I want in on this challenge again, please. I'll weigh in on Friday - but I'm guessing I'll still be around 150 lbs so my goal for the end of October is 140 lbs. I'm 3 weeks into eating Paleo, so I'm feeling super focused and super positive and I can't WAIT to get to my goals! Look out world!


Susan - I'm not sure you know all this about me, but I've SO been there. Time and time again, in fact. I've been up and down the fitness/leanness roller coaster too many times to count. My wedding day was one of the peaks of fatness (if you can believe it!) and 2 years later, at my fittest, I was 135 lbs and had a 17% body fat. That was in 2005. Then I had some medical issues and gained 25 lbs (unrelated to the medical problem, I just lost my focus). Then I got healthy and regained my focus, and lost a bunch and got back down to 138 lbs or so and was at my cardio vascularly fittest I'd ever been. Then life got in the way, we moved across the country, yadda, yadda, yadda....I ballooned up to 175 lbs (well, 174.9...I never actually saw 175 on that scale!) and was the most out of shape I'd ever been. This was when you and I met. As you know, at this stage, I actually wore a bikini in Cabo around the likes of you when you were near your leanest!! Anyway, I started training for tri, lost ~ 25 lbs and here I sit. Working my way back down with a goal of 135 lbs and 17% bf again. And I'll get there, eventually.

Just like you will. And yes, motivation is SUPER hard. In fact, I would bet money that it is even harder once you've done it before. The only thing that gets me going again in the right direction? Results. Either on the scale or in my head.

So my advice? Change up your routine and honestly, start doing something that you aren't very good at so that you can see quick improvements. Weight training is an excellent choice because it's easy to see fast changes when you are a beginner. And commit to three days (it only takes three), where you are 100% super strict and clean in your eating. No sugar, no starch, no bread....and after three days, you'll feel SO much better and you'll really shake those cravings.