The only 3 I thought I would see this year was at the beginning of my age.

Posted on September 18, 2014

304 lbs and 30!

Every day I see these numbers when I step on my scale and I still shake my head as if trying to wake up from this dream. I am barely 30 and I weigh 304 lbs.

How did this happen? Oh wait I remember I love food, inactivity, and my bubble. But seriously how did this happen? For the past year I have been haphazardly working on being active and not being in my own bubble. As of today I have done 8 5k's in the past year and gained 10lbs(hmmmm I'm not doing something right). Mind you I walked most of them but I did them(that counts, right?). People keep telling me at least I am doing them, but not improving and I think that is a negative (tire firmly stuck in mud and continuously spinning going nowhere)

At 304 I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life. Sure all of those walks to train for my 5k's only happened in my head while I sat and watched 'The Mindy Project'. But I should have obviously been able to run 3.1 miles without the appropriate training. These where my thoughts as I wheezed through every 5k to date. I am aware that is not how you get better at something but it's amazing the lies you tell yourself about what you are really doing.

So as my laziness has now come to it's huge head I realized when I lost the most weight. I lost 27 lbs was while doing a work weight loss bet, while eating paleo and run/walk several miles a week. Since I now work as a live in nanny for my big sister I need some one to push me (my sister is naturally skinny, genetics sucks) like my co-workers did last fall.

I am up for this change and eager to only see a 3 at the beginning of my age and not my weight.

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Soup

09/21/2014 5:15PM

Thanks ladies. I just found out a girl I went college with passed away at 31 from a heart attack, seriously a heart attack. She was about the same size as myself and was only a year older then myself. This news alone reminds me I do not want to die young. I do not want to miss the many wonderful thing's in this life. Thanks for the encouragement and support.

Dia

09/20/2014 8:27AM

WALKING THEM COUNTS 100%. So does wheezing through them. I hope this bet doesn't only go well for you, but that it's kind of fun. I loved this forum.

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KRISTINA M.

09/19/2014 7:51AM

I lost over 21 pounds two years ago doing a weight loss competition at work.....and then slowly gained it all back plus an additional seven pounds over almost two years. After being frustrated because nobody seemed to want to do another competition at work and I couldn't talk family and friends into one and I couldn't keep myself motivated, I joined a dietbet in June. I have completed four so far. I love this site, it is enough to keep me motivated. Based on your blog, I'm sure you will do well. I will say the first time the four percent didn't seem too bad, but it definitely gets more difficult every time. I'd say good luck, but I don't think you'll need it!

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