It's official...I've got to get a grip! Gained weight...gee how odd!?!? *smacks head* Dining out far too much on the road the past couple of weeks and eating far too many carbs! Not even hidden ones, flat out consuming french friens and damn dunkin donuts munchkins! Self sabotage sucks. I lost almost 40# and now I think I can eat whatever I please? WTH self? What are you thinking?!?!? You clearly do NOT know how to be a grown up, stop trying and follow your eating plan!!! Got to get a grip. Step away from the tater tots and the M&Ms you jackass!
This is a pattern I have had all my life. Lose a decent amount
of weight or get close to breaking a self set goal and
BLAMMO...SELF SABOTAGE! It really is a messed up thing.
So, this is my way of getting myself to realize this and move
forward. No use in beating
myself up over gaining 8 or so pounds...it will be gone before
I know it! Cut the carbs out,
and deal with the monthly physiological female junk and I
will be smelling the sweetness of
being right on the heels of another goal!
I've got my handy dandy little FitBit Zip. Yes, I did. I finally
let my classic die and got a cute new lime green zip. Now it's
time to put that little thing to work and get back on track!
Most people look at the end of one year and the beginning of another as a time to reflect upon past and future. For me, it brings a double whammy...my birthday is the second day of the New Year. So not only do I have the reflecting of old year/new year, but I also have the joy of turning another year older and taking stock in whatever that might bring.
Good thing for me, is that I don't get all wrapped up in turning another year older. It's just a number. I don't feel any older than I did when I was 20 years younger, so bring it on!
I was super close to reaching the 200# even mark by my birthday. However, one of the not so great things about having a holiday time birthday is it's silly to set a weight loss goal during feasting season. I didn't make it, and I did not try to kill myself to attain it either. My family wanted to take me out to a fabulous Cuban restaurant for my birthday, as if I am going to say no to that?! LET'S GO!!! I told them no need to get a ice cream birthday cake, as is our tradition...instead we went to a dessert place and each ordered one slice/serving of whatever dessert we wanted. It was perfect and nothing sitting in the fridge/freezer staring at me waiting or begging for me to pig out on it!
While I may have missed the 200# mark, I did manage to accomplish quite a bit in 2013.
*I have lost my greatest amount to date: 40#
*BMI has gone from 40 down to 33.5 still technically obese, but less than before! :)
*My clothes are baggy, even ones that I had not been able to wear in years are now hanging loose.
*The V's of my Vneck shirts are substantially lower than they were when I purchased them.
*15.5 inches are gone as well.
I am feeling pretty darn good about this!
Of course have full body photos, which aren't the best, because I still wear my baggy clothes. No matter what size I have been in my life, super tight clothing just isn't my style. In the face shot comparison you can REALLY see a difference. Not too shabby for 44 ;)
