sharpdust's Journal

HALFTIME!
Jul 01 2009 09:04

So it is the middle of the year and I need to reflect on where I am.

I started at 256 at the beginning of the year and am down to 242 as of this morning. 14 pounds lost...not bad.

Not bad, but not great. I have to look at this positively though. I lost 14 pounds, thats 14 pounds I don't have to carry around with me daily, 14 pounds I don't have to lose. I lost 5.5% of my body weight in these last six months and since I began in january 2008 I have lost 38 pounds and 13.6% of my body weight. i started at 280. Wow. It is coming slowly but its coming.

I am so happy i have stuck with this and even though I have bouts when I eat or don't exercise, I always come back. I think thats whats important. We all may fall off the wagon, some more times that we'd like to admit, but we always come back and resolve to live a healthier life. We never give up, we always want this and know that we can lose weight because we have. While I don't have Jared (Subway) pants to show off how much I've lost, I have pictures and I just feel different.

I want the latter part of the year to be BIG! I want to double what I lost in the first 6 months. I know this is going to be hard, but I know I can. I have lost that amount of weight in that period of time, and its really not asking for too much. Just me putting in my part and being conscious about what i do. I'll have bad days, possibly even bad weeks, but I need to just keep my head straight. This is for all the marbles.

I'm getting ready to run back on the court and make an awesome comeback. I am starting my weight log over again. I lost one pound in the month of June. Not exactly what I wanted, but in July I will make up for my shortcomings. Month by month, week by week, day by day. take it slow, but keep up your pace. It's just food. and it's only an hour of your time.