Day 1 of Operation Restart

Yes....so as pumped as I was Friday afternoon, I flaked out and decided that today will be my restart.  As scary as it is, I'm ready for weeks and weeks of perfection....  Fingers crossed that I can stay focused enough to do so.  

27 Days -- what's 27 days.... that's less than a month...  Of course, I'm striving to stay perfect a little longer, but this is all that I could fit on this sheet, plus this gets me through the BBQ/Grad/Retirement Party on June 7th.  It's gonna be a challenge for sure...

Some incentives
5 Days in a row: Sandy volunteered up a coupon for a free 30 min soak at this hot tub place nearby!
15 Days in a row: I think I'll get a gel manicure :) 
All 27 Days: Hair Color / Cut before our June date night

Oh Lordy... Let's not overthink this. One day at a time, right?!  

So this weekend I "unplugged" for a day and a half.  No facebook, emails, texting, or games.  The most I did was make a couple Mother's Day phone calls and then take pics.  It was so refreshing.  It was nice not feeling like I had to have my phone right by me....and it's funny because you realize how much everyone else is on their phone.  lol  I'm going to try to make a concious effort to spend less time on my phone when I'm hanging with friends and family.  It was really really nice.

Yesterday was Mother's Day and my little girl was very cuddly. That made it perfect :) I can't believe she's almost 3.  Time is flying - but I'm loving the imagination she has and the sweet person she is.  I couldn't be luckier!! 

Here's to Monday!  And here's to my restart!!  Let's get this done...and by done, I mean underway because by no means will I be "done" at the end of 27 days....I will just be getting started....  I def didn't weigh today -- but I'll weigh probably Wed or Thursday and hopefully I'll be at 244 or less.  Thursday I have to meet with my weight loss coach *dun dun dunnnnnn* TheSuperSkinnyGirlWhoThinksIDrinkTooMuchWaterAndNeverReallySoundsConfidentInTheThingsSheSays... Ugh.  She's nice, don't get me wrong, but I'm not looking forward to it.  There really isn't that much loss - now whether she notices or not, that's another story. Eh, we'll see I guess. Nothing I can do at this point except just stick to this 27 days of Perfection.  In those 27 days, I should be able to lose at least 12 lbs --- but I'd like to shoot for 20!!  With me weighing as much as I do, and the guidelines of this diet, that should truly be doable if I stick to this restart 100%.  225?  Yes Please!!  How awesome would 225 be?! Holy crap.  Thinking about it --- 225 by June 7th?! That would be sooo exciting.  

Okay --- so this is motivated Katie signing off....

Just keep swimming...just keep swimming...

<3 Katie