Ra Ra Ra, Sarah!

I am constantly reading tips and info about healthy living and weight loss.  I really should be an expert by now but for some reason I can't "walk the talk".  I am a work in progress and I do the best I can!

So, the latest and greatest...set specific goals.  Focus on where I want to be not how far I've come.  Make a contingency plan for tough situations.

Goals
I will have arms that I can be proud to show off. (lose inches)
I will set a good example for my girls. (This seems vague, I know but I can always revisit this one)
I will have 3 fitness sessions per week, even if it is only 15minutes. (Increasing as I go!!)
I will drink more water than Diet Coke in a day.

Where do I want to be?
I will weigh 125lbs!  (Am I nuts???)  I keep going back and forth, 135?  130?  125?  120?  Even at my lightest, in high school when I had the metabolism of a teenager, I weighed 118.  It is going to take some serious dedication to reach 125.  But this is what it is all about, friends!!  Teaching myself to WORK at something!!

Contingency plan
At dessert time-have coffee
Instead of hitting the ______ (fill in whatever treat here, there's always something!!) at work I will keep sipping diet coke.  I know it is not the best but it is calorie free and later I will work on switching that to water.

Switching the subject...In addition to reading anything and everything that comes my way, I follow several blogs and websites of people I don't know but yet inspire me.  The gracious pantry has become my new favorite.  Today the autor posted on facebook that she has new motivation.  Someone told her they truly believed she could not succeed in weight loss.  Heck yeah, I would call that some good/negative motivation.  I have never had anyone say "you can't do it"... except myself.  I have recently come to realize that negative self-talk, even in humor, is sabotage.  I HAVE to be my very own cheerleader.  Not only that, I have to be the loudest on my team!  So here it is, Ra Ra Ra, Sarah, You're number one!  You can do it, you know you can, you can do it, I am your biggest fan!  Ok, that can be a work in progress too.

Until next time  :)