Dumb Deadlines

I dont like deadlines..

I get that having a date in mind of when you would like to have lost a certain amount of weight can be good motivation... but using that date as a deadline can be discouraging...

I know its happened to me many times.
"By Chris's wedding I'll be down 50 lbs... so that just 8 lbs a month, totally doable!"
then 3 months before the wedding I havent come close to where I was supposed to be and I feel like I'm "behind." But I'm not. I'm 10 lbs smaller than I was and thats ALWAYS a good thing. If there is no deadline, then it truly is a lifestyle change, and not a diet... because what happens after the wedding? "Ahh, I did it! Now wheres the pizza?"

So dates are fine, but deadlines are not. Use dates as motivation but STOP getting down on yourself for "being behind", because you aren't. No matter what you are doing, you are gaining knowledge and thats SO important to be successful. Just keep going....

Go get 'em tiger!

PS: Today, I get back on the wagon... again. .... but thats okay, because getting back on the wagon a hundred times is better than ignoring the wagon exists...

My wedding is in 4 weeks. AH!