On the 8th week of my 3rd 12 week cycle following Body for Life, and I feel like I’m failing, slowly, but failure non the less. In the last 4 weeks I only managed to lose 5.2 more pounds. Which is a drop from the previous four weeks when I lost around 9 pounds, which was a low number for me as well, and disappointing.

The only change from the last eight weeks compared to the first twenty-four weeks is that I’ve been taking real free days. Meaning I’ve eaten a crappy the last eight Sundays, not terrible—like before the life change—but apparently enough to affect my weight loss overall.

I feel terrible about this, but at the same time it’s a good wake-up call for me to refocus, I’m just not one of those people that can have real free days, I need to stick with my eating habits on Sundays just as strictly as Monday through Saturday. So That’s exactly what I will be doing from today forward, refocusing on my goals, on my eating and continuing my daily exercise, with which I haven’t faltered.

My overall weight loss now stands at 114.70, which is not by any means a failure, although my goal was to be down 140 pounds by now, but with the poor showing the last two weigh-ins, I didn’t make my goal, just another reason to refocus.

I’m not going to beat myself up over this, just use it as a reminder that I need to stay the course and focus on my goals 100% of the time and not allow myself to lapse, even on Sundays.

My weight training has been going really well, and I’ve made some very good progress in the area of strength, muscle firmness and definition. I’m quite happy with the direction my body shape and size is going.

I’m still losing inches, overall I’ve lost fifteen inches off my waist. I gained a half an inch on my biceps (good gain), and lost 2 more inches on my overall width.

I’m feeling great, lots of energy, looking much better in my clothes. I now fit, comfortably, in a 3x, where I was wearing 5x at the beginning. I fit in a 2x, but it’s a little tight for me around the stomach, so comfortable-ness wise, I’ll stick to the 3x until I lose a bit more in the old midsection.

I’m generally really happy with my overall progress, and can see the finish line and plan on making it there before my 33rd birthday in July. Now that I’ve refocused on my goals I should start putting the big numbers back up.

Wish me luck and thanks again for all the great support and help I’ve received from everyone, it means a great deal.