This is how I’m restarting my journey. I can’t walk yet because my hips hurt too much when I walk. I thought I’d strengthen myself by doing this for awhile until my muscles are back.
Today is the first day back on the weight-loss road.
Some goals I have:
1. When I lose 100 pounds I will go skydiving.
2. When I lose 50 pounds I will buy myself my own Wii (so I don’t have to share with the kids).
3. When I lose 25 pounds, I will buy a new item of clothing or a new purse.
4. When I lose 10 pounds I will rejoice by going to a movie.
5. When I lose 5 pounds I will buy a new book.
I know I probably need to have some consistent, doable reward for every five or ten pounds because I’m needy that way.
Any suggestions?
I’ve lost 51 pounds!
Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it!
Look at this picture - that’s 50 pounds of sugar! I was walking around carrying all that every single day. No wonder my legs don’t ache like they used to.
On one hand, I look at how far I still have to go to lose 100 more pounds and it’s disheartening. I have another year at least to see that goal, and I’m sure I’ll have to step up the exercise to get there.
On the other hand, I’m so happy with how hard I’ve worked and what I’ve accomplished. It hasn’t been easy. It’s been HARD.
Last night my daughter-in-law said, “you’re looking skinny!”
Skinny + me has never been uttered in the same sentence. Well, not since I was in college anyway.
I am feeling very weak at times. I’ve had an emotional week and have been tempted to drown my sorrows in ice cream. Instead, I let myself cry my eyes out - something I’ve not allowed myself to do in a long time. I’m not much of a cryer.
I have had to face my issues instead of hiding them behind fat. It’s hard. It’s probably the hardest part of all this — the emotional roller coaster I ride. I can’t go into details without revealing who I am, but trust me when I say the life I live is a real challenge, full of stress, and in the past I dealt with it by eating junk food.
Having a good cry burns calories doesn’t it?
Any advice for me as I tackle the next 100 pounds?
Woot! And need some encouragement.
I am still at the exact same weight as the last time I posted. I’m not happy about that.
BUT. I am down a whole SIZE in my clothes! I am now wearing some clothes I haven’t worn in two years!
WOOT!!
But I feel myself slipping. I am hungry. I am missing the comfort of food. I am getting bored.
Food was my best friend. And I miss it.
Any suggestions?
