Until thinking about things today.
I mean, really? Three months ago, I weighed 266 pounds. Today, I got in the scale and weighed 236 - 30 pounds lost. 30 POUNDS. That's a LOT! I mean, that's the average weight of a three year old child(or so I just got from some random website. Don't quote me on that.). Craziness! And then there's the running. Today, I completed W8D3 of the C25K program, which involved running for 28 minutes straight. What is this!? I used to think running was some evil thing that nobody should do. Ever. And now I find myself actually enjoying it!?!?(Once I get started, anyway). Since I started actually tracking inches in a whole bunch of places on my body, I've lost about 12.5 collectively. This is insane! I'm making better choices with my eating habits, and I'm in a good enough place to not beat myself up too much or drive myself to crazy if I indulge once in a while. I'm actually LIVING, as opposed to being obsessive and crazy to the point where I give up super fast. This is rediculously awesome.
This is my time to get this right. To really focus and make this happen. And I'm actually doing it and feeling like I'm making the best possible choice for me right now. It's a really amazing feeling, to tell you the truth. I'm finally giving myself what I deserve, and I'm so, SO glad that I finally came around.
I'm so glad that you had this realization. You remind me a lot of myself. I too had this realization a couple of months back. I was getting so down but when I looked collectively at how many inches and how much weight I lost I was like OMG it really hasn't all been for nothing. I realized that I feel so much better when I'm eating better and exercising. I have this energy that I normally don't have.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to remember things like this when we start to feel discouraged. You are doing awesome so far. I'm looking forward to following the rest of your weight loss journey.