blogs – Sweat & Sparkle

Keeping with my “out with the old, in with the new” mentality for the new year, I did some clean-up on my blog today, deleting old links, adding a few new ones. One of the new ones inspired me to get back to posting my weigh-in on my blog. Spinning My Wheels (I love that title and the double meaning) listed her January goals and set up her month’s weigh-ins on the sidebar of her blog, and I like the accountability, the transparency, having all of that front and center.

I have updated my weigh-in page and will post my weigh-in each week from now until I reach my goal weight! Actually, I’m not even completely sure what my goal weight is. Back when I still weighed over 200 pounds, I settled on 139 mostly because I really wanted to weigh in the 130’s again, like I did in high school. But instead of fixating on a number on the scale, I have since shifted my focus to consider myself at goal weight whenever all of the smaller, size 8 and 6 clothes in my closet fit again. So we’ll see where that ends up being.

It’s still been a struggle to get my eating back under control this week. My mind (and my stomach, apparently) are still in vacation/holiday mode, but it’s time to dial it back, turn down the crazy, and get back to working hard.

Breaking down my weight loss goals into mini goals has helped a lot, so I am setting a new one for myself. The kids won’t be back with us until next weekend, so I am setting a goal of hitting the 150’s by next weekend. I weighed in at 164.2 last Saturday, and I suspect some of that is still water weight from overeating. It’s going to take some effort to get this done, but it should still be achievable, a little over 2 pounds each week.

And I like the idea of setting some personal goals based on the kids, because they are a huge reason I want to reach my goal and get healthy and fit. They have no positive female role model in their other home. I hate that for so long, I have been unhealthy and out of shape too. Last time the kids were home, they mentioned more than once how much thinner I am. I want them to see just what a strong, fit woman can do when she puts her mind to it!

Today I just want to do something fun. Since I have to watch out for my #1 fan, oh-so-lovingly and quite aptly nicknamed Psycho, I track IP addresses to this blog. It’s interesting to see different cities and even different countries show up.

So today, I just want to ask: where are you from? I like to label my blog visitors so I know which ones I know already and which ones are new.

In particular, I’d really like to hear from the people who read regularly but have never commented, so don’t be shy! If you have a blog too, drop the link in the comments if I don’t already link to you.

Here’s an example: I have a frequent visitor from Xenia, Ohio, with a Time Warner Cable Internet provider, but I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a comment from this person. I love that people come back to read my blog, so please don’t take this as a bad thing or calling someone out for reading my blog, when that’s exactly why my blog exists! I am just curious who my readers are, and if you also have a blog, I’d like to read yours as well so we can support each other.

If you don’t want to leave a comment here telling me where you are from, since this is a public blog, then drop me a message at mystalkerisfat2015@gmail.com. Again, don’t be shy! I just want to get to know my readers. Thanks!