Pushing Myself

September Self-Challenge Update:

Good news.  I've been pushing myself hard with exercise and I've cut way back on food and I've lost I've lost 5.2 pounds since September 1 when I started the September Self-Challenge.  Yay!  I weighed in at 229.8 this morning.

I decided to do something to really push myself because for the past two months I've been yo-yo-ing, and I could see the scale slowly starting to go back up (about 5 pounds up!).  Oh, Hell no! Hence, the challenge was born.

I'm going to see just what I can do this month. I would LOOOVE to get out of the 220's - lofty goal, but I'm going for it.

I set mini-challenges for myself throughout the day:

• To drink more water
• To not snack in the afternoon
• To not watch TV until I exercise
• To not eat anything after dinner

 And it's working!  It seems like if I make a game out of it, that I do it. Hey, whatever works, right?

I'm also keeping a log, as a kind of experiment, to see if I lose any inches, and to see how my skin, sleep and mood are affected.  It will be an interesting month.

As for today - the sun is shining, I'm alive and life is good :)