Help!

I think the only way I will ever get under 180lbs is with your help. I think with accountability and support, I can do it.

Basically, I keep coming around here, touting about how I'm so close to going below 180, and then I find myself 3lbs up again. Then, I disappear until I am back to 180, and I visit again to post about it.

Well, not no more! I'm going to stay and deal with whatever number I get next week because this whole lose, post, gain, disappear, lose, post thing is getting old.

I think it hit me when I went to the doctor this week and she told me I was 2lbs less than last year - yay for losing, but damn - a whole year was "wasted" in terms of progress.

So, here I am - 180.6lbs. If there was ever a week to lose the weight, it is this one. Regardless, I'll let the world know what I weigh next Tuesday when I weigh in again.

P.S - Carlos is back, and I might have found it a tad bit inspiring ;-)

The 20lb push

I am getting so close to my goal weight that I can taste it. I'm ready to take things to the next level in order to lose the last 20lbs (well, 24lbs actually). Just as I was ramping up my exercise routine, I was blessed with some extra motivation. One of my favorite bloggers is also in the push to lose her final 20lbs. She has organized a lose 20lbs in 20 weeks challenge.

As of Sunday, she had 144 people sign up!! What started as a simple way to motivate herself (and some of her fellow bloggers) is going to change the lives of so many people.

One follower of the blog even created some nifty banners and tracking tools for the challenge:


My goal is to lose 24lbs in 20 weeks, to reach my goal weight of 165lbs.