I am not going to lie...

...some times the HCG diet is incrediby tempting.  Thank goodness I cannot afford it and Ron would never let me do it.  I have been having headaches that I think are from not eating much sugar.  One thing that I find helps is if I drink water all day long!   Plus water is SO important to weight loss!

 I feel like I am already starting to get discouraged.  I have weighed 154 for a a few months now (which was discouraging enough because I was down to 150 the end of July for my sisters wedding) and the beginning of the week I weighed in at 154.  On tuesday I weighed 152.  I should be happy but I just keep getting discouraged because I am not loosing more.  I still am seeing 152 on the scale.  Grrr!  You and I both need to just be happy with any little progress we have!  2 pounds in one week is awesome and healthy!

How am I going to handle the holidays? I am thinking that it would be best not to completely withold from all the goodies because I know myself and eventually I am just going to binge if I do.  So I think I am going to avoid sweets as much as possible until then.  When the holidays roll around I am going to not over indulge but still allow myself to eat some.  And then make sure I am working out so that even if I dont loose any weight during that time I will atleast not be gaining!

 One thing that has really helped me is setting a smaller weight loss goal for a certain amount of time.   Come up with a timeline for you to loose 5 or ten of those pounds.  I am trying to be down to 145 by the time we go to Las Vegas. That is about a month to loose 7 pounds.  Totally doable.  Right?
It has done wonders for me.