What's Your Reason(s)?

Most women I know have a desire to lose weight whether it be 5 or 100 pounds and most of these women, I'm sure, could give at least one reason why they want to lose weight. Here are some of my reason (in no given order)....

• to not feel so tired
• to not have to fidget with my shirt, pants, any clothing article really
• to be able to walk into any store and try anything I want on
• to be able to wake up and look forward to getting dressed, not dread it
• to be able to wear more than half the clothes I own
• to be able to wear a swim suit in public without cringing
• to be able to wrap those stupid small hotel swimming pool towels around my lower half
• to not dread taking the stairs
• to not think about losing weight
• to feel sexy for my husband
• to be content with my self
• to not have back fat
• to feel healthy and strong
• to run for exercise
• to run the Speedy Spaniard
• to get pregnant

Now these are just a few. In my daily posts you will see one of these reasons or one I have not listed yet. For that day or even for that week I will be focusing on that reason. Whenever a temptation comes or whenever I am feeling down I will think of that reason for the day and have a constant reminder of why I am doing this. I think I'll even buy me some colorful post it notes today and write my reason for the day/week on it and post it on my mirror and fridge.

So What are your reasons? Go ahead make a list, you will be surprised at how many reasons you can think of. Be specific down to every little detail (like the small swimming pool towels that don't come close to wrapping around my lower half). Post your list or post a daily reason. Lets see how much motivation and reasoning this gives us.

Let me know how it works for you and how many reasons you can come up with.

Until tomorrow!

Figuring This Out

Well since I have decided to blog about my weight loss journey...I now have to decide how I am going to do it. There has to be some kind of order to it, right? The whole purpose behind this blog is to give me daily motivation, to be acountable to something. I have spent the past few days contemplating how I could organize this blog to benefit me and those who read it. I have decided one thing, for sure. I must post everyday. To know that I have to log on each day and "report" will definatly help when the desire to cheat comes a callin'. Plus if I post everyday, all you lovely readers will have something to look forward to!
So, it's istablished, I will post everyday. Now what will I post about? That is the part that has got me confused. I think I am going to have to think about that one for a little bit longer. Here are a few of my thoughts....

• post a daily, weekly or monthly goal and report each day if and how I accomplished it
  
• list the foods I eat and their calorie content as well as list the type of exercise I do that day (kind of like a food/exercise journal)
  
• write about my feelings, struggles and successes for that day
  

Those are just a few of my (favorite) ideas so far. Tell me what you think. Which one should I do? Should I do all three? Do you have any other ideas?