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A weight goal

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I want to lose about 10 pounds.

Now, I’ve heard it 1000x before. “You don’t need to lose any weight!” Yeah, and you people have never seen me naked. Thankfully.

I’ve actually  been content with where I’ve been the last year. Not an ideal weight, but not too bad either. Lately, though, I know what to blame for a recent spring in my weight: Beer.

Its that time of year, though, in which football just seems to scream, “Have a beer… or four!” So I listen to the scream. And suddenly, my jeans start to feel weird. I find myself looking for looser tops to hide a muffin top. I look in the mirror and see a weird texture to my tummy.

I have no interest in going back to the weight I was in high school. I’m not even worried with going back to my weight when I got married. I’d just like to bring it back to somewhere that I don’t worry so much about how my clothes fit. 10 pounds sounds just about right.

So, time to get my lazy butt up off the couch and back up on the treadmill. Time to cut back on the beer intake. And I really shouldn’t make cookies — which I did last month a couple times. I’ll cheat for my birthday, but otherwise I’m going to keep a much closer watch on what I eat. Am I eating because I’m hungry or because it just seems like the thing to do?

I’m not calling it as “going on a diet.” I’m calling it, “Get my eating back in focus.” I’ve re-set up on the site I used to lose 10 pounds a couple years ago. Current weight. Goal weight. Food and exercise log.

I can do this! It’s just going to take some discipline! I have my cousin’s wedding next year as something to focus on for an extra incentive, but just watching myself in the mirror and how my jeans fit should be incentive enough.

So here we go! Current weight: 155. Goal weight: 145. Totally do-able. Totally.

6 thoughts on “A weight goal”

  1. Hello!

    I’ve had a lot of success since I went gluten-free. I’m a glutton for junk food so it’s pretty impossible to snack all the time. Gluten-free junk food is expensive or takes a lot of effort to make.

    So I snack on fruits and veggies more than anything… and salad!

    shrinkingjeans.net is the community I am a part of, they are great support, even if you only want to lose a few pounds!

    1. Luckily I LOVE fruit and salads! I’m actually tinkering with an idea for a blog series about chef salads in the city. I’m on the quest to find the best one here, and maybe I should blog about it. I know that probably sounds incredibly silly, but I’m liking the idea more and more. haha

      THANK YOU for the site suggestion! I am so going to join that.

  3. This is me, too, except it’s 22lbs. :) Thankfully I’m back on track, so far, from last week (down 4, 18 to go)! I blame alcohol for my increase in weight over the summer despite all the exercising I did. LOL I can see how you’d like to be more toned and have your clothes fit better. You would benefit from The 30-Day Shred dvd. Seriously. My arms & thighs were lookin’ good after doing that just a week or two, so you’d probably get a six-pack from it! Thankfully it’s CHEAP! I got it off Amazon for $7. Hand weights from Wal-Mart or Target (5 or 7lb. set) work awesome and aren’t too expensive, if you don’t have any.

    1. OOH! I will definitely check that out! I have a set of 5 lb weights that hang out in the office. Mocking me. And I just ignore them. hehehe

      Anyway — thanks for the suggestion! That would be PERFECT

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