Re-establishing Weight-Loss Goals

Happy Friday! Thanks for being here! I am really happy with the progress I made this week. I was trying to be more intentional with my self-care and I feel like I did a great job!

Here are some of the ways I took care of myself this week.

• Blogging
• Journaling
• Waking up 30 minutes earlier than usual
• Spending more time in my Bible and in prayer
• Walking for 15 minutes every day in the afternoon
• Drinking more water
• Tracking my nutrition and staying within my range
• Packed my dinner for when I was working in-office

• Taking better care of myself including trying to lose weight. 

When I began this blog about 14 years ago, my goal was to lose 100 pounds. At the time, I was 270 pounds. I had lost about 40 pounds over that time, which was a great accomplishment for me.

Last weekend, on March 1st, I weighed in at 240lbs. That’s about 10 pounds up from where I had been maintaining my 40 pound weight-loss. 

This past year I lost my focus on trying to maintain and lose weight. I believe blogging and focusing more on self care will help me reach my weight-loss goals, as I set new goals.

While I took a break from it, I DON’T want to give up on my over-arching 100 pound weight-loss goal that I set when I was 270 pounds. I know it will take some time, even starting 30 pounds into it. So, smaller weight-loss goals is what I plan to focus on to get me there.

This week, I lost 3 pounds. I’m 237 pounds right now. By the end of the month, I’d like to be around 230 pounds. That would give me a 10 pounds weight-loss for the month and get me back to 40 pounds down from my highest weight.

When I reach 230 pounds, I will celebrate in some small way. I might schedule a massage for myself, or a pedicure. I used to do this years ago and I call it a “weight-loss reward”. It’s a nice incentive, but the true reward is gaining better health.