My 100 pound year (Hopefully)

Posted on January 4, 2016

So a new year has begun. When December hit last year I instantly started thinking well this is my last month to eat. I knew how far off track I had gotten by the amount of disappointment I had after getting dressed in the mornings. Nothing fit, I had no energy. I had previously lost about 40 pounds on weight watchers (all of which I gained back, plus an additional 40ish pounds) and knew that I needed to bite the bullet after the holidays and finally get the weight off.

My friends all know I'm a stress eater, and they all know my life is a tad on the stressful/chaotic side. Those two facts just don't bode well for me. I'm an Emergency Room nurse and most days that ranks pretty high on the stress scale. The other problem with being an ER nurse is that there is always a quick snack lurking around every corner from a well-meaning co-worker. Having a busy day? Oh look the doctors bought everyone lunch (cause I work with amazing docs). Have you been dealing with confused 104 year old (insert old fashioned name here) all afternoon? The nursing home sent you cookies! Was it just halloween? The candy drawer (yes, we have one of those, in fact most nurses stations do) is completely full and won't even close - you should probably eat some just to help out. Guess what? Its potluck tomorrow bring your favorite food to share. Temptations are everywhere!

Last night before weighing in, I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking just get up and get on the scale - get it over with! But getting it over with was scary too, I didn't want to know what the scale would say. So I procrastinated and waited until the next night after work to weigh in. After my 12 hour shift I asked my husband to take a quick picture for me and then shooed him out of the room so I could weigh in. The number came up and I felt sick. How did that happen? How much food had I stuffed in my face to get here? How many unhealthy choices was I making that I didn't even notice?

So here I am armed with rice cakes and black coffee with the goal of losing 4%. I have a little more than 10 pounds to lose. Hopefully this blog will help keep me accountable along the way as well as providing some entertainment and encouragement for anyone reading! Good luck to all - let the games begin!

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Faithful2BFit

01/04/2016 10:09AM

I love this and relate completely, I work night shifts so that really throws my eating off easily, but I know I just have to keep healthy options around instead of bringing sugary snacks. The part I fear is the staying energized at about 3-4am time frame sometimes and not drinking caffeine and sugar filled soda, but shakeology is on the way and I know I can always make myself drink coffee. Good luck, my journey to where I'm "supposed" to be for my height is like losing a whole other person so best of luck to you, and you're not alone!

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Amy J.

Thanks so much for reading! I remember working night shift a few years ago, 3-4 am is the pits! I used to take my 15 min break and run around the block outside, depends on the area you are at if that's safe or not, but it definitely will wake you up a little! I worked a night shift not long ago and was asleep at the desk by 4 am, luckily our ER was empty (rare event!). Let me know how shakeology works out, I'd love to hear from someone actually using it :) Good luck!

Evik

01/04/2016 3:11AM

Amazing post, you can do it! This is my first DietBet but I already can see the support everywhere! My fingers are crossed, good luck!

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Amy J.

Thank you so much for reading! I just clicked on your profile and saw you had a blog... .heading over to read now!

Ezzy

01/04/2016 2:06AM

Good luck u can do it!!! ???? don't stress too much about it and focus on the many lbs you will lose soon!!!

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Amy J.

Thanks so much! Yes, less stress probably equals more losing!