Dieting is not as easy as 1-2-3. But I’m doing a little something that I hope will make this different then last time, and so far so good.  It truly does help being in this competition with so many people. I have someone with me CONSTANTLY that is in the competition.  I work with my best friend who I have at work all day so we work together on it, and I have my husband at home at night and on weekends to work with me.  We’ve been able to motivate ourselves so much.  But sometimes I just need that little push.

Since day 1 I have been writing a number on my wrist.  I keep a pen next to my toothbrush so I remember to do it every morning.  I write the following number every day so I know how far I’ve gone on this journey.

Today. Day Number 7.

I can’t just make this another diet.  I have said this before but I have to do things that aren’t so extreme to make it stick. This has to be a lifestyle this time. And that’s my goal. Something that is FOREVER. So I’m taking it one day at a time, for the rest of my life.  So why do I feel like I have to write it on my wrist? I see this number all of the time. I look at it constantly throughout the day.  So it’s always on my mind, always a reminder of what I’m trying to achieve.  I feel it’s that little push of motivation I need and it feels good.

No, I don’t plan on eventually having 3,428 written on my wrist.  I have set goals that will switch it up to be that constant reminder.  The highest number that will ever be on my wrist is 365. I plan on switching it up at either one year, or when I lose 100 lbs. Whatever comes first.

I’ve always loved the infinity symbol and what it represents.  I was also always attracted to the idea of even getting a tattoo of it to represent love, or my faith, numerous things that can be everlasting.  But I thought how perfect this is to go with my new lifestyle change.  This is something I want to do for the rest of my life! So when I hit that 100 pound weight loss or if I’ve stuck with this journey for 1 year I will stop writing the number and Brad said he would get me this bracelet from Tiffany.

I love the bracelet and I love what it will symbolize to me.  Just something else that I can wear everyday as that constant reminder.  Then once I get to what I like to call “ONEderland” — that glorious mark back into the 100s.  The day that I weigh 199 pounds or less I will finally get a tattoo.  I’ve wanted one for so long but have never made the jump because I have never had one that I felt was important enough to me for me to want on my body for the rest of my life.  So sticking with my infinity theme and this new look on my new life I will get a tattoo inspired by this.

It won’t be identical to this but I will have it designed off of this with the infinity symbol and the world life.  It’s also a great way to share my journey.  In just the 7 days I’ve been doing this I’ve had a couple people ask me what the “number tattoo” meant.  I love being able to share this and feel a sense of pride… especially after my weigh-in last night!

Although our first official weigh-in isn’t until this Wednesday I wanted to see how my progress was over the first six days…

Seven pounds baby!

It feels so good and I’m so proud of that seven! Brad lost a little over 10 and I couldn’t be happier for him! I’ll update you with my official weigh-in on Wednesday but that small victory made my whole weekend because we had a lot of parties (involving potlucks!) that we went to this past weekend and I worked really hard on making sure I made smart decisions and it showed!