Week 10 Check-In: Losing Weight No Matter What

I'm happy to report that the changes suggested by my trainer as talked about last week, really made a difference. I have now lost another 4 lbs, for a total of 23 lbs. It's amazing to me because it's the most weight I've lost in a long, long, long time.

Probably the biggest change I made this week was limiting the Weight Watcher snacks and switching to apples, pears, cheese, yogurt, and peanut butter. Besides my walking stairs daily during the work week, I'm now working out twice a week.

The trainer has me "building my core," saying everything comes off of having a strong core. So I'm doing wall pushups, situps on a large rubber ball, strength building on equipment, riding a stationary bike, and the elliptical machine.

I'm just a few pounds away from a 25 lb weight loss. I decided long ago to celebrate my losing weight by getting a massage at every quarter loss (25, 50, 75 and 100 lbs). I'm looking forward to that massage in the near future. Luckily, I received two gift certificates for massages, so I've been saving them for these special occasions.

I'll also be having new pictures taken of me to show the difference between my beginning weight and progress. I hope to post them soon.

I must admit it has been a struggle to stay on my weight loss journey -- I'm working a full-time job and taking 4 college classes each week, I write several publications, and the rest of my time is spent going homework. My slate is full, so it's really tough to also concentrate on losing weight.

We all make excuses why we can't lose weight: "I'm too busy," "I don't have time to exercise," "I have too many holiday events to attend." But, as I have shown during my 100 lb journey -- if you really want to lose it and get healthy, then you'll put in the effort NO MATTER WHAT.

Here's wishing you the stamina, heart, desire, and direction to conquer the "stuff" that gets in your way of losing weight.