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This morning I came to the conclusion that I obviously know how to gain weight and do a very good job at it…. and now I recently have discovered I’m good at maintaining my weight too. But I’m having problems with losing weight!!

At least I have lost 18 pounds and still managed to keep it off. Now it’s time to keep burning the pounds off. I’ll save the maintaining skills for after I lose all the pounds I need to lose first.

There really is no point of having a treadmill at home. I have no desire or motivation to work out in the house. I realized I like being around others who are exercising too. If I decided to run on the treadmill at home… I probably would only do 5 minutes then get distracted with something else. With that said, it’s time to get back in the gym and start being a gym rat.

If you’re looking for support, let me know and we can be email/text buddies!

I had a hard time drinking the shakes because I hated the taste of it even though I added strawberries in. Today I decided to add Crystal Light (Strawberry-Kiwi) mix and it tastes good now! Now I can drink it now without making faces.

Eating out is challenging! It’s hard to just eat what’s on my place and not steal fries or a sip of Shirley Temple from my sister. I guess I can’t sit next to her anymore or maybe I shouldn’t even eat out anymore. It’s just so much easier to prepare your own food at home.

I still have a problem with thinking it’s okay to eat some certain kind of food just because another skinny person is eating it. When Tyler and I went grocery shopping I saw a skinny guy in his early 20′s checking out with Oreos, pop, and Pringles! I’m jealous of those who can eat whatever they want and not gain weight. I know the food is bad for them anyways but still it’s kind of a slap in the face that I’ll never get to live like that if I want to be healthy and fit.

I just wish my tongue had a “reset” button so I can stop loving the bad food I love and start liking new food. It would be easier to just not even try the bad food because I wouldn’t know how good it tastes. I’m working on it though and trying new vegetables/fruits when I can.

Tonight I weigh in and I don’t think I lost any more than 1 or 2 pounds. Last week wasn’t really a good week for me anyways. This morning I woke up telling myself that I have this week in control!

I’m not proud of myself for falling off the wagon. I’m glad I didn’t gain weight though! I kind of had a wake up call this weekend when Tyler and I had a long talk about everything about our life.

I seriously forgot if I was 24 or 25 years old and when Tyler reminded me I was 25. It really hit me that I’m only 5 years away from being 30. I still feel like I have a lot that I want to accomplish in life and I feel like my weight is in the way. The year is going fast so far, it’s March already! Time is flying by and my weight isn’t melting off so it’s time to not look back and go forward.

I just happened to read the perfect post that I needed for the extra boost and motivation on Tricia’s blog. I’m going to try that this week with the mindset of “I can quit but do it tomorrow” and just take a day at a time. I do this similar thing with working out. When I’m on the treadmill I’ll tell myself to run for 1 minute without stopping then when the 1 minute mark comes up I tell myself to keep going until the 2 minute mark. It sure works for me!

I recently bought some Slim Fast shakes for the week & some bars to try. It’s been a while since I had Slim Fast shakes! I finally found some in stock with the new sticker since the recall they had a few months ago. If I don’t have time in the mornings to quickly eat something, I can now easily grab a Slim Fast and drink it on my way to work.

Have a great healthy week!!

I was sick last week then had guests in town visiting from California. You can guess what happened…. I DIDN’T GO TO THE GYM!

This ends now. I’m getting back into the gym tonight. Remember when I mentioned about checking out a boxing club on my other blog? Well, that did not go well at all. My dad and I went to check it out and it was a really small studio. The boxing ring was taking up almost the entire place then there were only 3 punching bags in the back corner. We met with the owner and it seems like he is the only instructor there. There were 2 young girls there using the punching bags.

It was insane and not worth my money at all! I found another boxing club further away that has more instructors and classes offered. Since I’m still interested, I might check it out after Pat’s Run in April.

I talked briefly with a friend who is a personal trainer. She mentioned how important it is to do weights and not just focus on cardio. This is my biggest problem since I have been only doing cardio. Now I’m going to do weights 2-3 times a week.

Fit Bit, hury up my love and come to my door so I can use you so you can control my life!