1 month from my goal!

...as of yesterday.

I have lost 20lbs in 2 months, which is nothing to sneeze at. Although hurting my back threw a wrench in my workout plans for 2 weeks, I was eating well and not going over my calorie limit the entire time and continued to lose weight. However, once I started working out again, my weight seems to be stuck. I have been hovering between 15 and 20lbs for about a week and a half to 2 weeks now. Its kind of making me crazy. Its been bad, because the motivation in my head is waning big time. I really want to keep it up but I've had about a week's worth of bad eating... not as bad as before, not terrible, but not what I wanted to do, so I am disappointed in myself. I know that I need to just put that stuff behind me and keep on truckin' so thats what I plan to do. baby steps I guess :) I need to get back to the grocery store and get some healthy snacks, because the pantry is running low of the low-cal stuff and that makes me want to lose control and go out and get high cal stuff on a whim.

I still have not been able to get myself to work out in the mornings again, after I hurt my back. Part of it is that my husband is now working outside for 2 hours or more a day to clear a field behind our house, so he is getting a good workout that way, and is not interested in going to the gym with me. Seeing him sleeping comfortably at 6am makes it really hard for me to push myself out the door. Once I got up and almost made it, but couldnt find my workout bra and ended up collapsing on the bed snuggled up in the warm comforters :)

I have been bringing my workout clothes with me to work and changing while I am still at work, before my motivation fades, so I have no excuse not to go to the gym, last week I went 4x, which was my goal, it was my first full workout week back at the gym, even though I skipped Thurs, Fri, and Sat. I did not go to the gym yesterday because I was feeling down and sorry for myself and I should have gone because I would have felt better.

So, I will take my 20lb loss and keep going. I have one month left to reach my goal and judging from the past, I should be able to lose 30lbs by my birthday! Sept. 6! Get out your party hats! :)