Here goes nothing!

Posted on March 29, 2018

I've decided to join a couple of challenges for some extra motivation and community for my weight loss journey. Going to try and keep a blog/journal here along the way to document what's happening and for accountability.

Just a quick intro about how I got here: I've been overweight ever since my early teens- like upper 100's. But then after having my daughter in 2004 it's been skyrocketing. I've gained about 15 pounds a year for the past decade.

Sure, I've yo-yoed a bit, but each time I end up not only back where I was, but up even more.

I am ready to stop the cycle.

At the beginning of this year I made a decision to stop procrastinating and start putting my health first. That obviously means my weight, but also to deal with some other lingering health issues that I've had going on for a while. It's been slow-going, but at least starting to build a little momentum.

I really kicked the health eating and weight loss portion into gear a little over a month ago. I've been sticking to a 1600-1800 calorie diet and logging everything in my Lose It app, along with working on getting my activity levels up while tracking w/ a Fitbit.

Unfortunately, due to the abuse I've put my body through for so long, my body has become extremely resistant to weight loss. BUT- I know I can get past that with determination and, most importantly, long term follow through.

So far I've lost about 17 pounds from my highest weight of 353.

I am hoping to get to a healthy weight and stay there. I don't know what number that will be in the end--but I would love to be below 150 in the end. I'll make a more final "goal weight" as I get closer. I've got time....

My plan to to just stick with it and slowly, but surely, lose the weight over the course of the next 2 years.

I turn 40 on 11/18/20 - and I want to be healthier and fitter than I have been in my whole adult life by then. What a great birthday gift to myself that would be! Fit and Fab and Happy at 40 :)

I am doing a 4 week bet and a 6 month bet right now, which both start in a few days at the beginning of April. I'll write a lot more here along the way--here we go!

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Willow

03/30/2018 8:12AM

Awesome! Sounds like you've got this!

KetoMichelle

03/30/2018 6:10AM

Your story is classic. Also you look so young :)You are in my boat weight-wise! I was 150s in high school and still chubby/overweight so I know I need to get down lower than that but I'm not sure how much! 130 ? 125 ? Still guessing :) I think I sound like a peddler, but for anyone who has metabolic resistance when your body fights weight loss, please take a glance at the ketogenic diet/lifestyle. It can be used with calories, some prefer that.Even if you don't adopt it yourself, there are some good ideas there. Higher fat in your food, lower carbs starting with cutting the unhealthy ones. Fat keeps you fuller.My supe is doing this and slowly and casually losing some weight without doing actual keto, just following the principles, switched a lot of carbs in her life to more protein & fat . Give it a look ? I'm having such a fantastic time using it that I know people who have trouble losing weight (like me) get a boost when fat is their primary food & their body switches to burning it for fuel instead of carbs.Also much clearer thinking, for me anyway. Good luck! You deserve it!

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girlRyan

Thanks for the info and encouragement :) I have looked into keto a bit. My biggest reservation is about adopting an eating plan that is very strict. I have done plans with lots of rules, forbidden foods, etc in the past. But, my perfectionism tends to get the best of me. Then, when I "mess up" even a little, I get this defeated, "Ug, I ruined it!" attitude that has led to me quitting in the past.My thinking this time around was to do a more lax plan that just focused on eating healthier foods and counting calories so that all-or-nothing attitude didn't make me sabotage my self again.I know that eventually I will probably want to clean up my eating even more, and keto is something I may try. But, I think I am going to wait until I lose a good amount of weight this way and it starts to slow down.

Nixiss

03/29/2018 5:15PM

You got this!!

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Christina

03/29/2018 10:44AM

Good luck!!!

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