So far, I've already lost 4 pounds since Aug 31st! 6 more pounds to lose by the end of the month, to reach my first goal.
I got this idea while searching the web for motivational quotes. It's this thing people do as a visual motivator, to help them lose weight. So I decided to do it too.
I'm calling it, "I'm losing my marbles!" Here it is!!!!
So each marble represents one pound. I'm not really sure how many pounds I want to lose because I'd like to see how I feel. I don't want to overdo it and be too skinny, if that's ever possible for me. I didn't realize how little the marbles would look, in these bowls. Funny thing is, when I was at the store looking at them, I kept thinking, "I need a bigger jar" or "are there enough marbles in this thing?" I don't have a picture of the marble container...but it's big. I barely left a dent in it. hahaha. I thought maybe I'd do it goal by goal. So I put in 10 and took out the 4 pounds I've already lost. It looked pathetic. I KNOW I'll want to lose more weight than that...so I figured 155lbs would be a nice long term goal. But it still looked pathetic and empty with the 30 marbles in there! So I set my long term goal to 135lbs. This may be un-reachable, as I haven't been 135lbs since several years ago. I don't even know if I will look healthy at that weight. I guess we'll find out as I lose more lbs though!
I've learned that it's really hard to lose weight when you focus on how many more pounds you have left to lose. Especially with a large amount! However, this is the only thing that I have or will be using/looking at during my weight loss...that will remind me of how many MORE is left to lose. And I will try to pay more attention to the "lost!" bowl and be excited about the success. Even if it is little, like right now.
* Sasha - I have a TON of marbles, if you want to do this as well. You could buy smaller bowls/jars :) They're really inexpensive. Or you could just use mason jars (I didn't think of that one before I went to the store).
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