Vacation is over and it is time to take it up a notch

While being on vacation last week, I thought I had done pretty well. I went to gym several times and got in about 4 hours of exercising. I had thought I had done okay with eating, but then I went in to get weighed on Monday and I gained 4 1/2 pounds.

I could have been upset but I wasn't. I did realize that after my 9 pound gain I went on an eating binge that lasted a week and then when I sat down and looked at my week last week, I really didn't do so great. There were two days (guess which two) where I wrote down what I ate but I didn't figure out the calories or points for these items and there were three days in which I didn't get all of my water in. One of those days I didn't drink any water at all.

I know what mistakes I made and I need to step up to the plate and take responsibility for my actions. It is time for me to start getting my act together and try harder.

If I am supposed to be leading my TOPS group then I have to at least live by the same rules and standards that I am trying to pass off onto them. If I can't do that, then what kind of leader does that make me? I know that I am not responsible for anyone else's weight loss but my own, however if I can be an inspiration to anyone then I need to be trying harder.

I am a little off track, this is Wednesday and even though I am still on the plan, I have used quite a few of my weekly points allotted to me and the week has just begun. I am certain that this new month will be a better one for me than the last couple of months.

I will triumph and I will beat this no matter how long it takes.

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