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  • My scale broke.
  • I'm not being very moderate.
  • My pants all still fit, but my mind feels bleh.
I am trying to find the place in my mind where I can do this. I don't seem to be able to find it. The only think that is sparking my interest in meeting my goals is just that. My goals. Fifty-two pounds in fifty-two weeks. The last time I posted a weigh-in was April 11. I was at 198 at that point.

Thankfully my maintenance has been good. I'm at 194 80% of the time but only spike up to 197 or so when I truly overindulge more than I moderate. I'm not congratulating myself for losing four pounds in four months. I am proud of myself for not gaining twenty pounds this time Chickadee regressed.

I have twenty one weeks left. Aprill 11 I was ahead of the game. I only had 24.5 pounds left to go and 38 weeks left. Now I have 20.5 pounds left to go and twenty-one weeks.

That.

That right there.

That invigorates me.

I can do that. I can overcome that challenge, I can rise to the occassion. Those numbers had better ready themselves to accept defeat. Because they're going down!

Oh, and I'm going to buy a new scale.  I promise. Either that, or I'm going to replace the batteries in the old one.
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  1. TrishAugust 7, 2010 at 6:29 AM

    Great job!!

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  2. HelenAugust 7, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    Interesting... there's an ad from Amazon for a Salter scale on the left sidebar as I read this. Wonder what that means?

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  3. Karen@WaistingTimeAugust 7, 2010 at 8:57 AM

    I think it is a very doable number. But I also think you are doing well at other things that have nothing to do with the scale itself. So maybe the focus can be those and the number will follow:)

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  4. ♥ Drazil ♥August 7, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Hey sweetie - you can do this. Keep your chin up. It's just another thing you do that makes you Superwoman to me. Amazing. And you're never alone...I'm walking on the "down" rope too...

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  5. :Deliciously HealthyAugust 7, 2010 at 2:46 PM

    You're right- you can do this!!

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  6. UnknownAugust 7, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    You got this girl !!
    Ready
    Set
    GO !

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  7. Donut ButtAugust 7, 2010 at 5:45 PM

    You are a truly amazing woman!

    Those pounds are running scared!!

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  8. Mary (A Merry Life)August 8, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    You can do this. We all are behind you!

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  9. Yum YuckyAugust 8, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Yes, you can do it. I'd do the cheap thing replace the batteries. But I kinda don't have a scale. I dunno where it is.

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