Weight Loss Diaries

DAY 11: Three Ways To Stay FocusedOn Your Daily Goals

I stepped on the scale today and it said 209.7. I stepped off and then stepped on again. I got back in bed, slightly agitated by what the scale r…

Day 10

I'm noticing subtle changes to my face and body. My husband gave me such a sincere compliment today which of course validated what I thought to be true, and that is by focusing on one thing a …

Day 09

I'm taking time to think about what I'm thinking about. Now that I'm becoming even more aware of my thoughts, I realize that the other day I was feeling so anxious but today I'm feeling less a…

Day 08

What's the one thing I can do today to get me to goal? I can be realistic about my goals. Two things that are a challenge for me is commitment and consistency. I can commit to doing something …

DAY 07

Weight loss in and of itself is simple, physiologically, that is. If we eat when our bodies need fuel and we don't overeat, for the most part we lose weight. Simple right? But guess what? If l…

Day 06

January 6, 2019. I stood on the scale today and I weigh 209.7. I've lost another 3.3 pounds for a total weight loss of 8.3 pounds! Let me say this again. It's January 6, and I started this wei…

Day 05

I'm feeling anxious about completing week one. Well I mean I'm just really anxious about what's to come. This morning as I'm journaling I'm having all of these negative thoughts come up. There…

Day 04

So I wrote down in my journal this morning this question: what if I don't quit? What could happen? I asked myself this question out loud, “What if I don't quit ?”

If I don't know anything else…

DAY 03. Although I'm excited by all the newness of my weight loss adventure, I thought it might be good for me to identify the excuses that I've used in the past that I've let sabotage my weight loss…

Day 2 of my weight loss adventure through the messy middle and getting to after. Today, I returned to work after a week long break. For some reason, I feel indifferent. Maybe it's because I've been h…

Day 01. I stood on the scale this morning and I'm two hundred eighteen pounds. I'd rather say 218 (two-eighteen) because that sounds like an Interstate or an apartment number or the number of marbles…

Weight Loss Diaries is a real time, real life chronicle of intentional reflection, rants, and renegade behavior. In my quest through the “messy middle” and “getting to after”, I’ve decided to give my…