One Year

It has been almost one year since we've started this blog. One year since our weight loss journey began.

Yesterday I weighed myself and was *gulp*...

192 pounds

(As though if I say it quietly, it won't be real.)

Let's try that again.

192 pounds!!!

Thanksgiving. It can be a killer and didn't help my already-up-again weight.

And it's time to start over.

Again....

I really like (and appreciate!) Janee's inspiring comment from last week.

"The Lord did not send you here to fail."

It struck a chord.

I know that I was feeling down last week. Overwhelmed by everything on my plate and underwhelmed by my own actions. It can be disappointing to know, deep down, that this didn't happen to me, but that I chose it for myself every day with a hundred little choices.

It was my fault.

My mistakes.

My weakness.

That knowledge simply fed into my feeling of despair.

But I'm starting to realize (and it's a life-long, continual realization) that just because I've been weak before doesn't mean that I can't turn around and be strong.

I've decided that I just need to take baby steps.

Making little, everyday choices that will add up to big life changes.

I was looking back at the posts from when we started last year and noticed that I had set goals every week. Real, tangible, written goals that I could measure myself against the following week. Goals based in actions, not results.

I think that is a habit that I ought to establish again.

My Goals for the Week:
1. Do 30 minutes of exercise at least 4 days this week.
2. Drink at least 3 glasses of water each day.
3. Limit myself to one small "treat" each day.

There, that's a start. I am also going to document and then clear the weigh-ins over on the left. Because it's a fresh start.

How about you? Do you want to join me? What are your 3 top goals for the week?