resolutions // weight loss update.

I have been totally missing in action re: my weight loss and fitness progress.  Since my last update, I've lost a few more pounds, so I'm still headed in the right direction, BUT my momentum has slowed way down. 

On February 5, I was 11 pounds down.  Today, I'm 15 pounds down.  Like I said -- still headed in the right direction.  But four pounds in over two months is definitely slower than I intended.

Honestly, my birthday (in mid February) killed it.  And I'm not blaming my birthday, but I definitely gave myself a free pass to eat what I wanted on my birthday and for the few days before and after.  I love pigging out on milkshakes and bottomless fries at Red Robin, and it's become a birthday ritual for the last few years.

Since then, I've just had a really hard time with my intrinsic motivation to get back on the weight-loss wagon.  The momentum and motivation I had for the first six weeks of the year sort of disintegrated, and I'm not giving up, by any means (truly, I'm just thankful I haven't put the weight back on -- progress is progress, after all!). 

If I am to meet my original goal of 30 pounds down by June, I need to lose three pounds per week between now and June 1 (unless I play with the dates a bit and give myself until the end of June to meet my goal, haha!).

I think the strongest motivation continues to be my desire to feel fit (i.e. not sweaty and wheezy) during my summer weddings.  Alyssa, Andrea, and I shot a wedding in Murrieta this weekend and it was between 85 and 90 degrees.  I felt tired, and everyone was sweating, and in general, I felt okay. 

I'll feel better after I can annihilate the next 15 lbs.  :)

And there's nothing like my someecards calendar for some weight loss motivation!  This was the page for the first day of spring:

How are your New Year's resolutions coming along, if you had any?