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To all my FS friends...you are all wonderful!!!
It has been a year on 11/6/13 that I decided to make some changes in my life concerning my weight. I realized that I was getting bigger, but I either ignored the clothes that were getting snug or I convinced myself into thinking that I looked fine. I was going to a birthday party for my friends mother and when I began to get dressed I noticed that my size 14 pants were tight, every shirt I put on I could see a roll around my stomach that was inhibiting my pants from zipping properly and I had a muffin top times 3!! I went to the party and despite the fact that it was the dead of the winter, and it was 5,000 degrees in my friend's home, I refused to take off my jacket. I was embarassed, ashamed and uncomfortable in my own skin. I don't know if I weighed myself that night or if I didn't work up the courage until later, but I did and on 11/6/2013 I changed the way I ate. The scale read 188!! I started doing searches on the internet of how many calories I should consume, I brought my lunch to work, I incorporated more fruits and vegetables and I began to lose weight on my own. In December I joined the Biggest Loser at the gym along with a personal trainer for the two month experience and I began to lose more, 9 lbs for the contest and 5 lbs I lost on my own. The trainer suggested running in the park on Saturday for extra points, I would go every Saturday. She asked if I wanted to do a half marathon with a group of women and so it went...I began running. Now, although I will be a year older in December (42) I feel good, I'm swimming, running and biking occasionally in order to prepare for a triathalon in the summer.
The only people I can celebrate this victory with is my FS friends. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I will meet my mini goal of 165 and then I will set my next goal of 160 and finally 155. A year friends; it has been a year of ups, downs, disappointments, sadness from the scale and at times utter tragedy, but I have resolved to keep on keeping on despite my slips, my devouring Halloween candy and eating things I know I shouldn't, I will continue and never give up!! I may not be skinny, but that's not what I'm shooting for...healthy is the way to go.
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