Weight Loss Competition

I am in the midst of a weight loss competition at work. There are four official players and two "at home" players. There is a pot of money to be won at the end of the 12 weeks. So far, I've lost some weight, but not enough for my tastes. Who would have thought it would be harder to lose weight after having a baby???? Why didn't anyone tell me!?! Kidding.

After this competition, my co-worker and I are going to continue on in a non-competitive way. He and I intend to set goals, keep track weekly and push each other to do more. He is training for Dam to Dam and I am working towards getting out of my car to flip my hair Charlie's Angels style. Seriously. And yes, his reaction to when I told him that was, "seriously?" Yeah, seriously.

My goal is just to be a smaller version of me. No, the scale isn't THE determining factor of how one should feel about his/herself, but it sure doesn't hurt, dammit. I want to be a smaller version of myself, minus the giant Goodyear I tote around the middle and flip my gloriously straightened, shiny, flowy hair once I exit my vehicle. I fully intend to have someone take frame by frame pictures of this.

I just want to be a better version of me. One that can take anything that comes her way. Wait, I'm already doing that. My goal is to lose at least 20 more pounds. I'm not in a rush to do it, but I am not going to go extreme measures to get there faster. While it is disheartening to see the scale stall at the same weight every week, I know I'm giving it everything I've got. I'm doing it the right way, by eating right, keeping it real and working out.

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and those of you keeping it real, until next time...