I hope I don’t spend all of 2010 almost three weeks behind, but today does seem like a new beginning.
Today is the day to restart some good habits that got lost amidst the travelling, celebrating and general happy chaos and illness stress of the past two months. Wow, I’ve been in maintenance and not-even-really-thinking-about-maintenance mode for almost two months.
Quick look at the calendar…. seven weeks.
In seven weeks I’ve gained 3 pounds; that’s .429 pounds per week or 22.3 pounds per year. Add the 3 I’ve already gained and that’s 25 pounds back on by this time next year.
OH…..did anyone else see that giant light bulb pulsing a bright light over my head?
That’s how it happens.
I lose weight.
I move quickly from mindful maintenance to mindless maintenance to not really maintaining at all.
And all of a sudden I’m 25 pounds heavier – otherwise known as Right Back To Where I Started.
AHA.
And to think that this post was going to be a little pat on the back for gaining “only” 3 pounds over the past seven weeks. Instead it’s a complete eye opener about how I fail to keep weight off.
OK – regroup. Today IS the first day back to good habits.
Journal
Move
Think
It doesn’t look like much but it is the difference between taking off the final 6 and putting back on the whole 25. Serious stuff. I will NOT be starting this weight loss journey all over again in 2011. I will not.
Wow…wanders off to Nutracheck to journal breakfast…..still scratching head at the revelation.
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