Getting It Together To Reach Goal!

Posted on December 7, 2012 | 7 Comments

First off, thank you all so incredibly much for the kind and loving words on my post about loose skin. I was worried about posting it, but all the responses made it worth it. I am amazed every single day that my story helps, inspires, and gives a lot of you someone to relate to. Thank you so, so much for sticking this all out with me and being awesome! I puffy heart every single one of you! xoxo

At my Weight Watchers meeting, my leader and I began the ‘goal weight’ talk. To become a Lifetime Member, my weight needs to be between 164 and 132. Beings that I weighed in at 170 this week, I am SUPER close to my healthy weight range.

Let me have that sink in a bit….

Holy crap, after almost 4 years of being on Weight Watchers, I am super close to my healthy weight range. *mind blown*

Alright, my mind is done being blown. Time to get to business! I’ve decided that I need to really get my shit together if I want to get goal. Which means none of this half-assing it stuff. No more tracking half the week, wimpy workouts, and just being lazy with it all.

I really started thinking about this all  earlier this week, when I read a post from Ashley over at Coffee, Cake, and Cardio. She talked about what is keeping her at her current weight. She made a list of different things that are stalling her weight loss and has since posted it on her fridge. Which got me thinking about what is keeping me from hitting my goal weight.

It seems that over the last couple of weeks I have had sort of a mental block or something. I haven’t been giving the plan a full 100%,  my workouts haven’t been as good as they could be, and I just got out of a routine. So, I decided that I needed to make my own list.

Brooke: Not On A Diet: Why I'm Not At Goal

Obviously if I continue to do or not do these things, my goal weight will be further away. Quite frankly, I do not want that! I’ve been working incredibly too hard to not get there now and to get there much quicker because I’m not going to half-ass it anymore.

So, Mission: Goal is now in effect! I’ve set up a plan this week (my weeks with WW start on Thursdays) and I’ve decided to make this week my Simply Filling week. I am also aiming to earn 35 activity PointsPlus this week. Both of these things are taking some planning and extra work on my part.

Making a menu for Simply Filling was probably the most difficult and really made me think about food. It’s worth it though because I really feel like doing Simply Filling is going to help me pay attention to my hunger cues, which is something I haven’t really been doing. There are plenty of times where I’m just snacking because I have the PointsPlus allowance. So, I’m trying my best this week to really focus on those.

Earning 35 activity PointsPlus will be easy too if I start getting up at 5:15 in the morning again and putting in a full hour workout. I also need to make sure I’m moving more at work instead of plopping my butt down and not moving for hours at a time. I was doing good until I hurt my bicep/elbow, then I got too lax because I didn’t want to hurt myself again. Well, now I’m healed and taking the time to stretch what needs to be stretched, so there’s no reason I can’t go full force again!

Those are my plans of action for this week. I will rock it out!

I want to know, what is holding you back from hitting your goal weight?

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  • Erin Brown

    I have to honestly say that time is holding me back from my goal weight. If I had more time to devote to my workout routine I would be able to build that lean muscle which would burn that excess fat. I have to learn to manage my time better that’s for sure!

    Good luck to you on getting to your goal weight, I know you can do it and we’ll all be here cheering you on!

  • susancsvintageboutique

    Congrats on getting so close to your goal weight. I think the scariest time for any dieter is right at or before being at goal. Once your at goal you have to figure out how to stay there so you don’t gain it all back. I hope you have a plan in place for maintance and how you will live the rest of your life.

    You will get these next few pounds off I have no doubt since you have already lost so much. I would encourage you to make that maintence plan now as you lose those last few pounds, and also I would encourage you not to try to drop your weight down to a level that is too hard for you to comfortably maintain w/o a struggle. I lost 40+ lbs back in 1997 and I have never regained it so I do have experience at being a maintainer. Best of luck to you.

  • http://www.thepandapost.com Kathy @thepandapost

    Congrats!! That is awesome that you’re so close to goal. One thing you could do is to aim at getting as many points as possible for the Skinny Snowman. The SS is definitely very balanced when it comes on being really focused, I know I don’t even come close at getting the daily max points. :-)

  • http://www.fabulousfitfoodie.blogspot.com Kim Estess

    Congratulations to you on all of your hard work! I agree with you about short workouts being a problem. A lot of times I find myself justifying it with “well a 30 minute workout is better than no workout at all” when I should really be saying “an hour long workout is better than 30 minutes.” Most of the time, I am good about going to the gym and getting my cardio in, but then I skip out on my strength work or half ass that part of the workout. I’ve been toying with the idea of starting with my strength work so I don’t wimp out on it. I know I would feel too guilty to cut my 30 minutes of cardio short because I don’t want to miss out on burning those calories!

  • TammyRD

    Congratulations!!! I always get down about the time it will take me to lose the weight but you have stuck with it for four years!! Wow, Brooke – you are so inspirational, and I wish you a great week! You can do it :)

  • http://www.keepsyoumoving.blogspot.com Becca

    This is such a great list. I know lately, my cheat night has turned into an entire cheat weekend, which wasn’t terrible when I was half marathon training, but right now, I cannot afford those extras! Sometimes I wonder if, for me, the cheat day is a good idea because if I am stressed about anything, it tends to expand to a day or 2 more :)

  • http://ktjweighingin.wordpress.com Ktj

    I’m so far from my goal weight, but I just found your blog and wanted to say that you are an inspiration! Congratulations on being so close to your goal!