What is it with 10 pounds?

Well I want to lose 10 pounds! Mainly because it gives me a comfort zone. I usually fluctuate 5 pounds up or 5 pounds down from my original goal weight but I figure if I lost 10 pounds that would give me the wiggle room where I won't freak out over the scale. The scale can be a scary thing as I am sure you know. I don't know why I'm obsessed with the numbers. These 10 pounds are probably going to be the hardest! I think because I'm telling myself it's just 10 pounds so I have to make it monumental and go with it with the same gusto I did for my original weight loss! I love maintaining and I feel great but as I've blogged about before we are our own worst critics. So I have a really close friend who lost a lot of weight around the same time I did. As we talked today she said she has gained about 10 pounds and it was really dragging her down. We are both struggling to get back into our size 4's!!! So we are going to encourage each other. I could really get it off in 2 weeks but I want it to be slow so it will stay off. I'm thinking 6 weeks!!! So she was headed to the grocery store and I mentioned a few must haves for her list and reminded her to eat plenty of naturally fiberous foods like fresh fruits & veggies. She invited me to HOT YOGA. I thought "Wow, what's that?" It's basically a yoga class done in a really hot room. Loosens you up and gets you sweating! Well since I don't sweat I'm eager to see if it works! I am down! I love to try any new type of exercise! Would anyone care to join me on the ten pound challenge? Even if you have to lose more you can always lose 10 pounds at a time right! I'm still on a mission for my bikini ready stomach, been crunching and doing ab exercising like crazy and I can slowly see a change.

So as I'm sitting here typing and watching the Food Network, looking at these women's backsides busting out their pants and the rolls on their arms as they prepare their slow cooked spare ribs, pasta salad and tiramisu I am reminded why I blog, why portion control is sooooo important and why I exercise regularly!!!! Whew thanks Neely's! Wow!