1 Year

1 year... 52 weeks... 365 days... 8760 hours... 525,600 minutes...

One year ago today I randomly decided to walk into a Weight Watchers meeting.  One year ago today I was at my highest weight ever and beyond embarrassed.  One year ago today I was scared about going to the doctors office for a physical for fear of what that results may be.

Today I can say with pride that I have lost 40lbs.  Today I enjoy being active and going to the gym.  Today I am healthier than I have been in a long time.  Today is a new day on my journey.

While I know I didn't meet my goal of 52lbs in 52 weeks, I can't beat myself up too badly.  40lbs is nothing to snub your nose at...  Plus, it's a journey, not a race.

And if you were to look at my WW weight record, it probably looks just like this.  I've been gaining and losing the same 2lbs since mid January.  I haven't given up, but I haven't been as dedicated as I once was.  Life has gotten in the way, and thrown me quite a few curve-balls that I'm learning to deal with.  Regardless, I'm finally figuring out a routine of sorts so I hope to get past this crazy plateau that I'm hanging out on. 

This next year is going to be a good one... I can feel it.  And with the support of my amazing family and friends it's going to be even better.

So - let's do this... and welcome to year 2 of My Journey to Happy and Healthy!!

Life

Life has thrown me quite a few curve balls over the last month.  I take that back - Life is testing me to my absolute limits, or at least that's how it feels. Without delving too deep, let's just say that I've had many more lows than highs over the holidays.  But even still - I've tried to maintain focus on my weight loss.  I managed to lose weight over the holidays which is always a struggle, but I lost about 3.5lbs since Thanksgiving.  Nothing huge - but it's better than gaining. 

I'm more focused and determined to make this my year.  I'm going to continue on my journey of weight loss.  I've started working out again - thankfully the early morning Zumba/Circuit/TurboKick classes are back!!  I'm going to work on mentally making myself a better person.  I want to get back into a church family.  And the most scary - I'm going to start my MBA.  I've been talking about it for over a year and the time has come to just make it happen.

So what are your goals for this year?

Finally back

So, remember two weeks ago that I wrote that I gained 1.6lbs?!?  Well, it's very obvious that it's much easier to gain than lose!  It took me two weeks to lose the 1.6lbs, but I finally did, so I'm back to my total loss of 30.4lbs.  Woohoo! 

I'm having to readjust again because Ryan is finally back from working out of town, so I'm having to cook for more than just myself.  Doesn't really sounds like a big deal, but Ryan is really picky and not the healthiest of eaters.  Just makes for a challenge in making stuff less bad, and a test to my willpower in not eating the crappy foods that taste oh so good. But, this is only for a few weeks, because in two weeks he'll be out of town again for 6 weeks! *sigh* good for my diet, bad for my marriage. :)

Another thing I've been thinking about is that saying that you can't out exercise a bad diet.

I did crazy walking and exercise this past week.   Not only did I work out with my normal Zumba classes, but then Friday night went to Halloween Horror nights at Universal Studios and pretty much walked for 5 hours straight.  My legs and feet were on FIRE by the time I got into bed at 3AM!  So  all that walking and exercising, and I only lost 0.8lbs this week.   Just goes to show that it really doesn't make up for a bad diet.  And I wasn't even that bad... I only had two or three bad meals all week.  Oh well - it's still a loss, right!?

And it's official - we are going on a cruise Dec. 7th!!  My goal is to lose 12.6lbs by the cruise, which means I need to lose 1.5lbs a week!  It's going to be tough - but I think it's doable.  Just going to have to be on plan religiously for the next 8 weeks!!  Wish me luck - and keep me accountable! :)

The future

One of my good friends texted me this morning that she had a dream about me, where I had lost a bunch of weight and I told her that I was at 161lbs. She was so excited and said I was wearing tight workout clothes and flaunting it.

This small text means so much to me because someone can visualize my future....  And it's achievable!!! As I sit here typing this on my phone...  I can't stop crying  because I want that dream to come true so badly. It just gives me the encouragement  and determination to keep at it. So thanks,  Mel...  for being a great  friend and visualizing me where I want to be!!! Where I will be!!!

And now I will stop before the guy on the plane next to me thinks I'm crazy for randomly crying uncontrollably.  :)