173 lbs. 

down 24 lbs. from start 

33 lbs. to my goal 

Well... I lied. I continued to eat bad. And I only worked out with our trainer two times a week. I gained weight and I can't blame anyone but myself. I'm seriously trying to turn this around again. I'm ashamed of how much I've gained back. I have even gone back over my halfway mark. It is discouraging. But I know that I can do this. I have obviously done it before. I just gotta work hard to get where I was and then work even harder to get past it. The summer is gone. That means that I need to cut out all the nonsense. I seriously want to drink alcohol as not often as possible. Not only is it bad in itself and also encourages bad eating, I get extremely hungover these days. That means that I also cannot make it to the gym the next day. I realize there will still be times that I will drink. But I'm going to try to do it within reason. And really embrace the weekends where I don't have any plans that promote drinking to do healthy things and get to the gym. This weekend for example, Phil is going out of town and I have no plans except some fun work events. I'm actually excited that I will not be consuming alcohol. Lol 

I've got more to say but I'm gonna keep this short.. I've been doin strictly strength training with our trainer recently. This means dead lifts, squats, should press and bench lifts. Maybe a couple other things. But we are sticking to pretty basic movements. I'm planning to lose this weight and also to become strong! 

That's it for now! 

See ya! 

Melissa