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I'm BACK!

Well, I fell off the blogging wagon, again, but I'm back on! Today marks a new beginning for me (again) so I am going to document it here. I have gone to WW every single week this summer and have been fighting with the same 2 lbs. UGH! On June 14th (the beginning of my summer) I weighed in at 149.8 lbs. Yesterday (the end of my summer) I weighed in at 151.4 lbs. I am very disappointed with myself. Maybe I shouldn't be, after all I'm not up 10 lbs. but I really was hoping to be down 10 lbs. But enough sad talk, here are my next steps and goals!!

My main goal is to lose 21.4 lbs. bringing me down to 130 lbs. I want to accomplish this by January 25, 2015 - my 42nd birthday! Here are my mini goals:

  1. 5 lbs. down (146.4 lbs.) by October 4th
  2. 10 lbs. down (141.4 lbs) by November 15th
  3. 15 lbs. down (136.4 lbs) by December 27th
  4. 20 lbs. down (131.4 lbs) by January 24th
Well, that still gives me 1.4 lbs. to lose but you never know! I tried to keep my goal at 5 lbs. every 6 weeks but some weeks may be better than others. Anyway, now I need my plan. Here it is:
  1. Put my FitBit back on and aim for 10,000 steps a day!
  2. Earn 2 activity points per day in addition to the 10,000 steps a day!
  3. Drink 75 oz. of water daily. {I discovered this summer that when I slack off on the water, my joints hurt. I'm too young for painful joints!!!}
  4. Prep my meals in advance! No more hurrying the morning of...trying to figure out what to eat that day!
  5. Limit eating out to once a week {even less, if possible!).
So there you have it! Goals and a plan! Yay me! Now I'm off to develop a shopping list and get ready for my back-to-school week. The kids have another week of summer, but sadly, I do not. Ugh. Oh well, all good things must come to an end!

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