I am tall at 5'10" so luckily my fat is evenly distributed throughout my body. I've tried pretty much every diet you could think of, and have come to the conclusion that the only way to lose weight and get healthy is the good old fashioned way = burn more calories than you consume, diet and exercise! I swam all through high school and loved it. I never worried about exercising and eating healthy. When I graduated and stopped swimming is when I really gained most of my weight. I tried so many diets: Atkins, HCG, Slimquick, nutrisystem, weight watchers, nothing worked! I did lose 15 pounds on the HCG and managed to keep it off, but it is NOT smart, 500 calories a day is not enough to function. Trust me :)
There were so many times when I said i'd go to the gym and lose two pounds a week.. yeah didn't happen. My heaviest weight was 210 pounds, that was the end of summer of 2009. Not a good time in my life. Full of stress. I met Preston shortly after and started losing weight. When we got engageed I was in full swing, and after we got married we got gym memberships together and I got down the lowest i'd been in years, I think I hit 179. I felt so good. I was almost into size 12 jeans, they were a little bit tight, then one day I Just ate bad and it all went downhill from there. We got busy and stopped working out, and I gained most of it back.
On New Years day this year I weighed in at 204 and was determined to NOT ever see 210 again, ever. I met an awesome friend Nina at work and we made a pack to do it together! I am so grateful I met her, I think it happened for a reason. Don't get me wrong, Preston is great to support me, but he's not one to get me up in the morning to work out and take the ice cream away in the evening! Nina and I have been doing My Fitness Pal together and we send pictures of our meals and talk each other out of bad choices often! Love her!
This time just feels different, I can't expain it. Maybe it's because I have her and our little cult to workout with.. maybe i'm just ready this time. I truly believe you won't lose weight until you really want it. You can sign up for any diet program or get a personal trainer all you want, but until you are ready it isn't going to happen. I want it not to be "thin". I want it to feel good, comfortable in my clothes, I don't want to feel self concious around Prestons teeny tiny family, I want to wear a swimming suit and not be covering any skin I can up, I want to feel beautiful. I'm grateful Preston loves me the way I am and thinks i'm perfect, I'm super lucky :)
January was interesting for us. I lost 3 pounds the first week, then gained a pound, then gained another .5 pounds.. then I lost that pound and a half this last week. I was definitely discouraged, especially when Nina was losing a ton more weight! Bum. :) We've invested in heart rate monitors, and religiously use MFP (My Fitness Pal). I have a Polar FT7 and absoultely love it. Our journey will continue and we won't give up. We can do this!
Before pictures coming soon.. I buried them deep in my computer! (:
Woot Woot we are awesome!!!
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