Where does YOUR motivation come from!??!?

Tomorrow is weigh in day!  I did a sneak weigh in this morning and I was pleasantly surprised with the number!  I'm not gonna' tell you what it was - you'll have to wait until tomorrow! But I think you'll like it! I know I do!  :)

The first several weeks of losing weight is the 'honeymoon' phase.  It was exciting!  It was new!  It KICKED BUTT!!!!!  Then is gets to be a chore.  I mean - REALLY - do I REALLY have to track EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth!?!??!  YES I DO!!!!!

I've been in that mindset before - the FIRST time I lost significant weight with Weight Watchers.  I was so fired up about it!!!!  You couldn't STOP me!  I tracked everything - and this was before I had an iPhone.  I had to do it ALL on PAPER!!!!  How 2000 & late!!!!  :)  Now I track with my iPhone and it makes it so I really don't have an excuse NOT to track!!!! 

Then you hit this horrible phase.  Weight lose becomes a chore.  It became tough to stay focused.  I didn't power through it and I stopped losing weight.  :(  Then I just gave up, and some of the weight started creeping back on.  I'm sure it was a combination of stopping my tracking, meeting a boyfriend that could literally eat ANYTHING and not gain a pound (He's been the same size since his 20's - and now he's 35.  Jerk.  :)), and flat out being LAZY!  I mean - REALLY - who wouldn't be excited about losing weight and looking good!!!!  Yes - it is hard work, but the results are WORTH IT!!!!

This time is proving to be VERY different!  I'm celebrating small accomplishments with rewards!  This week it was official - all of my jeans were too big again, so I went to Plato's Closet yesterday.  When I walked in I automatically grabbed the 11/12s off of the rack.  I also grabbed a few 9/10s just for shits & grins.  I started with the bigger sizes and they were HUGE!!!!!  I was shocked!  So I put on the 9/10s and THEY FIT!!!!!!  I went and grabbed a few 7/8s and they BUTTONED, but didn't look that great - so I put them back.  It's the small celebrations like this that are keeping me motivated this time.  Last time I didn't take the time to celebrate my small accomplishments as much as I am this time.  These small accomplishments MOTIVATE the HELL outta' me!

I also went to The Salon Professional Academy yesterday and got a facial from a new student there, Rachel A.  It turns out I was her first 'real' client!  The only other person she'd done a facial on (besides her classmates) was her Mom!  :)  I left feeling like a brand new person - and I looked a LOT younger too!!!!!  Seriously.  I was glowing.  :)  I'm not sure how much was due to the facial & how much was due to the 9/10 jeans sitting in the seat next to me in the Rover!  :)  Probably a combination of the two!

Unfortunately I didn't get in any exercise this week.  I've been really busy being a Mom to Zyla and being a Mom to my boys.  She's doing SO well!!!!  She's taking cute little baby steps & only goes outside to do 'her business'.  Such good news!  Oh - the boys are doing well too.  :)  In fact - they're amazing!!!!  They must take after their Mom!!!!  :)

I'm getting my buns to ZUMBA tomorrow morning!  I was going to go on Thursday night, but Scott wasn't able to watch the boys for me.  :(  So, it looks like I'll either miss Zumba the week I have my boys OR I'll have to get a sitter for the nights I want to go.  I'll probably look into a sitter - I LOVE Zumba and I need to tighten up my flabby butt!  :)  PLUS - there are only 6 weeks until my Zumba instructor course - and I don't want to look like a COMPLETE dumbass when I'm there!


Wow - so I haven't blogged since Tuesday.  I'm not sure if I want to bore you with all of my food details.  I just reviewed them and I've pretty much eaten leftovers.  I'll just post the points then I'm going to watch a movie and get some beauty sleep!  :)

Wednesday 3/23 - 33 PP

Thursday 3/24 -  31 PP

Friday 3/25 - 40 PP (The only different thing about this day is I drank 2 oz. of Madeira wine for 3 PP.  I think this is pretty much the first alcohol I've had since the 1st.  As I'm sure you've noticed I'm not a drinker - so not consuming isn't really a big deal for me.  In fact, I've been burping up wine burps and I can taste the yeast - YUCK!)

I've got 2 PP left for the week and I'm not going to spend them.  I've already flossed & brushed my fangs.  I'm just going to drink a bunch of water as I really didn't remember to drink much today.  :(  I'm usually a water drinking FOOL!  Not really sure what happened there!

Have a wonderful weekend!  Get some exercise!  Decide on one SMALL change you can make this weekend to start on your journey toward being a healthy & strong individual!  :)