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Tampa Bay Area, Florida
I am a mother, teacher, photographer, and traveler on the road to happiness. A third year teacher, and grad student, trying to juggle my career whilest maintaining familial bliss and attempting to find my way back to a whopping 40lb weight loss I achieved when I had nowhere else I needed to be but the gym.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Perfect?

So I came on here over a month ago admitting I ate fries and feeling down as a result of watching an old buddy plug along on his journey and I admitted my err and proclaimed my goal for change. yeah.. well  um guess what? I am not perfect. What? Did I just admit that I am not perfect... YES I did! As a matter of fact, perfect is not a word I use or allow my students to use, along with hate, as there is no such thing as perfect. Just to prove my point I would like to acquaint you with the meaning of perfect.

Perfect - ADJECTIVE

1.  without faults: without errors, flaws, or faults
"in perfect condition"
2. complete and whole: complete and lacking nothing essential
3. excellent or ideal: excellent or ideal in every way
"That's the perfect word to describe him."
 
I do not know about you BUT I am do meet any of the aforementioned criteria to be deemed perfect.  So anyway, I did not follow through from my last post. Why? I can blame my birthday ( lots of cupcakes), my bum ankle, stress at work, Halloween, and walking 60 miles in three days.  I am sure that some of you are disillusioned, as I was, that walking for 3 days will help you lose weight. You can join me in being wrong about that. I gained weight from the salty, but necessary, snacks as well as the tons of Gatorade I drank. The end result is my pushing 199 pounds again. I am in a sad, sad state.
 
There is not much I haven't done in the name of losing weight. In the end, the one thing that worked and kept weight off me the longest was Weight Watchers. I was able to "cheat" within reason. I did not give up all my cards. I did not switch to a liquid diet for weeks. I just ate sensibly and exercised. PLUS I had a scale Nazi to weigh me in and a meeting of people to clap for me every time I reached a milestone. Anyone that knows me understands I need positive feedback, A LOT of positive feedback, to stay motivated. Why else would I post all my work out information and measurements on the "interwebz"?
 
So I am joining WW and will begin my journey, again, to weight loss.
 
 

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