how to avoid getting comfortable

i'm out of motivation. external motivation, that is. my internal stuff is still there - but mostly because after 2 years, it's weird when i don't track, or don't get some kind of exercise, or eat things that are ridiculously bad for me. i'm just feeling like i'm out of reasons to keep going on the last 36 lbs that i want to lose. my leader, michelle, calls this more of an attitude plateau than anything, and i know i'll get over it (i have in the past), but i'm just feeling like i'm getting too comfortable with where i am right now.

since i don't have any big events - no friends getting married, no vacations, no reunions or people to impress - i need to figure out a way to re-energize my weight loss. the only way i can think to keep this going is to set a new goal - a big goal - and work toward that.

when the clock strikes midnight on december 31, 2009, where do i want to be, weight-wise? let's look at the year so far. as of today, i have lost 42 lbs in 2009. in the last 12 months, i have lost 63 lbs. that means between august 24 and december 31 in 2008, i lost 21 lbs. is that a feasible goal for the last 16 weeks of 2009? if i continue to lose at the rate i've lost so far this year, an average of 1.3 lbs per week, yes, that is exactly how much i should lose between now and then. is it feasible for me to hit my goal weight this year? that's an average of 2.25 lbs/week - too much, i think. i'm not supposed to lose more than 1% of my body weight a week to stay in a "healthy loss." right now, that's 1.8 lbs/week.

my average loss per week for the entire 2 years i've been on WW has been 1.6 lbs/week. i'm going to shoot for that - it puts me at roughly 26 lbs by the end of the year. is it too much? ask me in 16 weeks? so there it is. i want to be within 10 lbs of goal by the end of the year - 161 lbs.