Operation Fabulous!

  This is the nineth week of The Best Life Diet - which means three more weeks till the rest of my life.   I don’t know exactly how much weight I have lost, but I could see a huge difference in my clothes so far.  I couldn’t tell you the exact pound because I am not judging myself and my success by that.   I know I feel great, but lately I feel a bit sluggish and want to roll off track.  I have been VERY stressed out lately and I really really really want to indulge into something very very fattening!  I know myself and I know that if I do, I will feel very guilty and want to give up on it all.  I have come too far for something like that to happen.  My physical appearance is a bit more livelier - meaning that I do not look like a walking zombie anymore.  I wake up early now instead of wanting to sleep in.  The only thing is that since I have been stressed out I have been tossing and turning in my sleep and I just cannot seem to relax.  Anyway, I sit and wonder to myself will I continue this regimine after the 12 weeks?  I know myself and I know that sometimes I could get lazy and not want to do anything.  I also know that it will be VERY hard without any of the other girls there to do it with me.  I just have to think positive.  I have to keep my mindset on whats important in life - my health.

   I also have three more months until vacation.  I could set that as my new goal.  Another 12 weeks.  I think I am going to start from phase one all over again.  I seemed to feel the most success during phase one than any of the other phases.  The best thing that came out of all of this (besides making new friends) was not that I lost a few pounds, but that I feel like I WANT to work out ALL the time.  I make it a routine and which I feel guilty if I do not go to the gym.  I rather work out with a partner, but since I am past the part of feeling self conscious at the gym, I know I could do it on my own.  For those that do not have a partner at the gym (like Kimberly that left a comment on my previous journal entry) - all you have to say is “who cares”.  You are actually attempting to go.  You got off of your butt and stepped on a tredmill - BUT going to the gym and actually working out are two different things!  You have to break out a sweat and get that heart pumping again….. you will feel great either way - with or without a partner.

 I guess thats what I gained from this experience.  Making things a routine.  If I make going to the gym and eating regularly and healthy a routine, then following The Best Life Diet for the rest of my life should be a piece of cake…. MmmMMmm Cake, maybe I should have used a better phrase….