New Year!

Okay, so I really pretty much just stopped blogging about my weight loss "adventure" a few months back. But now, I have been wanting to blog again and I figure that can be part of my "new year's resolutions."

So, I more or less accomplished my weight loss goal (I'm now hovering between 134-136, depending on the time of day and time of month). Hooray for me! I did not hit my goal at the allotted time (mid-November) because from about mid-October to mid-November I was so busy and away from my house a lot so I more or less just made it my goal for that month to Not. Gain. Any. Weight. Back. I pretty much succeeded. I didn't "officially" weigh in before I left for Mexico, but I was around 138. Sweet.

After getting back from Mexico, I more or less dropped those extra 2-4 pounds.

Now, I am faced with the difficult task of maintaining my current weight, as well as assisting my husband in his diet.

I am going to make it my goal to post in my weight loss blog once a week! This doesn't count- so I've got until Saturday night to write another post. :)

Here we go a dieting....

Okay. So, I've been on a diet since February after I started my current desk/office job where I gained something like 11 pounds in two months. I was already struggling with my weight after college. When I was in college, I was between 130 and 135 at all times. After I graduated from college (2005), I dropped about 5-8 pounds. Then, when I started my first job out of college, I gained it all back....and then some....and then some more.....and suddenly, I was almost 30 pounds heavier than what I was in college! I dropped that weight down to about 152 a little over a year later, then dropped it down some more to 145 for a little while, but then gained it back and pretty much stayed steady until this past December when I started my new desk job. So, in February, I became determined to lose the weight I gained since I was NOT happy about being 163 pounds. I worked hard, and dropped down to 149.5. 

It's now July 13- two days after my 26th birthday- and after a particularly bad weekend of binge eating in celebration of my birthday, I realized I have to come up with a creative way to get rid of these last 16 pounds. 

So, I came up with two fantastic ideas:

1. Make some realistic monthly goals, in addition to my long term goal.

2. Start blogging about my weight loss adventure!

Goals

Long Term

Target Weight- 130 - 135 pounds by Nov 13 (the day I leave for my trip to Mexico for my sister's wedding)

Short Term

Today's Weight- 149.5

By Aug 13- 145 lbs

By Sept 13- 141 lbs

By Oct 13 - 138 lbs

By Nov 13 - 134 lbs

It sounds reasonable and realistic, so here we go!!!!