One down, Eleven to go.

That's a wrap for January!  I origianlly set January's goal at 257, a 9-lb loss.  Even though I struggled at that little plateau, I think I've broken that one and moved onto the next.  

So for February, I'm shooting for 250, or a 6-lb reduction.  I knew the monthly goals would start bigger and end smaller, so i think this is what fits into the yearly plan.

I'm learning several things as I start this process, and one of them is that I can't stop eating.  And working out 5-6 times a week requires me to eat substantially.  There have been a couple of days in the past two weeks where I was very weak.  I'm learning that eating less doesn't mean eating WAY LESS.  I just need to eat less than I used to.  I can still have a full meal, just a little smaller than I used to and without 2nds, and 3rds, etc.  Instead of the full bowl of cereal and two fried eggs with toast that served as a 10:00pm snack, now I can have a piece of toast/jam, or half a bagel, or something like that.  This serves to still cut my intake by ~30%, and that combined with my current workouts (which are really working out by the way ) I'm bound to lose weight.  

go Go GO!