I have a good boyfriend, I eat lots of good food all the time, I'm somewhat successful professionally.
Man, I was so much thinner when I was unhappy!
In 2003, I weighed about 195 pounds. I had surgery. I lost a lot of weight-- went down to about 165-170. Not bad, right?
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(Me in 2002)
I got married in 2004 and was a pudgy bride. No wonder I don't really want to get married again.
In 2006, I lost about 25 pounds because the only thing I could control during grad school, a divorce and a job search was my weight. I used Sparkpeople (which I will do again), which is great because it's free and really motivational. Did I mention free? Yeah. Free.
Look at how slim my face is. I miss that.
(I still needed to firm up, but I was slim. Ish.)
In 2007-2008, I gained almost all of them back. I totally gained the Food Blogger 15, and an extra ten just by drinking too much, eating too much, and working at a sedentary job.
So.
In talking with the other ladies on this blog on Twitter, we decided to start a blog (in a flurry of tweets that took about five minutes). Here we are. I figure I'll lead by introducing myself and throwing out the "vitals".
I know how I'll lose weight-- diet and exercise. Do the 1200-1500 cal/day Sparkpeople plan with exercise at least three days a week. That's my sore spot-- exercise. Though I have a gym membership, I never go. I'm too busy or too tired or too bored by exercising or whatever. I'll have to change that. I refuse, however, to eat lots of "diet" food. I do often eat Lean Cuisines for convenience at lunch, and will still do that. No donuts. I will still eat out. Portion control and good healthy choices will be my key. Less alcohol, less fried stuff, no stealing Terry's french fries.
Starting weight? 175. I think. I'll check again at home. I'll probably cry. I'm one of those women who people insist looks about 15 pounds lighter than she actually is. I guess that's nice? I feel every ounce of it.
Last time, I got as low as 148. I was pretty OK with that weight. So let's set that as a goal.
Total weight loss? 27 pounds. Doable.
Starting? Now.
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3 comments:
Way to go! The first step of admitting you need to lose weight is hard, but the second step of actually DOING something about it -- way harder. You've done both, so there you go. Only 27 lbs? Shoot, you can do that in like 3 months. I still have 36 to go, with 52 already gone. If I can do it, you totally can.
Totally doable.
Your openness about your weight inspired me to post mine - my own husband never knew my weight. Now the whole world does.
Good luck to us!
You always look flawless, regardless of what the scale says. I am proud of how open you are about your weight. More women need to do that to stop this crazy taboo we all have about it.
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