It’s hard to stay motivated,  at least for me it is.  Some people just have it in their DNA.  Perhaps I could break it down to the simplest of things.  Every morning when the alarm goes off, I have to hit snooze (more than once).  On the other hand, or in this case, the other side of the bed… Anne’s alarm goes off, she turns it off, and gets out of bed and immediately starts her day.  I have never had that ability.  Scratch that… I have never had that desire.

Seems like such a simple thing doesn’t it?  Could it be a trait that a successful person, or in this case, a more motivated person has over another?

I fell short of my goal.  But I followed the advice of “shooting for the moon… even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars”.  Cheesy – YES, but true.  So I set a goal to lose 100 pounds in a year.  Instead, I lost 75.  Part of me was disappointed, but I was still proud of what I had accomplished.  Losing 75 pounds is no joke.

The problem I am finding now is I am lacking the motivation to take off the last 25, or should I say 30.  OOPS.  Could I be the only person who is training for a half marathon and has gained weight?

There is no doubt I now know what to do to lose weight.  Did the process slow down for me towards the end?  Absolutely.  I can pretty much nail down Matthew’s birthday weekend as the time everything came to a screeching halt… for more than one reason.

Matthew was definitely not the only one who enjoyed his cake.

• Lots of leftovers of not so healthy food, and CAKE.  I think we had cake as a “meal” on several occasions.  
• It could have been that I had a race that weekend and there was a bit of a letdown afterwards.  
• It could have been that I received a lot of validation for my hard work.  Receiving compliments is a wonderful thing.  At the same time it has a tendency to make me take my foot off the gas.

In addition, I recently realized that the weight loss stopped about the same time I stopped writing about my weight loss.  (try saying that 3 times fast)  I’m not sure if putting the words down made me think about the process more… or maybe it was even some sort of therapy for me.  Perhaps I just needed the accountability of others reading about my “journey” and then knowing that at some point they would see the results.  Now that I have made the connection… it’s time to test the theory and see if writing and talking about this can jumpstart the last 30 pounds.

I don’t want to rest on my laurels.  Like I mentioned before, I am proud of what I have accomplished thus far.  But I haven’t crossed the finish line yet.  There is still plenty of work left to do.  Let the calorie counting resume.  Only 105,000 extra calories to burn off until I hit my goal!  (December 31st sounds good)

I think it’s time for me to stop hitting snooze and wake up ready to take on the day.  One day at a time of course.