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Finances....hmmm. What a catch-phrase right now, huh? Well, it's hitting everyone, and though it's not terrible right now, we are taking steps to reduce spending. I quit Weight Watchers. I really enjoyed the meetings, but at $40 bucks a month, it was just too much. We are keeping the YMCA membership. It's more about the exercise than the food for me anyway.
I began this journey a year ago at 348 pounds. I gagged when I got on the scale. I went home and cried. I didn't want to break 350. We were getting ready to go to France, and I so wanted to be thinner for the trip. Well, I only dropped a few pounds before the trip, but I was on my way. I lost weight on the trip (walkingwalkingwalking), and ate anything I wanted. It's still very much a challenge to even lose 1 lb. a week, but one pound off is still 1 pound off...not on.
I know what 3 oz. of meat looks like. I know when I'm making bad choices. So it's up to me. My own personal motivation. No excuses. I'm 45 years old, and I cannot remain fat and unfit for the rest of my life. Today I am 304. It took me a year to lose 44 pounds. At this rate I'll be dead before I'm thin - but I will not be frustrated or paralyzed by that. I just keep saying to myself "You Go Girl!!"
I get Oxygen Magazine (what inspiration!) and am following the Eat Clean Diet. Basically, it's how we eat right now, but with a few tweaks. I need to eliminate all processed foods now. About 80% there, but working towards 100%. I'll get there, every day I try again.
This is not a diet - this is for the rest of my life. I don't cheat - I make choices.
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304.0 lb
Lost so far: 1.0 lb.
Still to go: 156.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.8 lb a week
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