I am already noticing small changes. This morning, for breakfast, I could not even eat all of my toast! Normally, I could easily polish off three of four pieces of white toast and an extra large glass of milk with no problem at all. Today, I had whole wheat toast and a small layer of strawberry sugar free jam. I ate the first piece and was thinking "Good grief, I am never gonna get full!" But I could barely eat HALF- yes H-A-L-F of that second piece!
Ok, I know that seems crazy- but for me, I still am amazed at that. Fourth day of watching what I eat and exercising and I already am noticing a decreased appetite?
Yesterday, I managed 1.2 miles. Thank heavens for a super long driveway, so that I can walk and eventually run without having to worry about people seeing me. That is most definitely a luxury that I am thankful for. Today, I started walking and for me, a mile wasn't enough. So, I pushed it to 1.5 miles! And is was crazy cold!
I know that I should not expect to see results for awhile, but I cannot wait to see them when they start to show up!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Day One (well, technically day 3)
So- day one in the blogging world and day three of my quest to lose this dag-blasted weight that I have been carrying around for FAR too long now!
A little background on me: I am a thirty year old, divorced (not by choice- that could be its own blog!) mother of the most beautiful little girl alive. She is my princess and I will often refer to her as such. Her name is Carley and she is five and in kindergarten.
All of my life, I have felt like I was fat, however looking back, my weight problems didn't start full on until I began to date my now ex when I was 16 and a junior in high school. We began dating and I quickly became comfortable eating whatever I wanted and surprise, surprise! The weight slowly packed on right along with that eating. The weight gain has been steady and today at just shy of 300 pounds (299.6 to be exact) it will start its decline!
What led me to this decision?. Several events had a hand in this decision. 1. I have been divorced three years now and my life is starting to get into some sort of a routine. So it seems now would be an appropriate time to begin to work on myself. 2. I haven't really dated since the divorce and well, let's face it, no matter how beautiful you are of a person inside, that outer shell is still what everyone notices and I have come to the conclusion that even the best men will not get to know the beauty inside if the packaging isn't correctly "proportioned". Well, at least I have not found anyone to prove me wrong yet! 3. My health is not good. I have hypothyroidism (under active thyroid). Actually, my doctor has said that my thyroid gland is basically "dead". My body aches and my joints are in constant pain. Luckily, I do not have high blood pressure or diabetes- both of which run in my family. And finally, and most importantly 4. My daughter came up to me last week and looked at me with her huge eyes and says, "Mommy, when are you going to lose some weight so that you can go outside and play with me?" My heart broke. I can't keep up with her outside! She is a ball of energy and me, well, let's just say I haven't had energy in a very long time.
So here I am! Day three of exercising and attempting to eat better. I will be posting my stats weekly and other things through out the week. I want this to be both a motivation for me to keep going and an inspiration to others.
Day one: weight 299.6 pounds, chest 55 inches, waist 49.5 inches, hips 53 inches (Sigh!)
Exercise: walked 1.2 miles
Goals: 1. 30 pounds gone by New Year's Eve
2. Participate in a 5k
A little background on me: I am a thirty year old, divorced (not by choice- that could be its own blog!) mother of the most beautiful little girl alive. She is my princess and I will often refer to her as such. Her name is Carley and she is five and in kindergarten.
All of my life, I have felt like I was fat, however looking back, my weight problems didn't start full on until I began to date my now ex when I was 16 and a junior in high school. We began dating and I quickly became comfortable eating whatever I wanted and surprise, surprise! The weight slowly packed on right along with that eating. The weight gain has been steady and today at just shy of 300 pounds (299.6 to be exact) it will start its decline!
What led me to this decision?. Several events had a hand in this decision. 1. I have been divorced three years now and my life is starting to get into some sort of a routine. So it seems now would be an appropriate time to begin to work on myself. 2. I haven't really dated since the divorce and well, let's face it, no matter how beautiful you are of a person inside, that outer shell is still what everyone notices and I have come to the conclusion that even the best men will not get to know the beauty inside if the packaging isn't correctly "proportioned". Well, at least I have not found anyone to prove me wrong yet! 3. My health is not good. I have hypothyroidism (under active thyroid). Actually, my doctor has said that my thyroid gland is basically "dead". My body aches and my joints are in constant pain. Luckily, I do not have high blood pressure or diabetes- both of which run in my family. And finally, and most importantly 4. My daughter came up to me last week and looked at me with her huge eyes and says, "Mommy, when are you going to lose some weight so that you can go outside and play with me?" My heart broke. I can't keep up with her outside! She is a ball of energy and me, well, let's just say I haven't had energy in a very long time.
So here I am! Day three of exercising and attempting to eat better. I will be posting my stats weekly and other things through out the week. I want this to be both a motivation for me to keep going and an inspiration to others.
Day one: weight 299.6 pounds, chest 55 inches, waist 49.5 inches, hips 53 inches (Sigh!)
Exercise: walked 1.2 miles
Goals: 1. 30 pounds gone by New Year's Eve
2. Participate in a 5k
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