Hey All!
Wow it has been a long time!
The last blog entry was on my birthday June 3rd!
Lately a few people have been kind enough to tell me they miss my blog and that is really nice to hear. Others have just wondered where I went as I haven't been on Facebook much either.
Not sure why I haven't been...just taking the time to re-group a bit I guess.
So why did I stop blogging?
If I am being honest I think for a few reasons:
1) I started feeling I was running out of things to say. After you lose weight one of the hardest things about "maintaining" is that it isn't as fun. There is a lot less joy when one says "Yay...I stayed the same!" It is a bit the same with blogging...writing about "maintaining" is harder.
2) I started wondering if anyone was still reading the thing anyway...but judging by the number of people telling me they miss it...I guess people were.
3) If I am being totally truthful I was a bit worried it was affecting my Real Estate Business. Not from a personal time perspective (it only takes me about twenty minutes and is usually done before 7:00AM) but from the perspective of people thinking I have refocussed and am less interested in Real Estate...particularly since I have taken on a couple of sessions as a Weight Watcher's Leader each week.
Believe me, that last point couldn't be further from the truth. I am a workaholic and even when I was blogging almost every single day my devotion to Real Estate got me the President's Award for outstanding achievement in 2011...my devotion is and always has been very strong. Still...perception matters so I have to be careful with this one.
I am thinking the solution may be to write more Real Estate Blogs as well...just to ensure people know that that is where my focus truly is...I just won't compromise my health in the process.
So where am I with health and weight loss? With weight loss I am totally cool. Ideally I would like to drop an additional 5 - 10 pounds but the clothes fit great and I don't really need to...I am comfortable where I am..and it is summertime...I want to be able to have fun!
So will I lose the 5 - 10 pounds? Yes...but in September. I am focussing on maintaining for now.
The health side is where I really need to refocus. I have been eating the right foods to stay slim, but WAY too much processed stuff and way too many dinners out.
So a couple of weeks ago we started to change that. I am back to having healthy dinners almost every day and it makes me feel a lot better.
I am loving being a Weight Watchers Leader by the way. My groups are fun, and having to get up in front of them each week definitely helps to keep me in check.
So what is next in terms of goals? I am going to establish four goals as of today:
1) Make a healthy dinner at home at least five nights a week
2) Maintain my weight for the summer and not worry about "losing" while ensuring I don't gain.
3) Refocus on losing that 5 - 10 pounds on September 4th (1st day after Labour Day Weekend) and post a new picture of myself on-line shirtless on Friday October 12th.
4) Track what I eat...even if it is bad.
I guess I have some things to report on regularly.
Looks like the blog is back!
Wow it has been a long time!
The last blog entry was on my birthday June 3rd!
Lately a few people have been kind enough to tell me they miss my blog and that is really nice to hear. Others have just wondered where I went as I haven't been on Facebook much either.
Not sure why I haven't been...just taking the time to re-group a bit I guess.
So why did I stop blogging?
If I am being honest I think for a few reasons:
1) I started feeling I was running out of things to say. After you lose weight one of the hardest things about "maintaining" is that it isn't as fun. There is a lot less joy when one says "Yay...I stayed the same!" It is a bit the same with blogging...writing about "maintaining" is harder.
2) I started wondering if anyone was still reading the thing anyway...but judging by the number of people telling me they miss it...I guess people were.
3) If I am being totally truthful I was a bit worried it was affecting my Real Estate Business. Not from a personal time perspective (it only takes me about twenty minutes and is usually done before 7:00AM) but from the perspective of people thinking I have refocussed and am less interested in Real Estate...particularly since I have taken on a couple of sessions as a Weight Watcher's Leader each week.
Believe me, that last point couldn't be further from the truth. I am a workaholic and even when I was blogging almost every single day my devotion to Real Estate got me the President's Award for outstanding achievement in 2011...my devotion is and always has been very strong. Still...perception matters so I have to be careful with this one.
I am thinking the solution may be to write more Real Estate Blogs as well...just to ensure people know that that is where my focus truly is...I just won't compromise my health in the process.
So where am I with health and weight loss? With weight loss I am totally cool. Ideally I would like to drop an additional 5 - 10 pounds but the clothes fit great and I don't really need to...I am comfortable where I am..and it is summertime...I want to be able to have fun!
So will I lose the 5 - 10 pounds? Yes...but in September. I am focussing on maintaining for now.
The health side is where I really need to refocus. I have been eating the right foods to stay slim, but WAY too much processed stuff and way too many dinners out.
So a couple of weeks ago we started to change that. I am back to having healthy dinners almost every day and it makes me feel a lot better.
I am loving being a Weight Watchers Leader by the way. My groups are fun, and having to get up in front of them each week definitely helps to keep me in check.
So what is next in terms of goals? I am going to establish four goals as of today:
1) Make a healthy dinner at home at least five nights a week
2) Maintain my weight for the summer and not worry about "losing" while ensuring I don't gain.
3) Refocus on losing that 5 - 10 pounds on September 4th (1st day after Labour Day Weekend) and post a new picture of myself on-line shirtless on Friday October 12th.
4) Track what I eat...even if it is bad.
I guess I have some things to report on regularly.
Looks like the blog is back!
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