My Journey To Being a Loser

A letter from myself to myself. Dear Emily, You can do this!  I know things get hard.  I know your brain just wants comfort foods sometime.  But don’t do it!  Don’t give in!  You’ve wanted this for so long, be strong. In the past year how many times have you “restarted”?  WAY too many times to count!!  It’s normal.  It gets hard.  Our brains have been programmed and changing ANYTHING that you are accustomed to is not the easiest thing to do. The thing that you have to do though, each time you slip up and give into your cravings, is not say “Oh well, I’ll do better tomorrow.”  NO!  Do better now!  So what, you slipped up?  That is no excuse to stop and restart tomorrow.  Tomorrow NEVER comes!  It’s always today.  Don’t do things that will make you regret yesterday. Think of the future.  Think of how you’re going to feel when you go to the mall.  No longer wondering “IF” but...

Just a quick update on my week:  I've done good!  It was my birthday, and I even went out to eat a few times and I still lost weight!  I've stayed on track with my new healthy lifestyle, and I am SO happy! Like I said last week, I have goals that are different from my resolutions.  My resolutions are set to help me become a better person.  My goals are just things I want to accomplish.  So here are my list of goals for 2013:  (Some of them are motivated by my weight loss.) 1.  Go skydiving.   I already have a few friends that are on board to do this.   You have to be at least 200 lbs. before you can go skydiving.    So this one is a goal and kind of a reward.   SO excited! Do you like my awesome "Paint" project? :) haha 2.  Pay off debt.  I'm not swimming in it, but I am a student who doesn't really qualify for grants or scholarships. 3.  Get an Ipad.  Yup. :) 4.  Hike H...

I kind of wanted to write a post about New Year and resolutions, and the song "Auld Lang Syne" kept playing in my head.  So I wanted to find out what the heck the song really means, so before I start rambling on about weight loss journeys, here is the English translation of the original Scot's version of the famous song: Should  old  acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ? Should  old  acquaintance be forgot, and  old  lang syne ? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my  dear , for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll  buy  your pint  cup  ! and surely I’ll  buy  mine ! And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. CHORUS We  two have  run about the  slopes , and  picked  the  daisies  fine ; But we’ve wandered  many  a weary foot , since  auld ...

Who is as excited for this new year as I am?!  Well, I'm excited and terrified.  For the first time in my life, I have no clue what's in store for me this year, but I can just feel change around the corner.  I like to have some control over my life, so I'd like to have one change that was inspired by me...and you guessed it, this year is going to be the year I loose ALL of my chub!  And hopefully, it will be before the summer. I know that I came back in October all gunghoe about starting back up...but then the election happened, which ruined me! haha So, here I am, making a resolution to take care of myself this year.  Put myself first, and take care of something that has been a burden for far too long. My first goal: to get to 220.  (I'm not sure what I am at right now, and I just ate, so I'll weigh in tomorrow.  I know, I'm not the most responsible blogger.) My plan: Food: Stick to my Medifast meal plans.  Plan ahead.  Don't...