Diet Competition is On!

My husband and I are sick and tired of not being able to fit properly in our summer clothes. We gained a little weight after a few weekends of family and friends and barbecues and such, and we really want to take off a little bit of weight.  I want to lose about 7 pounds – not too bad, I just want to be able to fit in my clothes again. It’s amazing what  huge different 7-8 pounds can make on me, I’m a woman with a small 5’4″ frame, and even 5 pounds can make a one size difference in my pants!

My husband wants to lose a little bit more weight than me. Perhaps about 15-20 pounds. He currently weighs about 200 pounds and stands at 6’3″ tall. Like me, he’s not necessarily ridiculously overweight, he’s just not in his comfort range and would like to feel better and fit in his clothes better.

It’s amazing the older you get, the less losing weight is about vanity and the more it is about things you can actually feel and that make your life a higher quality, like energy levels and better sleep.

Here is how we are going about this weight loss challenge. We’re making it fun. I have set up a pad of paper with a pencil in our master bathroom.  Every morning, we’ve agreed to write down our weight.  This will help us keep track of progress and see that weight in writing every morning as an extra boost of will power for eating and exercising throughout the day.

I have a few little “extras” that I will be practicing to help me in my first week or two so that I can shrink my stomach and get used to eating smaller portions, as well as control my cravings. I’m taking a weight loss quality hoodia natural appetite suppressant to help get me through.

This will give me power over my appetite and cravings without giving me any of the nervousness, heart palpitations or jitters that caffeinated and stimulant laced weight loss aids may cause.

I’m also going to be listening to my treasured weight loss hypnosis CD’s which will really help give me that subliminial, subconscious sort of boost to keep going on the right path toward weight loss and my goals of exercising more and doing the things I need to do in order to get back to my ideal weight.

Of course, a little friendly competition never hurts. We are competing in a way, but it’s more of a rah-rah we’re both cheering for eachother sort of thing, not a knock down drag out kind of competition.  We are both really on board with this endeavor, and it’s great to have a partner to go through a weight loss regimen with.