reduce, reuse, refocus

Hmmm, so things were going so well I guess I thought it was like magic, I was eating less and moving more and losing weight. I was happy with my progress. But, the weather got rainy and humid and I was working some crazy hours, and I decided that I didn't have to use my food journal, I would be fine without it. I didn't think I needed my 100 calorie snacks twice a day and I certainly thought that skipping my water intake for a soda once in a while wouldn't hurt anyone.

Well, I'm here to tell you that if you find a system that is working for you, stay with it and improve it as you go. I was doing exactly that. I realized that we run our dishwasher every 3 days so I bought another set of measuring cups so I would always have one clean set to use. I use a food journal available on my Droid so that it would always be available. I gave myself the right tools for the job. My mentor has said that even if you have everything you need for success if your head isn't in it, you wont reach that goal. My mentor is right.

I stopped using the tools I had because I thought I could do this on my own, I was wrong and to show me how wrong I was my body retaliated with a 3 pound weight gain. I wouldn't have believed the scale, but I went back and weighed myself 3 times (once for each pound I suppose) and yep, there is was a number that was 3 more than the last time I had weighed (did I mention I put my bathroom scale on my no longer needed list? Well that was a mistake!).

I'm happy to report that those pesky three pounds are gone and I am back on track. I have reduced my calorie intake and am recording it in my food journal. I am using all the resources I had found previously and I have refocused to be even better. I have found a Zumba class and am starting in September, and as much as I dislike going outside and sweating, I have been walking too. I felt like I had come too far to let go. I know now that I don't just need to do this, this set back showed me that I want to.

Until next time...this is Ginny reporting from Back on the Wagon.