The light is getting nearer!

Hello!! Just a quick update to say that I had another special weigh in today. I lost 2.4kg (5.2lbs) which now means that I have lost more than what I weigh. Total lost now is 87.5kg (193lbs) and I now weigh 82.7kg. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and closer and I am soooooo excited. I am almost in the 70's as well, which is my next goal after getting to 90kgs lost which is just a tiny bit before it. I may well hit both goals at the same time which is definitely fine by me!! I have also signed up for a 12 week transformation challenge at one of the local gyms near my work. There is a $5000 prize for the person who achieves the best overall transformation in the 12 weeks. I am not doing it for the prize, but I really really really want to get to my goal which is probably another 20kgs or so and I thought it might give me that little extra incentive to really pull all the stops out and just get it done. I am so close now I just want to get there!! Well here's hoping anyways! Catch up with you all again soon!! Shari

August!? How is it August?

I'm sorry to say that this blog post is yet another "I'm-going-to-get-motivated-soon" post. But we all know you can't start until you are ready to commit to it. I've made some life changes lately and feel that this is yet another jumping off point for me. I was fit once upon a time. And I will be again. It's just a matter of getting there. I have to break into the habit again and discover the joy in getting there. I've done it before.

I'll be 40 in 2014. And I think that making my goal weight by then is a reasonable long term goal. So that's what I'm shooting for long term. It looks like a long way off, but its going to be a challenge.

Short term goals are harder to pin down. I've spent some time over the last few weeks ramping up and getting in a little exercise here and there. I've got to learn to cook now, so I'm working on learning to do it in a healthy way that will help me and make the kids happy too. Honestly, diet is my chief concern right now. I have figured out how to incorporate exercise in (even if I don't do it as much as I should still), but cooking and eating right is something I have to start from scratch at. And I have to be able to do it in a schedule full of work/school, gym, football, aikido, and any other extra curriculars. So goal number one is make a meal plan I can stick to. Goal number 2 is to loose 5 pounds by the end of the month.

Shari is so inspiring to me. I keep thinking about how much determination she has to reach her goal. She not only has the determination to reach it, she already has a plan to maintain it after she has reached the target. Her enthusiasm is contagious. I just need to keep checking in a getting dose of it!

I'll check in again soon with progress. One of these day's I won't be posting that "I'm starting today!", I'll be posting "I'm continuing and setting new goals!"

Half the Person!!

Hi All Sorry I haven't posted for a while but I have been trying to get to my next goal and because it was such an amazing goal, I didn't want to blog until I got there. It has taken me a bit longer than I thought it would, but as with all my goals, I got there in the end. Today was the day!! This morning I had an extra special weigh in. At my Weight Watchers weigh in the scale registered 85.1kg which means I have lost 85.1kg (187.6lbs). Yes! You did read that right! As of today I have lost exactly half of my starting weight. If I could have done a backflip I would have!! According to my Curves measure this morning, I have also lost 308cm (121 inches). Woohoo!! Words cannot describe how absolutely fabulous I feel today and to know that I am on the home stretch gives me the motivation to keep going until I get there. I have about 25kg (55lbs) to go I think until I get to my goal weight and if can get this far I can definitely do that. One day at a time, plugging away little by little, it will happen. Anyway - I hope you all have an awesome weekend - I know I will!! Shari