All oooover the place!

Okay, so I was telling my boyfriend/competitor last night a revelation I had yesterday about me and the whole weight-loss task. The revelation was this: unlike in past years, when I felt that I could really stick to a restrictive or flatout strict diet, for the purpose of losing weight and just being healthier in general.....but my bigger issue/struggle was actually staying dedicated to regularly working out.................it seems as if the two have switched places.

Lately, going to the gym hasn't been much of a problem - and even when I'm not able...or don't make time, ha...to go to the gym, I could go for a long walk...or do something else that constitutes a pretty good workout. But man, sticking to a certain restricted way of eating?!? THAT has been the challenge as of late....

And also as I told him, my biggest obstacles have been late at night, when I get off of work and am home and awake for hours, most of the time on the phone with him. That late-night snacking, boy! That, and my job by itself - being at the same desk and in front of the same computer screen for the majority of 8-10 hours!

Those are the times when I tend to most stray away from my diet....feel the least amount of discipline....and do most of my rationalizing for straying away and slackin a bit on the discipline. And many times successfully :-/.

Even if I bring a healthy alternative snack to snack on during these harder times - like carrot sticks - I'll ransack my purse for change or a dollar to instead hit up the vending machine in the breakroom...or walk up to the nearby gas station.......for a bag of chips, some sort of sweet - like a cookie or cinnamon bun or M&M Peanuts....& so forth.

It's so bad. So pitiful,lol....

Just paTHETIC!


Reeeeeeeeeeeeally gonna have to work on that....somehow....

Also told him that I'm thinking this low-carb thing would be great for me, if I could really stick to it long-term....but since it seems like it's a bit of a struggle for me, I really am considering revising my diet in general a bit..... He was thinking I could still do low-carb, but incorporate fruit - usually my savior when trying to lose weight, eat healthier and, well....random snacking...

I was just thinking about somehow more strongly incorporating the fruits - not necessarily in a low-carb diet, but...that isn't too bad of an idea, so....I don't know - we'll see..

Also, lately, my stomach's been really bothering me, off and on....and I'm not yet sure what the problem is, so....also been trying not to eat too little or too nonselectively because of that as well - in tryin to zero in on the culprit...

Well, anyway....aside from all of the struggles & depressing stuff, lol.....a pair of my work pants are falling off my butt, mayne......I can't keep 'em up! So, that's a good thing..... Don't think that was an issue before...

Also, I can't stop looking at my calves - they really seem to have more muscle than before....and I think my upper-arm-areas might be a little thinner....just a little...

I think the progress might also be a little in & around my face....

The area least showing change/improvement? THE MAIN GOAL (MY BELLY)!!!!

Of course...

But my boyfriend/competitor says he thinks I am losing around there too...

Oh yeah, that's another thing - unless I've been measuring myself incorrectly, my waistline inches haven't seemed to much change since we began this...

Although, according to the gym scale, I'm about 6 1/2 pounds lighter....

Go figure.



Oh yeah, went swimming the other day, for the first time this summer. It was great! Can't wait to go again. For both leisure/recreational purposes and weight-loss ones as well.

Reeeeeeeeeally looking forward to more frequently incorporating funner ways of losing weight - like swimming...and when I eventually (hopefully very soon) get a bicycle....that, too!

But anyway....aiighty, that's about the jist of things for now - holler hollurrrrrr!