sort've poorly this past month, not the best I could do anyway.. and I am with you on making September the beginning of the Best Weight Loss Months ever! We can do it!

Weekly Challenge: Exercise at least 4 days this week.
Woot, I'm definitely on to this.. !! 4 days, I can do this.

Daily Challenge: Drink at least 64 oz. of water
I was doing so good with drinking water after last weeks challenge, but I've dropped down again! I'll definitely stick to this - and even make it another weekly challenge

Daily Question: What do you do that helps you the most?

I think Really forcing myself to look at all things optimistically really helps, and setting myself up to be motivated/inspired helps a lot. I notice all the things small or large that usually encourage me to work out or work harder. Whether its finding really comfortable clothes that make me feel more inshape and ready to work out, or its putting my GOALS nice and big on the wall (and on my computer desktop!), eating lightly and drinking lots of water always make me energized as well.. cleaning and lots of light in the room. There are so many things! I think your environment really affects how much you feel ready to do things



I want to see lots more motivation-full posts!

Morning!

Motivation level: 7

I'm feeling decent, but I don't have any time this morning, so this will be a short post.

I'm hoping I get to exercise this evening, but it is hard to tell sometimes if I will get around to it or not. Something always comes up... like cleaning, or going to Steve's, or just anything. I will do my best though. Good thing is, I always drink lots of water on days I come home early, so that one at least should be good.

CD--I wonder if you could join us over on the Halloween Challenge thread. It seems like it's just the two of us here, with an occasional visit from Jaymi, but she's over there too. I post the same quotes and questions and so forth, and there's a lot more people to banter with. Here's a link to it:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46294

If you'd rather just stay here, that's fine too. It's just good to hear some different perspective sometimes.

Anyway, no time, as I said, so I'm gonna jet. Have a wonderful day!
~Elisha

It is incredible how much the mind can do to sustain the body. ** Goethe

Daily Question: How do you cope with slip-ups on your "diet"?