Well, Mom and I both met our initial goals by last week.  As of this week, we've both lost more than 10% of our overall long-term goal.  Not too shabby!  But we hadn't updated our goals to reflect something, so today we added a new goal each.  We intend to lose ten more pounds each by the end of March.  That gives us six weeks.  We may very well meet that goal before then, which would be great.  But we want to do it at least by that point.

 

Mom's still sick, so she isn't working out or really eating the way she normally does.  But she still managed to lose about 1/2 a pound this week.  Not too bad!  Especially considering that she lost 4 pounds last week.  This week, I've lost 4 pounds.  I'm feeling really good.  I've got so much more energy these days, and I'm really not finding it hard to stick to my plan anymore for the most part.  Do I have a cookie every now and then?  Sure I do.  But I make sure that I am not going over my calorie range when I do it.  That's the key.

 

I'm also working out more, and finding that I enjoy it.  It's not such a chore anymore.  I just wish that I could get to where I could work out for a much longer amount of time, or at a higher intensity.  Then I think I would really start to see a difference.

 

More soon!

~Mindy