I weighed in at 448 this morning. This makes me quite happy! As a certain vice president of the US recently said, this is a big fucking deal!
I'm still scary fat, so why does this number matter? Well, nearly six years ago, I started the Adkins diet. Just about four months later, I was down 50 pounds. By December of 2004, I was off the diet and really never successfully got back on. In September of 2006, I started having heart issues and from there lots of other issues showed up. My diabetes got worse and I got heavier and heavier. At my worst, I weighed 517, I had regained all I had lost and added nearly 50 more.
After the heart issues showed up, I started kicking myself for ending my diet. If I could have stayed on the diet, I may have prevented the heart issues altogether. When I started my current round of dieting at the beginning of 2009, which this site tracks, I had magically managed to get back down to 500, actually 490. Then it fluctuated all over the place, including back up to nearly 500 pounds.
In the last year and a half, I have lost my job of eight years, gotten divorced and moved twice - nothing stressful there, right? However, I've also gotten my meds changed to a combo that, when I watch what I'm doing, allows me to lose weight. Some mixed blessings there.
So, here I am, fifty pounds down. I have made the same accomplishment I made nearly six years ago. I have overcome all the crap and stress and U-turns I've made in that time. This is a big psychological deal to me. Next number is 425, which is the number I got to six years ago - also a big psychological goal for me. Then, at 400, I will finally make the goal I thought I was going to reach nearly six years ago, not to mention being 100 pounds down. Hope to be there by the end of the year.
Fifty pounds. I just like saying the words. I've been fat most of my life. I think I am finally in a place where I can get the weight off. One week at a time. One weigh-in at a time. You guys have helped me out a ton here. Thanks and wish me luck!
Off to eat some fruit salad and barbecue some chicken!
5 comments:
woot 50 pounds gone that's a HUGE deal.. well done.. and look forward to seeing you get to your next fantastic number...
Anne
Keep it up, you don't need any comments anywhere to tell you how important it is. The first 50 is the hardest, the second 50 should be easier!
I so so SO hope the next 50 is easier, G! I want you to be right! :)
Anne, thanks and stay tuned to this channel, this is the first place I go to share my successes and failures. It's like reality TV, only with better production values! ;)
Wow Jericho! That is awesome! Fifty pounds sounds so much more significant than...say..forty, doesn't it? That is so great....keep up the momentum. Maybe we both are finally back on the wagon for good! :)
i'm so happy for you!! I'm sorry I'm jsut seeing this now! If you want/need support/help/a sympathetic shoulder - hit me up anytime.
You know my email. I'm here for you. We'll celebrate every milestone!! You'll see 400! I know it!
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