I don’t think I’m going to make this round. I’m just now getting back down to my previous weigh-in weight. A couple of birthdays, hosting and work stress, and other stressor curveballs made for a tough month.

My weight is going nowhere and it’s extremely frustrating, but a couple people who see me very regularly have asked if I’ve been losing weight because I look slimmer. So even though I won’t win this month yet again, I am looking—and more importantly FEELING—better.

I have lost 15 pounds so far through diet only, which goes to show how awful my eating habits were 😅 I’ve worked on portion control, not eating after dinner, and only drinking water. I should be really proud of those 15 pounds but that little voice in the back of my head says I could have lost more, which I definitely could have! In fact in past diets I have lost significantly more. The problem is that wasn’t sustainable. With what I’m doing now I’m not withholding any foods from myself, I’m just lessening the amount which will be way more sustainable in the long run. This month I’ll be working on a mental goal by trying to tell that little voice that slow and steady wins the race 🐢

I’m not making my weight this round. In fact, this morning I weighed more than I did at the end of the first round. That’s disappointing and a bit discouraging, but clearly I haven’t REALLY been putting the work in. If it was easy to lose weight, I wouldn’t join a bet to push myself to do it. I’ve put a reasonable plan into place and I’m committing to it. I’m determined to win the remaining rounds.

So I won’t be reaching my round 2 goal and that’s okay. I’m sure there are others in this group in the same situation. Just wanted to let you know you’re not alone. I have made progress since this bet started and I’m proud of myself for that. I even made a little progress this month, just not enough to reach my goal for this round. Instead I’m focusing on the months ahead and trying not to give up just because I missed one round. I’m focusing on being consistent and sticking to it even when things are moving slower than I’d like.

I signed up for Kickstarter 3 weeks ago that I thought I had no chance in winning. I signed up a week late so I had to loose 4% in 3 weeks. On top of that I had just come off a big week of weigh loss so I expected my progress to slow. I focused up and won. Now the pressure is off for all my other games.

I've got some hard work to put in, to finish February out. For those that need to hear to this, don't give up. Keep pushing yourself. This week I'm working on general meal planning for the family. I'm hoping this will reduce the typical fast food weekly trips. Tonight I'm making chicken and rice soup, tomorrow hamburger helper (my son's fav) and I bought a frozen pizza as a dinner back up for this week. Anyone else struggling with eating at home?

How’s everyone’s February going? I don’t know why, but this round seems much harder for me 😕 I’m 5.4lbs away from my goal for round 2… which doesn’t seem like much but my body keeps fluctuating up and down.