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I've never shied away from having my picture taken.  I have always thought it was foolish to avoid it. 

I've been looking at my vacation pictures and I'm horrified!  I don't feel as fat as I look. 

This weekend I stepped it up a bit.  I drank a ton of water and I ate reasonable meals.  I even took a couple of walks.

I can't go on like this.  I'm now afraid to show up on film as well....

Checking in.

I’m checking in. But I haven’t been working very hard. Shari’s progress and enthusiasm is amazing and inspiring! I’ve read the last post at least 3 times. I’m *this close* to signing up for a race to run myself! But it’s too scary and I’m still holding back. I wish I was as brave as Shari and could just DO IT. But it’s on my mind and I may be easily swayed...   I just got back from a fabulous vacation. I was very concerned about not being able to lose weight or at least be able to maintain while I was gone. So concerned that I decided not to weigh myself before I left. That will save the from the disappointment of seeing the scale increase when I got home right? I did weigh myself though. Only because I wanted to make sure that my luggage wasn’t overweight.   We ate 3 meals a day about half the time. Every single night was a wonderful German or Italian meal and I ate every bite on the plate and enjoyed every morsel with a glass or two (or four) of wine. Breakfast was always a wonderful German breakfast with cheese, meat, and bread. I always included fruit to cancel out the real, fresh, cream I put in my coffee each morning. We skipped lunch on many days. I think we only stopped for a real meal at lunch time about half the time. But we did stop for ice cold drinks, granitas (lemon or mint), or gelato to keep us cool (I only tasted the kids gelato on most days. I seriously only got one for myself ONE time).   We walked a lot. There were castles to climb to and cities to explore. Bridges to cross and small elevators to avoid (stairs instead). There was definitely a lot of walking. Each night we all went to bed simply exhausted! I weighed myself when we got home. I was very anxious about it. But I had a baseline and so I had to know the damage that I had done and where to start this week. I weighed exactly the same! The walking cancelled out the food. Just like it’s supposed to do. And several days later I weighed myself again and found that I was 2 pounds less.   And now I’ve been home a week and I’m afraid that I have lost the momentum! My excuse right now is jet lag. I’m sooo tired after work. More than usual for sure. I have washed all the clothes from the trip, but very few of them actually got put away! After dinner we all simply sit in front of the tv until we turn in early. We all get up early too, but who wants to get up at that hour when we already get up earlier than most people! So I’m saying now that I’m getting organized. I have lofty plans to schedule out the menu (I’ve said it before and I’ve never gone and done it), and to schedule in some hikes and bike rides. I simply can’t sit around and HOPE to get skinny anymore. So a plan is in order, and then maybe a cattle prod to set the plan in motion.

Getting back on track!!

Hi everyone

Well I'm back. I wasn't actually planning on going anywhere but unfortunately we had some very sad circumstances that led me to have to travel home unexpectedly in June for a few weeks. Due to this, I have ended up having a little over a month off my weight loss journey, but oh well, life happens sometimes & we just have to roll with the punches. Anyway, I am back now and started back on my eating plan on Tuesday & my exercise regime today.

I did put on a few kilos while I was away but I managed to get it off this week &
I went for a weigh in this morning & lost 1.6kg (3.5lbs), which now means that I have lost a total of 31.1kgs (68.5lbs)so far & 20.6kgs (45.4lbs) this year. I still have about 40kgs (88lbs) to go by the end of the year which is still achievable. Even though I had to take some time out I have worked out that I need to lose around 1.7kg (3.75lbs) per week to make my goal. I can do that. I can. I just have to really roll my sleeves up & dig in now. I am determined I am going to do it & I will!

Next July I am going to run the 10km in the Gold Coast Marathon. My sister ran it this year & I was going to walk until I found out that there was a 1.5hr time limit. I tried to train to walk 10km in the time they gave but I just wasn't fast enough. She was very disappointed, but I am determined that next year not only am I going to do it, but I am going to be running it. I can run now but definitely not 10km. It is a long way!! But by next July I should have dropped another 60kgs (130lbs) at least - a whole person even - & I will be able to run 10km. I might be dead at the end of it but I will do it!!

One good thing when I had to fly home - I didn't have to ask for a seat belt extender!! I asked my daughter to go & get one automatically & while I was waiting, I thought I would just try to do my belt up & it actually fit!! I couldn't believe it - I was sooooooo happy!! And next time I fly I might actually be able to breathe with it done up lol!! I didn't care that it almost cut my circulation off - I could do it up & that was such an awesome thing to be able to do & it has been such a long time since I could.

Anyway, that's it from me until next time. I hope you are all well & going great on your own journeys.

Shari