Gosh, where do I start? If your reading this, my little project is working. No one invites others to share in their failures right? So good for me if this blog has a visitor!
At no point in my life had I ever felt fat. As a child I couldn't gain a pound to save my life! As an adult, things seem to stick a little better. But I've always been just me with a few extra pounds. Even as I crossed into obesity it was still just a "few" extra pounds. I've watch my scale rack up points all my life. You lose some, you gain some. Yesterday's points were lower and todays were higher but just points and numbers none the less. Never just FAT!
But much of that changed on December 28th of 2009. I pulled out my trusty scale, stepped up to the plate and "WHAT THE HECK"? Ok wait, lets try that again... "NO WAY"!!! 274lbs. Yep, I said it. 274! I was floored. I was married 5 years ago at 256 and had bounced around that number for years. Lower happened when my walking was a priority but not that much lower and never this much higher! I figured I'd gained a holiday pound or two but 264 would have shocked me. 274 was just insane. Something was wrong!!! But of course, it wasn't.
So 2010 begins a new year for me. I made 1 single new years resolution. Lose some weight. And not like maybe a pound or two, but all told 60lbs. My goal is to lose 5lbs a month. Slow enough to make a lasting impact but fast enough that I will see results by this time next year. And no cheating! No weight loss surgerys, no fast gimmic Jenny Craig diets (been there, done that) but a real life style change that will make a difference day to day.
I'll track it here and mark my progress. I plan to weigh in only once a month to this blog. I'm sure I'll check daily at home but the weight doesn't count unless it's still lost at the end of the month, not just lost the first week and who knows what's next.
Until next time..........
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When I dropped 40 lbs in college, i didn't do it through a diet either, those dont work for me and you dont keep it off as long. Changing your eating habits and working out more is what did it. Slowly, I've gained it all back, so I'm working on this again too. Sitting at my job all day doesn't help. I managed to lose 15-17 lbs last year and have kept it off. I haven't budged from there because I'm a slacker, but I've plateaued at 198 for at least the past 6 months or so, but I'm trying to focus on the positive that I've lost weight and managed to keep it off.
ReplyDeleteIts when my size 18 pants started getting tight that I was like thats it- I'm not going above that. On a skinny day, I can now fit into my size 14s that I keep around for good measure. But Its a little deceiving, because I'm not sure if the 14s fit me better, or if I stretched them out enough while I was bigger and thats why they fit!
Anywhoo- you aren't alone and you are trying to do something about it, focus on the positive that you are at this point. Every day will not be a success, but just focus on that day, not on the year or the month, you only have today, so focus on that.