My usual strategy is calorie counting, but I was getting burned out in many areas of my life, so I dropped it this month, logging only seven days early on. By some miracle, I'm on track to win this month. I just have to somehow not go wild this weekend.

I've mostly eaten whole foods, but I've also had some junk, some highly calorific desserts, and some days when I had four full meals instead of two. Since I don't know exactly how everything worked out (I did gain weight around the middle of April), I can't leave this weekend to chance, so I need to track again.

I'll probably have to keep tracking for the rest of the game, too. That final goal is a stretch. It'll be nice when I can switch to maintenance after hitting it!

I did extremely well the first 3 months of this challenge, and lost quite a bit of weight.

However, I've been on a plateau for nearly 3 weeks now. I'm not eating more than usual, and I'm still exercising almost everyday.

I need to find a way to kick the metabolism back into gear.

Getting a little discouraged to tell you the truth.

1 lb away! I always feel like I’m making a big push the last week to lose the last pound. 😂

I was a bit worried because it was my birthday weekend. I decided to let myself go a bit and eat what I wanted but I didn’t overdo it. I only gained about a pound on my birthday.

I then discovered an amazing hack to stay with the program and keep the pounds coming off. This hack helped me loose that pound I gained on Thursday and then an addition 6 pounds over the next 3 days!

Here’s the secret: get the stomach bug with a moderate to high fever and only get out of bed use the bathroom (which will be more often then you’d like, but that step is critical). Spend the next few days miserable and secluded from your loved ones and watch the fat melt away! Don’t be tempted to stray from the program from the sound of your wife trying to get your son to do something or your five year old daughter just wanting you to hug her and put her to bed, those are traps!

Though this wasn’t an easy process, I am now officially 6 pounds under my end of diet bet goal weight and far under 200lbs. I haven’t been this weight in years!

Just in case someone wants to take this seriously, this is a joke, don’t do it. It is a miserable way to spend your birthday and weekend.

Small NSV... yesterday I really wasn't feeling it and I didn't want to go to my cardio class. It would have been SO easy to stay home but I knew that if I did I would be disappointed in myself and then I am more likely to stay home again and again. So I went and had a great workout.