Getting Ready for My BIG Weekend, and then The Rest of My Life

I wrote a post on my blog about my trusty fanny pack, but I wanted to post a picture here too. Elicia and Jules, I wanted you to see how I decided to carry the names of your aunties with me on my walk this weekend. Only 3 days left until the walk!

After the walk I intend to redouble my weight loss efforts and put an end to this three month plateau. I'm hoping that will be easier for me to do once the stress of preparing for something this big is behind me. I'll start writing down what I eat again, and planning menus. Those two things together seem to work well. I've not even been grocery shopping much (my old trap) but at least I haven't gained any weight back. I've been up and down losing the same four pounds over and over.

I Have to Face it,...

I've reached a plateau. I knew I probably would, but I was hoping I'd be closer to my goal before it happened. When doing what was working before stops working it makes me want to have a little binge. The dialog in my head goes like this:

Well, chicky, you are going to have to step up and work a little harder. Journaling like Kristina might be a good thing, and you know you need to not only walk longer, but more often. Oh, and some weight training is necessary too. So, go for it...starting Monday. That means this weekend you can PART-AY!

Uh, yeah. That is what is going through my head, and the really dangerous thing with this mentality is it is exactly how I gained all this weight to begin with. When I think about the hard work that I need to do, first I want to put it off just a bit longer, and in the meantime I want to eat a few of those forbidden foods before I knuckle down. A few rounds in that cycle and I'm fat and depressed again.

Ugh. Thanks for listening. I'll not do that this time.