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Well, here I am again. I've been active with fat secret on and off for about 15 years, I think. I'll have to check for the exact length, but trust me, it's been a long time. At first FS was very helpful to me in losing weight. Weekly weigh-ins kept me accountable. The community kept me focused and supplied ideas when I struggled. I felt empowered when I was able to provide feedback and advice to others. And I lost weight. I met my goal.I continued with FS when I embarked on the grueling task of maintenance. With the support of FS I managed to keep the weight off, more or less, only re-gaining and re-losing a few pounds here and there.
When I started with FS I was in my early 50's. Now I'm approaching 66. I had a rough time keeping my weight down over the past year, and finally succumbed to the lure of unmonitored food and drink. Of course, I blame the stagnation of life brought on by the pandemic. I also blame my inability to eat and drink in moderation. I blame this inability on my utter failure to find motivation. Typically I find my motivation in looking to the future, the near future; planning trips, planning visits with my grown children. I especially like to plan cruises. Having a trip, a visit, a cruise booked gives me such joyful anticipation and a reason to remain fit. During the pandemic state of restricted socializing and traveling my husband and I did manage to see one of our sons a few times. We also went to the beach a few times, but even those trips didn't encourage me to be fit, look my best and be my best self. It was just walking on the beach in sweats and another excuse to "celebrate" by over-indulging in carry-out meals and beer.
As of tomorrow I will be as nearly fully immunized as possible; it will mark two weeks since my second inoculation. My husband is fully inoculated. Our sons and neighbors have been vaccinated. My husband and I have a cruise planned. We are planning trips to visit our sons. My sister has had her first shot. I'm planning to travel to her state within the next few months. Whew! If this turn of events isn't motivating, I don't know what is.
This morning I weighed myself for the first time in months. The damage wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. I'm ready to trade in the jigsaw puzzles and social media scrolling for walking, biking, working my 5 lb hand weights. I'm ready to get off the endless track of over-indulgence. I want to lose 15
pounds and I have no specific timeline - I only want to see my weight go down and not up. Thank you fat secret for giving me this forum to make my proclamation. Woo-hoo!!!
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133.5 lb
Lost so far: 0 lb.
Still to go: 14.5 lb.
Diet followed N/A.
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