Upping The Ante

I have finally moved out of the 121s, after 9 frustrating days. I did go out for a reward lunch for staying on the food plan (though not perfectly) since Dec. 31, 2008. I don't usually let myself actually have the rewards I say I'm going to give myself for attaining certain goals. It was important to me to follow through with this reward and not let myself down.

My trainer rated my food plan & work outs highly. So, the only place left to make changes is to up the cardio. I had started doing 2 days a week for 20 mins. That got upped to 7 days a week. I was disappointed when the gym closed before I got there last night. I thought it would be open until 6 or 7 pm on Saturdays. It closed early at 5 pm. I found out today that the gym is usually open until 6 pm on Saturday. It is important for me to get the exact hours the gym is open for later reference. Live and learn. I did get in there today and got my 20 mins. in. That felt really good and I made sure to acknowledge myself for it. Since the cardio was upped, my weight has already come down into the 120s. I'm thrilled.

Since about the time I started doing the daily cardio, I decided to allow myself one Monster energy drink a day. So, I've done this for about 3 or 4 days now. Of course, this is totally off of my program right now. Somehow I justified to myself that the extra cardio would fix everything and would give me more freedom to eat or drink what I wanted. Well, I'm back on track and tomorrow is a fresh start.

So, here's to a losing weight this coming week!