The Party's OVER

Don't worry, this isn't going to be a downer of a post like the title might suggest.

This weekend was great! Between my birthday being Sunday and the fact that I had completed my weight loss challenge, I had decided to give myself a "free" weekend. I enjoyed lots of things that I haven't really been eating (or drinking) lately. I did not have even a twinge of guilt. I knew that the scale would likely "punish" me this morning and I was 100% OK with that.

The picture doesn't do it justice and my mirror is really dirty;
but this sunrise yesterday was beautiful. A great way to start my birthday. 

I am feeling SO positive and motivated lately that I know if the scale goes up because I CHOSE to over indulge for an entire weekend that's OK (and it did, but only .2 lbs!). I also know that scale will go right back down because I WILL get myself right back on track.

So the party's over. I gave myself a free weekend to indulge (a lot) and now I'm done.

Here's the new plan: No weekends/days/etc. like this past weekend until after I hit my first goal of 199 pounds. 

The great thing about this weekend was that I realized most things just aren't worth it to me right now. That revelation didn't stop me from eating them this weekend (sigh....I am forever a work in progress); but it did help me get right back on track today with very little effort. It also helped me to make the decision that I will go back to having NO wine at least until I reach my first goal. We'll see what I decide to do after that. I discovered this weekend that I still lack self-control when I introduce wine into the equation. My thought is that will eventually go away, but right now it's still there. The easiest thing to do is to just not drink wine for the time being. When I re-introduce wine again I'm thinking perhaps I'll let myself have wine at a nice dinner out or wine at my parents house, but no wine at home. We'll see. But for now no wine.

On one hand I feel like I'm SO close to that 199, but then I realize it could be 4-8 weeks before I hit that number and that almost takes the wind out of my sails. Then I ever so gently remind myself that it doesn't matter how long it takes to get there; as long as I keep working to get there. The focus is on doing what I need to do to hit that number and the rest will follow. Right now that means tracking and staying within my points. That's it. That's all I have to focus on right now. This really isn't as hard as I (and lots of other people) make it out to be. With the amount of activity I do I earn LOTS of extra points to use throughout the week (not to mention the extra weekly points you already get even with no exercise). There is NO reason I can't track and stay within my points with very little effort.

I've got this. 2018 is MY year!