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Happy day — five pounds down. When was the last time I lost five pounds? Don’t ask, ’cause I have no idea.

And from my vast experience (!), here’s the key:

Do what you can, and don’t beat yourself up for what you can’t.

I used to get frustrated with myself every time I wasn’t “perfect,” and then end up saying “the heck with it.” Now, if I don’t get my exercise plan in one day, but I resisted the ice cream — that’s a win on the food front. If I look back over the week and wasn’t that great on what I ate, but I exercised more than I used to — that’s a win on the activity front.

And I just keep reminding myself: I didn’t get this out-of-shape overnight, I’m not going to get in shape overnight. Just have to keep chipping away at it. Kind of like the credit card bills I’m trying to get rid of.

Moral of the story: if I can do this, you can too.

Hurray, I lost weight!!!!  ALMOST 3 pounds (I wish the tracker took decimal points; but I guess we already obsess enough with whole pounds, right?)

I wasn’t perfect about what I ate (surprise? not!), but I was a lot better. Also walked 30 minutes 3 days.  And every weekday I’m walking down the 9 flights of stairs at work, and then taking the elevator back up to the 6th floor to walk up the last 3.  Put it all together, and I feel really encouraged.  Those little “no, I don’t actually NEED candy” victories add up.

Well, I guess you’ve all already reached the point I just reached. Either looking in the mirror, or zipping up the jeans that used to fit, or whatever (for me, it’s the mirror). And that point is: I CAN’T STAND IT ANYMORE!!!!

Should have done this a long time ago, but, better late than never, right? So I signed up right away before I could procrastinate. I’ll weigh in tomorrow (*shudder*) and find a photo to put up this weekend.

Today is my regular grocery run, so I’m making a healthy list; no ice cream, no chips, etc. And I already have the beginning of my exercise plan — there’s no reason I can’t walk almost every day after work.

Wish me luck! (better yet, wish me will-power when faced with junk food!)