Feb 18 2008
Lost 16 lbs
Well, I’ve hit day 49 of my plan so far, and as of this morning I’ve lost a total of 16.1 lbs in that period of time. That averages out to roughly 1/3 lbs loss per day which puts me right on track to hit a 30 lbs loss within 90 days or so total. What’s even more exciting to me is the fact that my daily workout has become a total habit now that I’m way into it on day 49, so it’s not hard at all to keep it going. It’s probably easier for me workout each day than it is NOT to workout each day. This is the place I wanted to get to, where it’s basically just auto-pilot. So exciting.
The last few weeks I’ve had a lot of things come up after work, in the evenings, and on some days I wasn’t even able to get on the treadmill until like 1am in the morning, and I was exhausted from the day already. My mind wanted to “skip just one workout”, but I wouldn’t let it. I jumped on that treadmill and kept it going as I am not going to break a habit that I worked so hard to build. The great thing is that every time I do that, everytime I stick to it when I have all these “legitimate” excuses to quit, it creates a quiet personal victory for me that nobody else sees.
It is in these daily, quiet little personal victories that we gain power over ourselves.
I’m so excited.