Motivation!

Last week was a bad one in regards to my “diet”. My husband and my checks weren’t very good at the beginning of the week because of our hours and also because I was sick and left early from work one day. I get paid every Monday, and he get’s paid every Friday. After paying our bills, paying my parents, and gas screwing us over we had very little left over for groceries. I made sure to get Emery’s essentials first, and then shopped for us. On a budget of less than $100. For the most part, we hit up the dollar menu’s, or went without.

But as you all know, those dollar menu’s aren’t healthy at all. Jack In The Box has this breakfast platter for $3, that’s off the chain!! No lie. So the calories totally killed me. I didn’t even bother to weigh in last week. I probably should have, to announce my failure, but I’m doing some damage control to get my ass back into gear. It started last Thursday. During this week, I’ll do a weigh in just to see what I’m working with.

On the bright side: I can still feel the difference in my clothes! They’re starting to fit a lot better so I’m pretty pleased with that! I came up with this new strategy for motivation. I’m constantly on my phone, checking emails, Facebook, blogging, checking the weather, or messages. So, I decided to put an old picture of myself as my background to give myself motivation and keep me away from the sweets. Visually seeing myself at that size really kicks my ass. Seeing it makes me realize that I’ve been smaller before, and I can do it again. It might not be easy, but it is possible. Here’s the picture I used:

This was me right before I moved to California. It seems like forever ago, but it’s only been 4 years! Now, I know I might not actually get down to that exact size. Vaginal child birth kind of throws your hips out a bit, but I want to get as close as possible! And I want to be consistent with this! I want to be able to eat healthy and make smart choices all of the time. No slip ups! Hopefully both of these will be achieved before the end of the year!