New Year, Same me (with minor modifications)!

So it's been a while since I have used this blog.  But today at 4 in the morning, plagued by insomnia, I made some decisions and set some weight loss goals.  I have been on a somewhat topsy turvy cycle with my weight and I am ready to conquer them once and for all.  I just turned 39 and I am adamant in my desire to get my weight in check, once and for all, before I turn 40.

I know what to do, I more or less now how to do it, but the main roadblocks I hit involve complacency, laziness and a love of eating whatever I want to eat.  See, I am a pretty confident person.  I like myself, I want everyone to like me for who I am, not who I could be if I lost weight. So I get stubborn and use that stubbornness to keep me from meeting my own damn goals.

Yes, it's kind of ridiculous and I am ready to look a bit deeper into the real reasons I have prevented myself from pushing through and meeting those goals.  I know some of them and am not quite prepared to reveal them here but that will come with time.

I want to lose 43 pounds in 24 weeks.  This is roughly two thirds of my total weight loss goal but I want to break it up to make it seem a lot easier.  My first official goal is 11 pounds by February 20th. I have probably lost this 11 pounds 3 times in the past two years but I really want this time to stick and go further past it.

I am going to focus on eating right and working out but also on making permanent changes and not over-doing it so that I can't work out and therefore let the whole thing go. This has been my pattern.  I work out and eat healthy until I get injured then I throw it all away.

I also have to vow to myself that even if I get injured that I cannot let me eating slip.  And that even if I don't lose any weight one week that I will not let that deter me or eat at my self esteem and throw me off my path.

My fitness current plan is as follows:

12,000 Fitbit steps every day no matter what
5-6 Cardio workouts per week
3-4 Resistance workouts per week
30 days of Betty Rocker Workouts

My eating plan:
Severely limit white flour, sugar and fried foods
Limit potatoes and other starches to 1-2 times per week
Increase fiber intake every day
Increase fruit/vegetable intake every day
Focus on clean eating and finding filling foods that are also delicious
Drink Water and Iced Tea, limit sodas and other carbonated beverages

Here are the NOW pics...plan to take pics as every goal comes along for comparison.  Excuse the dirty mirror, that's a whole other set of resolutions!!!

       



Anyway, thanks for reading and your support along my weight loss journey!!!