Let's see where to begin..maybe with history....
For 12 years - everything got away from me. After a horrible car accident and stressful marriage to an unhappy, superfical sole - I let his negativity engulf my being. It became too much for me to ignore - leading me to closing myself off from everyone...and eating my way to an unhealthy weight. And the more hurtful comments he made, the more depressed I became...eating more and more..ballooning up to 250 pounds on my 5'7" frame.
So when my then 8 year old son passed a comment about me being fat, I felt attacked & beyond hurt. However, it was the wake up call I needed to hear! It was in the days after that - I decided that it was time to get back everything I loss and for him to see his Mom for the person she is on the inside! I kept seeing one of my girlfriends posting her success on DB via Facebook and was intrigued with the concept of waging against MYSELF! Yeah it wouldn't hurt to swoop up some other money in the process - but really it boiled down to I needed to lose weight and if that meant ponying up some money (and I HATE losing money) then this is the way to go to appeal to my competitve nature!
That lead me to a sleepless night February 9th 2014 (it's funny how this day is embedded in my brain - almost like a birthday - after all I consider it my RE-Birthday), I had already lost 9 pounds so I was feeling a bit accomplished with myself - but not in love with myself. So at 4:30 am I got up out of bed to go to the bathroom/not wake up anyone in the house with my iPad (sorry but this Mom likes to hide in the bathroom, hanging out in the steam showed recliner...surfing the net...it's the only place where I can be uninterrupted for a small period of time).
AND there it was DB posted a new game starting that day! That was all it took. No thinking... no time...just do it! That's where my love affair began with DB & My Fitness Pal. It's the combination of BOTH that have made the difference in EVERYTHING in my life!
That DB ended successfully, with me hitting my 10% goal in month 4 - so I cruised to the finish in August - despite breaking my ankle in June. Actually it ended like a rock concert...LOL...I am the Champion...no time for losers...I am the Champion of MY world!
So that brings me to my status to date, I am sporting a lovely ankle brace contraption that hurts to wear...until at least January 2015. I have just started to venture out of it on days I know I won't be doing a lot of activity to just give it some breathing room (and to make me feel better too) - but after hitting the treadmill the other day, looks like that baby is going to be worn for longer than expected!!
And that's where DB10 Transformer 2015 has come to be! It's the perfect program to shake my goal of 20#s! (ok 19 on this one- but really 1 more pound added to the DB goal isn't going to kill me!)
I am currently over 55#s down from January 2014 and about 47#s down since the day I started on DB...it's a process and hope this journey is just the beginning of a new road to be blazed!
PRE-DB/MFP SW:250
SW: 241
CW: 194
Mini-Goals:
[X] 250 lbs
[X] 245 lbs
[X] 240 lbs
[X] 235 lbs
[X] 230 lbs
[X] 225 lbs
[X] 220 lbs
[X] 215 lbs
[X] 210 lbs
[X] 205 lbs
[X] 200 lbs
[X] 195 lbs
[X] 190 lbs Reached 2/9 - on the 1 year anniversary of DB2014 & MFP
[ ] 185 lbs
[ ] 180 lbs
[ ] 175 lbs --- GOAL!!!
maybe less, depends on how squishy I am when @ goal.