[Isodose]

Well, I am now over a month in. I have not posted anything since I registered but have been reading these blogs pretty frequently. I find that getting online to read these has been a nice distraction when I am craving snacks in the evening.

I didn't weigh myself even once during the first month. This was hard to do but boy, it was worth it! I stepped on the scale on 11/15, one month after I started, and had lost 22 lbs! What a great motivator that has been. I have set my next weigh-in at 2 weeks with a modest goal of 4 lbs during that time. Thanksgiving is going to make that tough as is having several days off work. We'll see.

I am able to remain very focused during the week but the weekends are much tougher. Being at home, it is so much easier to graze and overeat. I am a little worried about not working for 6 days and traveling to out-of-town family where I will have less control over what there is to eat. Just want to stay on track now as I have continual fear of "falling off the wagon".

My first goal since the beginning of this was to drop 30 lbs. That will feel great and not too far away. I'm hoping to be there during this next month. I also need to add in the exercise part. I started wearing a pedometer this week and am finding that during my workday I am walking between 6000 and 8500 steps/day. I am going to start focusing on getting this up to 10,000. I need to start using the damn treadmill but I work 70-80 hours a week so this has not been easy to fit in. I'll have to figure that one out.

Anyways, there's a little update. I'm enjoying reading everyone's blogs and will try to post on here somewhat regularly. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories.