Ever Changing BuddySlim Faces and a Bold Prediction
Maybe the Summer weather has all my buddies wrapped up having fun.
Maybe the heat has thrown everyone off the healthy living wagon, either temporarily or (gasp!) for good.
Maybe some have achieved their goals and have moved on in life.
I really don’t know. But I DO know that the names and faces appearing on the “Blogs” page are looking less and less familiar to me. Some of those I had grown accustomed to seeing blog (anywhere from once a week to several times per day) seem to have vanished. That’s sad.
I disappeared too. I was cooking right along on a very rigid program that had the weight coming off easily. I ate smart and I worked out. I drank water like a fiend and made lots of sacrifices. Starting around the beginning of July I became too distracted with life and simply didn’t WANT to focus all my energies into my Program anymore. I didn’t fall off the wagon entirely; I still ate better than I had been and tried to stay active. But I shaved the corners off my entire regimen…. I ate some junk food, I drank less water, and I ceased exercising for the sake of exercising.
The bad news is that I killed the pounds-shedding momentum I had early on.
The good news is that I still managed my weight… I’ve still lost 15 pounds since the start of July. There have been no periods where I gained… at each weigh-in I either held steady or lost a bit. More good news is that I managed to do this while dealing with the crises of life. Still more good news is that I am starting to feel motivated again. Two days ago, I started eating and drinking like a champion again. I’m slowly getting back on the horse. In two days I’m starting to lose weight again. Down about 1.5 pounds since Wednesday. I’m starting to feel the fire. I’m ready to rock again.
Here’s my goal, stated aloud, in print, for everyone else to see.
“I will lose 23 pounds (making a total of 100 pounds since I started in March) in the next 30 days.”
Any buddies, old or new, that want to go with me? I want others to take this ride. It’s commitment time. It’s time to kick some ass.
What are YOU willing to commit to? Make a commitment. ANY commitment. Commit to work out 30 minutes minimum each and every day for 30 days. Commit to drinking 8 BIG glasses of water each and every day for a month. Commit to NOT eating ANY empty junk-food calories for that entire 4 weeks. Commit to eating no single meal larger than an apple. Commit to never eating anything within 3 hours of bedtime. I’m going to do ALL of those things and a few more.
C’mon, do it. Just commit.
(Now, please excuse me while I go apologize to the folks I promised to join in a walking challenge then dropped out. I also have some buddies I need to check in on.)
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Im with you sweetheart!!!!! You got me determined! what a great post!! Im going to try my best!!!!
Have a good weekend
kelly xo
That’s the spirit Kelly! Now WHAT are you committing to do? Say it aloud… if not here, do it somewhere, somehow so you can be held accountable. Commit to it. Live it.
I enjoyed reading your blog. ;-)Maybe everyone is busy at the gym instead of their computers lately LOL~ Sounds like you are bound and determined now - you can do it!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Welcome back! You are certainly on the right track to meeting goal.
Awesome i t is great to have convictions a sticking to them and and building more. I have been doing all except not eating three hours before I go to Sleep. I will try that one
Good to see you back Don - reading your blog just made me get off my sofa & fill my water glass!! What a great attitude as always!!
Hey Don!!!! How are you? Well, it seems you are motivated!!!!
…missing you and thinking of you often!
I need some butt kicking. Signed up for a 5k and I want to jog the whole time…so I am about to do some serious training! Race is in Nov…so I got some time!
haha… funny you mention the walking challenge… i kind feel off that wagon as well!! i couldn’t keep up rhe cycling and swimming as well as the walking… and my eating habits haven’t been spectacular as of late. and are you making this as official challenge? as in check in on eachother?? lol- i’m totally game for that. i need to kick my butt back into high gear for a bit!
uhh… i’m an idiot. or i can’t type. or a combination of the two. that should be “i fell off that wagon” not “i feel off that wagon.” oops.
Glad to see you are still focused on treating your body with spirit with respect and managing stressful times in your life Don.
Wow, that’s a great goal to lose so much weight in 30 days. You can do it!
What a great post! I’m totally going to take this commitment thing and run with it. I want to give it some thought before I just plop it down on paper/ the internet.
Good for you for not totally falling off the horse. I try to blog daily, but sometimes mamahood gets in the way of that
I love your posts, Don. You have inpsired me in the past. And now you have done it again.
I love it that you still lost wieght in July. 23 lbs in 30 days is huge! Go for it!
Tammy
WOW, you make me want to commit! I will, so are you gonna make a forum? Lets commit!Just let me know when and where…. I need it agian too! Since the walking challenge I have fallen away. We can do this together!!
Can’t wait to see your ticker moving to the 80 pound loss!!!