If I Can Just Make it Through Chistmas....

Well I weighed in this morning at 282lbs. That's only 2.5lbs in 2 weeks. To be honest I am not surprised, I have been lazy in my diet as of late. I do so well during the week, but lately with Thanksgiving and the whole holiday mindset, I have found myself indulging in my favorite foods way to frequently. I am not any less motivated, it is just really tough right now. I have something going on like 2-3 nights out of the week this entire month. Every one of those events involves eating..... I am careful not to get carried away, but it is getting to easy to slip into the holiday state of mind. I am still trying to keep it at 1200 cals a day but I end up eating about 1800 because of all the snacking. There were a few days where I was up to about 3500cals. The only good thing that I have done over the last two weeks was creating a calorie journal. Basically I write down everything I eat every day so that I can see it on paper. Before I would just keep track in my head. I hope that when I get off the diet I can still stay within a proper range of calories and will be able to do that by faithfully writing it down. Once I loose this weight I don't ever want it coming back.

I wanted to be at 267lbs by Jan 1, but I will be happy if I am at 275. I know part of dieting is overcoming set backs, but I sure picked a poor time to try and start a diet. Nevertheless I will not let a few challenges keep me from a healthier way of life.

On the brighter side I am seeing my endurance increasing immensely with every day. When I first started I would burn about 350 calories in 30 min. Now I can do about 630 in 30 min. My goal is to get to 800 cal's in 30 min. Tonight I spoke with John Brown about all the triathlons and Iron Man competitions he has been training for. He got me motivated to try a mini one, so I hope to be in good enough shape this summer to do the Tri in The Pines, which is a mini triathlon in Show Low. We will see how my progress comes.

I know that if I can just make it through the holidays, and keep my motivation, that I will be able to be 100% committed come Jan 1st. It might take me longer than I planned to reach my goal, but I will get there. Thanks for all the support.