Hooray! February is almost over

The title says it all. You know for February being such a short month, it has not done well by me at the scales.

I guess I should always feel better when the scales show a loss rather than a gain. I am in charge of figuring out who has lost the most weight for the month in our group and I was sure it was going to be me. I was the best weekly loser for two weeks out of this past month, but I wasn't the best loser for the month.

I only lost 1 pound for the entire month. This is not a bad thing, I am seeing other differences; my clothes are fitting me better; and my overall attitude has improved. (I think) Last month I lost 13 pounds, so when I see that I only lost 1 pound for the month of February, well I am a little saddened by this. Not to fear, I will only look at this past month and see where I made mistakes and correct them.

I went out to eat more than I should have and I only got 4 days of exercise of 20 minutes or more for the day from February 1st until today. I know that a person of my size can lose weight without exercising, but I still like to eat and if I want to continue to eat then I need to exercise. I can't have it both ways.

I am going to kick it into high gear this week. My sister blew me out of the water this past week, she lost nearly 7 pounds for the week, while I maintained my present weight.

I love competition, so this has motivated me to fix what has not been working for me.

This week, I will make good choices, I will control my emotions and not let me emotions control me. My excess poundage IS there for all the world to see, but they are seeing forty pounds less of it:)

So, until next week, I hope to gain nothing but knowledge and lose nothing but weight.