Stay the Course!!

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~Confucius~


It is so easy to get off track while dieting. One bad diet day leads to two, then three. Before you know it a week has gone by and you realize you have lost 7 days of opportunity to get off some more weight. Then you get SO disappointed in yourself. At least that is how it goes for me. That is exactly what happened to me this past week. I didn't completely blow my diet, I just didn't really try to lose either. To me that was a wasted week! When you get off track, you can make one of two choices: GIVE UP or START BACK WITH A VENGENCE!!! Being this close to my goal weight, it would be so stupid of me to give up now. I have worked so hard to get this far. Giving up is not an option. So that leaves choice number two, START BACK WITH A VENGENCE!!! Which is what I intend to do. I hope if you have had a bad week, a bad day, or even a bad month you will NOT give up! Giving up is probably the easier of the two options, but easier is not always better. The truth is if I had stayed on track since the day I began this blog, I would have been at my goal weight several months ago. If you have been following my blog since the beginning you know that I have had bad days, weeks, and yes, months, BUT I have never given up. I have always eventually got myself back on track and I am so proud I did. After my last wasted week I have decided, NOW is the time to START BACK WITH A VENGENCE! Now it is time to STAY THE COURSE!! Now it is time for me to finally reach my goal weight! I will not GIVE UP! I will NOT stop!! I will NOT fall of track again! I am too close to getting where I want to be! GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!!!

So here are a few new things I am going to start doing...

1. Keep a food journal. (No, I haven't been doing this.)
I know how important this is while dieting. I am surprised I have done so well without this, but now I am going to start.

2. Drink Water! (No, I have not been doing this either!)
Again, I know how important this is not just while dieting, but all the time. I just am not a water drinker, except while exercising. Now is the time to start!

3. Stop eating past 5 o'clock. (I have done this!)
I have always done well when I stick to this rule, but I haven't been doing it lately. It is time to start back.

I hope that by adding these three rules to my diet plan, I will reach my goal weight by the end of this month. Thanks again for reading my blog and for liking my new Fat to Fabulous facebook page. AND REMEMBER.......