Chronicles of a Late Bloomer

I guess I had lost sight of my own advice — rather than feeling overwhelmed by the big, humongous, ultimate 170-pound goal, it’s vital for me to set my sights on the little bitty goals. Honestly, I get pretty pumped each time I lose another 5 pounds, and my WW leader has her own way of celebrating those little victories. Even though I don’t necessarily follow the WW plan, I pay for and attend the meetings because she is so spectacularly good and because her cheesy little rewards have come to really mean something to me.

So, I just had to refocus. I had to remind myself of all the cliches — the “slow and steady” and “inch by inch, mile by mile” cliches — and about how these 5-pound goals are truly adding up to big-time results. Lose 5 pounds 12 times, and you’ve lost 60 pounds.

I had to just go back to taking it meal by meal and talking myself through it: eat vegetables every chance you can, take it easy on the refined carbs, dodge the sugar, drink more water…

Don’t forget, I had bloat and a few other things working against me last week, which resulted in a gain. So, while it may look like I lost 7 pounds this week, I’ve really lost about 2. I’m just right back on track. Trending down. Re-focusing my thinking. In it for the long haul. Leaving the 300-pound mark in my wake and never looking back. On to the next 5 pounds!