**March Goals**

I lost one pound this month, but I'm hoping to do much better in March.  One of my goals is to lose 10 pounds in March - that's 2 pounds per week, so, I think, it's doable.  Also, I am going to try to get to the gym 26 days in March.  I will be out of town for the other 5 days, so I know I can't get to the gym those days, but there's no reason (right now) that I can't get there on the other 26 days.  Finally, as I mentioned this morning, I want to start drinking more water!!  Oh, and I am still hoping to get into that goal outfit I bought!  We'll see.

BTW, I did make it to the gym today even though I'm not feeling well, so I'm proud of myself for going.  I did 25 min. on the treadmill, and 15 min. on the elliptical.

**Sick**

I haven't been feeling well the last couple days - I have a headache, sore throat, and I'm just feeling very tired, over all, BUT I'm still going to go the gym later!  Who knows - maybe it will give me back some of the energy I seem to be lacking.  I'm going to do 20 min. on the treadmill, and 15 min. on the elliptical.

I can't believe tomorrow is March 1st already!  And that means it's time for me to post my monthly progress pics.  Unfortunately, with only a one pound loss in Feb. I don't think there's going to be much of a difference in the photos, but we'll see.  I'm thinking about wearing a different outfit for the photo - shorts!  I don't know if I'll have the guts to do it.  I HATE my legs, and never wear shorts, but I do want to be able to see the difference in my legs from month to month, as I'm losing the weight.  And, I think, I'm going to wear a different tank top that pretty much shows off every fat roll I have, but it will be good to see those fat rolls disappearing as the months go by!  I'll post the pics sometime tomorrow.

I'll be working on drinking more water this week.  I'm still having a hard time with that!  Any ideas?

**Reason #17**

Reason #17 to lose weight - life insurance!  Being morbidly obese makes it very expensive to get life insurance, so I don't have it, and that's not good!  No, right now, my family doesn't rely on me financially, but if I were to die having life insurance would help them out.  My husband works full-time, so it would be hard for him to, also, be a child care provider, housekeeper, cook, driver, teacher (I homeschool our girls), etc.  He would have to pay people to help him, and the life insurance would surely make that easier.  So, once I lose enough weight, getting life insurance will be one of the first things I do!!

**Weekend**

Not much to report or talk about today.  We're spending the weekend at our cabin, and tonight I'm going to play Bunco w/ friends.  I know there will be lots of snacky foods at the get-together, but I'm going to keep my snacking in check.  I'm going to drink lots of water to keep me feeling full! 

I didn't do any exercising today, but I will do my WATP dvd when I get home tomorrow night, and then I'll be back in the gym Monday morning. 

Have a great weekend!

**It's Okay**

As I said this morning, I'm disappointed with my gain, but it's okay.  I know this is going to happen once in awhile - especially, when I make a conscious decision to go out the night before my weigh in, and make poor food choices.  It's only one weigh in, and it's the only gain I've had since I started on my journey.  With this 1.5 gain, I'm ending February with a 1 pound loss for the whole month.....not good, at all. :(  BUT it's better than no loss, and I WILL do better in March.

I did great at the gym today:

25 min. on the treadmill
15 min. on the elliptical
18 min. on the recumbent bike

I went from one machine to the other, so I was moving for a total of 58 min., and I feel good about that!  My goal is to go to the gym every morning M-F, so I'm going to work really hard to stick to that schedule.

**Weigh In #8**

236.  So, I gained 1.5 pounds.  I know I had a bad night of eating last night, but I'm a little surprised that I gained that much - I was thinking I would just stay the same.  I'm disappointed, but not discouraged.  I'm moving on, and not dwelling on the gain.  I'm heading off to the gym now.

**Good Start....Bad Finish**

I had a good start to my day, but then had a pretty bad finish.  I had a protein bar, milk, and fruit for breakfast.  For lunch, we went to pizza hut with friends and I had water and one slice of a thin crust cheese and mushroom.  I didn't eat much all day because I knew I was going out w/ friends for dinner.  So, to be honest, I knew I wasn't going to eat very healthy at dinner, and I didn't.  We ate at Jambalaya, and instead of giving complimentary bread they bring out potato chips, and I ate about 5 or 6 of them.  For my meal, I ordered a crab cake sandwich with fries.  I took off the top bun, but ate the crab cakes and bottom bun.  I ate some fries, but not all of them.  And I had two alcoholic drinks.  So, yea, LOTS of calories tonight.  Not sure what will happen with my weigh in the morning, but we'll see.

On a better note, I did go to the gym this morning.  I did 15 min. on the treadmill, and 15 min. on the elliptical.   After we left the gym, my daughter asked me if I enjoyed my workout, and with no hesitation I said - Yes!  And I meant it.  It feels good to be doing something to better my health, and I know working out is helping me to do that.  And I'm actually looking forward to going, again, in the morning.