KEEPING UP WITH PROGRESS!

OK so this blog spot is STILL a work in progress but so is my weight loss! I've decided to post this one more time and compare how far along I have come since I first started cutting back on what I am eating every day. If you'd like you can also check out my "blog to lose" site at: http://www.blogtolose.com/profile/ColeneWhitehead

Kirby still wants us to put a few pictures on his Myspace site: www.myspace.com/kirby2883 but, the crazy events that have been taking place over the past five months have had me all tied up or slowed down and over whelmed! So, I don't really know when I will ever be able to get to doing that. But I do have a couple notes jotted down in my 3D journal so I figured I’d go ahead and add them here just to share with anyone who may want to compare their goals and weight loss with me. Although my goals are EXTREMELY rational and slow, I don't feel that I have given my weight loss as much enthusiasm as I should. But, I am trying to take it a step at a time. I just don’t want to set myself up for something unrealistic and then be all sad and disappointed if I don’t meet them. I have been guilty of doing that a couple of times before in my life! And I can tell you that it is NOT good for the moral! So I decided to go back and check my past blogs and use the timeline that I posted weeks earlier. If I meet these goals ahead of schedule, then FANTASTIC! That would be a great reward for me! But as I am looking now at the time line, I see where I have not met the goals that I set for myself. Here is a list of my Commitment Goals
* Attend weekly meetings regardless.............this I have been committed to!
* Track points every day......with 3D, I do not have to track points, but I do track my nutrition on "Spark People" and get much needed feed back on what I need to be eating. Check out: http://www.sparkpeople.com/ on a daily basis. I can't tell you how much this wonderful site has helped me, informed me and encouraged me!
* Blog twice weekly (absolute minimum).....yeah! I am on track now with this one!
* Post pictures of my before pics and a new picture at every 25 lb accomplishment until I reach goal............well...I did post a BIG PICTURE of me and Kirby...but I am looking forward to getting some really great SKINNY PICS!
* Positive self-talk every day....I have to tell you that I could not go on without my 3D friends and my new friend, Trudy, who reminded me that we have to let God put things in the right perspective.

My Personal Goals:
* Slowly and responsibly strengthen my back by attending a gym and a physical therapy swimming class...I have not done this or tried to meet this goal. I have no excuse now that we've purchased excersize bands to work out with!
* Take a quilting class ......I have got the cutest pattern for a quilt for Michael, my grandson.
* Learn to sew pocket books and purses.....still pending....but I did make about 40 GREAT smelling candles which my son, Chad, took all over his neighborhood and got some ladies opinion of them....He said, "Hey, mom, you've got a really GREAT product! Get me more!"
* Walking for 30 minutes every day.........I have been walking, but I am doing it gradually! I don't want to experience any more pain than I really have to!
* Become a WW leader and possibly start a WW meeting at New Light Harvest Chapel........instead of Weight Watchers leader, I became a 3D leader by just starting the 3D program!
* 15 lbs weight loss by End of January 2009......I lost only 6 pounds.
* 20 lbs weight loss by February 8th, 2009. That is the anniversary of the first year of NLHC!.......................................Lose 20 lbs?? Nope not even close!
* 40 lbs weight loss by my birthday, May 11th, 2009......NO, but I lost a total of 22 pounds
* 50 lbs weight loss by my husband's birthday in June 2009....when I wrote these goals I thought that these were reasonable! It would be fantastic to be able to lose 50 lbs total. That would put me at 275!
* Goal weight of 140-145 lbsDecember 2010 Weight Loss Rewards....I'm getting closer!
* Every 10 lbs = a professional manicure or a pedicure......sounds GOOD!
* Every 25 lbs of weight lost = a mini shopping spree! I will buy a new outfit or a pair of shoes!............well, this week Kirby got the new pair of walking shoes by New Balance!
* For the first 50 lbs lost = purchase of new Coach purse
* 100 lbs = purchase a hot tub!
* Goal of weighing in at 145 = glorious vacation trip to Yosemite National Park, Montana and Seattle Washington.............Ooooh, Yeahhhhh!