This is the year I have been dreading for the last couple years. This is the year that I turn the big 5-0!! I have not been looking forward to this at all but I am trying to look at it in a whole different light. A month ago I decided that I wanted to set a goal to lose 50 pounds by the time I turn 50. As of now I have only lost 14 and I have a little less then 7 months to get there. It might seem like too high of a goal but I think it can be done. It would help if I didn't keep running into potential road blocks. Last weekend I went out of town and spent the weekend with friends. The first night I went to dinner with a friend to Olive Garden. The next morning I went with friends to IHOP for breakfast and then that evening I went to a birthday party. Both the times I went out to eat I chose WW friendly items from the menu. At the birthday party I watched portions. I was so afraid when I went to WW that I was going to have gained but I lost 1.2 pounds which really is nothing but I was happy.
Now onto the next couple of days. It is my Dad's birthday so my Mom decided to invite all the family out and have a big party. For lunch she decided to have dutch oven ribs and potatoes. For Sunday dinner she picked lasagna. I think she is trying to kill me off. LOL I decided that for lunch I was going to do my own thing and bring my own meat. I am having grilled chicken instead of ribs and then I will just have a bunch of veggies or something. For dinner on Sunday I had to make a pan of lasagna so I researched on WW and found a recipe to slim down the lasagna so hopefully it will taste okay and I will just have a small piece. Also there will be desserts at this party so I made an angel food cake and I am frosting it with cool whip with heath bars crunched up in it. I figured one slice is about 7 pts. Not too bad considering. I hope all this effort will pay off on the scales on Tuesday.
Me and Melanie created a little bulletin type thing that I put on my fridge and the pantry door to help me with my efforts. On this poster it has pics of my grandkids and then it has other pics of things I want to do once I lose some weight. It is really helping me to stay motivated when I see the things I am working for everytime I open the fridge or pantry.
I will let you all know how the weekend goes after Tuesday.
I only saw two negative things while reading this post... you said that you had ONLY lost 14 lbs and then said that you had only lost 1.2 pounds which really is nothing... that is HUGE!! You are not suppose to make dramatic loses every week because its not healthy. You are doing an amazing job and are too hard on yourself! You will lose 50 by 50! I believe in you and you have to believe in yourself. Don't be so negative. Be positive!
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