A few weeks ago I wrote about making a firm commitment to losing weight. The results were great. I had a goal weight to get to before I went to the beach on Saturday, and I hit it two days before we left. But it has been tough. Not eating sugar for 5 weeks has been no easy task. I was at my in-laws a few weeks ago, and when I opened the fridge there was a cold Dr. Pepper right in front of my face. It took every bit of restraint I had not to grab it. Ok, that probably isn’t the whole truth. I also knew if Angela saw me with it she would have taken it away. [Read more…] about Keeping Firm Commitments
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Firm Commitments
For over a year I’ve need to lose some weight. I’ve wanted to lose the weight and even at times attempted to lose the weight. Due to weekly donations at work, there is not a shortage of sweet treats in my office. It was too much to handle when I first started working. One time last fall I stopped eating sugar at work for 3 weeks hoping that would work. Nope. So then I told myself I would only eat one sweet treat a week. That didn’t work either. Soda is my other downfall. I would tell myself I would only drink three sodas a week, and that turned into getting soda three times with unlimited refills. Combine that with a very irregular workout routine and I was not seeing the results I desired. [Read more…] about Firm Commitments