My Story- The Present

Sorry for taking a week off, my lovely mother came to visit and I spent all my free time with her.

 

Here is Part III of my story, The Present. You can find Part I here and you can find Part II here.

 

I left you off at the end of my surgery. I felt like a new person, a person who had energy to move and did not take several naps a day. A person who could eat and enjoy food.   After being denied food for so long I began eating what I wanted and when I wanted. This is where a new battle began, my obsession with the ability of being able to eat. Had I been smart I would have started a diet at this moment because my stomach had shrunk so much and I had a fresh start on my hands. Hindsight.

 

So here I am almost three years later. So much has happened in that time: About 20 lbs gained, given the news of high cholesterol, my niece getting diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and watching my mom's battle with cancer. I have had a wake up call. I need to be healthy for my myself, for the quality of my life, as a model of healthy living for my niece. I need to be healthy for me.

 

Tomorrow will be the 13th week of my healthy lifestyle change and as of last week I had lost 17 pounds. Here are some before pictures

 

Here I am on week 7 and 9 lbs down. I hated taking this picture and I hate even more saying the numbers I weighed in this picture, 200 lbs.

 

Here I am week 11 and my weight is 194.4 lbs. I am down by six pounds. It does not seem like much but the difference between the pictures to me are dramatic.

 

Here is a side by side.

 

I have to admit all weeks are not good and I do not make my goal all the times. My goal for the beginning of the school year was 180. I am concerned though that it will not happen. This week while my mom was visiting we enjoyed healthy meals together, figuring points, discussing meal ideas, and packing snacks. We ran/walked one day but the other times we did yardwork, shopping, and stayed busy other ways. So overall it did not seem like a bad week, but I gained. The lesson learned was some people (like my mom) can lose weight by just eating right and staying active, I on the other hand need the physical activity along with the eating. 

Maybe I will not make my goal, but I am going to get back on the horse tomorrow and bust my butt to try to make my goal. I will not do anything unhealthy. I will eat healthy, work out, stay active, and try to make my goal.

So what happens if I do not make my goal? I will shoot for the moon, if I do not make it I will land amongst the stars. Even if I do not make it I will be more pounds closer to my goal.

 

What is your goal? What habits do you have to change to make your goals a reality?

 

Love,

Jamielynn