Slimdude

Aren’t Mondays great? Especially for dieters / exercisers? You tell yourself “It’s the beginning of the week… time to start fresh and kick this thing off right!”

And guess what?! It’s true. I weighed-in this morning at 160 pounds after having a very good Sunday. My hope is to be 157 by next Sunday… but I won’t be able to weigh-in because we are visiting our families for Labor Day. The last day I will be able to weigh-in is Friday morning and then on Tuesday morning. But let’s hope the numbers are right around 157.

I do so well when I can enforce that eating cut-off time. A commenter suggested that perhaps I could do a snack at night, but the trouble with that is… I feel like I am re-enforcing a habit that I need to end. A very small snack like a sugar free popsicle or sugar-free cocoa is fine. I think peanut butter on toast might be a bit of overkill for me and it might lead to further snacking.

Marge sent me a great idea about… just not leaving the bedroom at all. So maybe if I took some water and maybe even some gum with me to bed and then not go into the living room / kitchen area at all at night. That might work, too.

Okay so here are some thoughts that motivate me, and they are probably similar for you, too:

*Clothes - I have a handful of clothes I cannot fit into anymore and I like them. Bought them all when I was 20 pounds lighter and they have just been sitting in my closet for over 2 years. It’s about time to get back into them. Not to mention all my uniforms are meant for a 140 pound person. I hate squeezing into them every day.

*The AF Ball is Sept 14th and I’d love to be around 153 by then. MY wedding anniversary is the week after that — but we are using the Ball to celebrate.

*I’d love for THIS WEEK to finally be the week I break below 160 and keep it there. Never ever do I want to see “160″ again in my life.

*By the end of Sept, I’d love to be below 150. On Sept 29th, I’m supposed to weigh-in at 149. I will do the Happy Happy Joy Dance.

*And of course, by the end of Oct, if I play this game right-O, I’m supposed to be 140 pounds and then I begin the lifelong work / play of maintenance.

*It’ll be very interesting to see my family this weekend and then see them again at my Cousins wedding on Nov 30th. Because it’ll be about a 20 pounds difference in 3 months.

Hopefully.

—Matt