Memorial Day weekend 2008

Over the years M-Day weekend has been when my food plan for weight loss stopped. For some it is a drinking weekend. For me it would end up being an eating weekend. All the hot dogs and cheeseburgers and eating out at favorite summer places began on M-Day weekend.

I am older and wiser now. I do not intend for the summer to destroy all the work I have done since January.

I just tried on a brand new bathing suit that I bought last year and couldn't wear because it was too tight. It fits fine now. Looking good!

Instead of going away on Friday and coming back on Tuesday ... this year I chose to stay at home till today. I will go down to the cottage as soon as I pack my things.

I made sure I got on my treadmill first. I will take a long walk at camp tomorrow to make up for the lack of a treadmill.

I am packing healthy food which I bought last night so there is no excuse that I don't have healthy food at the camp.

I am not fooling this time. I love the feeling of losing weight. I feel more in control of myself than ever.

Last year I was so miserable that I hardly went to the beach. My friends were asking for me because usually I am a regular at the beach. I just could not bear to put on my bathing suit.

I will share a tool that I used in this. I prayed for the motivation to come. I just knew that I could not do this one more time on my own. I could not work-up the motivation to stick to it on my own. And I did not make a move until I was sure that I had the motivation. I knew because I heard myself saying things that surprised me. ie: "I gotta do something because doing nothing is unacceptable.!"

So I give God some of the glory here because I keep praying for supernatural motivation to do what I am doing and I am receiving it. Yay God!

God is working behind the scenes on my behalf at all times!