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It looks like I have reached my first anti-goal.  haha.  Who knew I even *had* those.  Turns out my anti-goal was gaining weight.

I’ve been lucky that during this entire process I’ve never gained back more than a pound at a time.  A pound is easy to deal with.  One silly pound can be attributed to lots of things…water weight, muscle building, our stupid unpredictable scale etc.   But when I got home from my trip to DC last week I stepped on the scale and I had gained 4lbs!  Yikes.

I know *why* I gained.  I wasn’t able to exercise as much as I normally would, and I didn’t make the best food choices while I was gone.  A philly cheese steak sub and a beer-battered chicken finger basket with fries come to mind.  (Hiding in Food Shame)  But I did have healthy breakfasts, and walked about 2 miles each day.  It could have been worse.  I guess.

The good news is that I am back to even.  I got right back on the bandwagon when I got home and I lost those 4 lbs this week.  I didn’t starve, I just ate healthier and I think that was enough to jumpstart my body back into to weight loss mode.

I met a lot of cool folks while I was in DC.  Hi Ginny, Kim and Cheryl!  I was there learning how to improve my design skills for training classes, but I was also taught the proper way to hold a glock and clear a room by Tom.  LOL.

I don’t feel very witty today…it’s a gloomy cold day in Buffalo and it appears that is affecting my blogging today.

I think I will sign off for now.  See what kind of non-electronic trouble I can get into and get on with my day.

I have FINALLY reached my first mini-goal on the Healthy Train!!!  I stepped on the scale this morning and I have officially lost 30lbs!!!  My next mini-goal is 50lbs.  I decided to make my first goal 30lbs because I have never lost that much at one time before.  In the past when I have tried some of the Fad Diets I lost anywhere from 10-15lbs. before giving up, so I wanted the goal to realistic, but also a challenge to reach.

I have to admit that I have been a little lazy in the past few weeks.  I haven’t been riding as much.  I haven’t been watching my calories as closely.  I’ve just gotten a little lazy.  Luckily I haven’t gained any weight during my lazy spell but at the same time I wasn’t really losing anything either.  Maybe an ounce or two, but nothing worth writing about.  But this week I put on my big girl panties and decided to get right back on the Healthy Train and this morning I was rewarded with a big change in the scale!

As a reminder to myself of how much I’ve lost, I found pictures online to represent the 30lbs that can kiss my big white ass goodbye.

Things that weigh 30lbs:  A side table, a 42 inch Flatscreen TV, my bike.

So there you go…a visual reminder to myself of how much unhealthy extra weight I am carrying around.  It kind of makes me sick when you think about how much MORE I have to lose.  But I’m not going to focus on the big goal.  Just little chunks.  Next goal: 50lbs. by Christmas.  20 lbs. to go!!!