Day 31 - Renewing the Vision

I read or heard somewhere that, on average, a person needs to have their vision and purpose refreshed or they will lose focus on the goal and start to drift.  I can say that for me this statement seems to be true.  In the past I have usually started to lose the drive I have for counting calories sometime during the 2nd month.  By the 3rd month I have completely abandon the counting and the selective eating and my weight loss changes direction and begins to be come weight gain.  

With this in my in mind I am sitting down to write this post with the idea that I need to refresh in my mind the vision that I have for myself.  I am blogging daily about my weight loss journey as a way to be accountable to others.   It is my way of telling the world when I am successful and when I am not so successful.  I am losing weight because: 1) I know that I can do it. 2)  I am not a healthy weight and there is no reason why I can not be.  3) It is good for me to exercise and helps me to be a whole well rounded person and steward the body I have been given.  4) It makes me feel better about myself.

I have come a a good distance so far but I still have a long way to go. I am happy with the pace I am changing because I know that it is sustaining.  I need to keep on eating better, exercising regularly and reporting my progress so that I can live a longer and healthier life.

Thanks for reading and encouraging me on my journey because every reader and every comment helps fan the flames a little bit.

TODAY'S STATS

Calories: 2343

Weight: 253 lbs

Mood: Tired.  I have been really sleepy all day.

Total Weight Lost:  12 lbs since 1/1/09