Days Like Today

It really is days like today that keep me going.

I guess, this being my first post and all, I ought to explain a little bit my reason for starting this blog. But the reasons are many, and I'll get to them in another post. But, honestly, the point of this blog is for me to keep track of my weight loss progress. I started at 235 lbs at the beginning of January, and I'm down to 221 now.

Not too shabby.

But here's the thing. I want to keep going, and now I'm really headed into the rocks. My support group fails me, to an extent. I need somewhere to write my feelings about what I'm doing, and this is it.

But getting back to my opening. It is indeed days like today that keep me going. My real battle has been since I hit 225 lbs. I was having a gosh-awful time losing after that point. Last week i managed to be perfect on my diet for an entire week, and then I went back to my old bad habits for a couple of days. But today, when I got on that scale, I was at 221 lbs. My effort had paid off even with a terrible couple of days.

That really gave me the strength to continue on, even though I really didn't pack a good lunch today, so I'm going to have to struggle with an unconventional diet, which is not the best way to keep myself motivated!

I think my next post will be a little bit more about my background and how I'm trying to go about this.