So, it is Day 30 of my weight loss challenge, and I am down a whopping 20 pounds! Whoop whoop. 10 days ago, I was down 16 pounds, and I first, I wasn't too happy I had only lost 4 pounds in 10 days.
I couldn't quite figure out why my weight wasn't dropping the way it was at first. I was doing everything I was supposed to do, eating smaller portions, exercising 6 days a week, sometimes twice a week. After all of that, I weighed myself Monday, saw I had only lost 1 pound, and got immediately upset. All of that hard work, and only 1 POUND?!? To say that I was upset was an understatement. The next day. I went back on detox, and began working out twice a day. The funny thing is, my crazy self should have been working out twice a day. I forgot to realize, I was beginning to intake more calories, so I had to work out more. DUH!!! I think I figured, my workouts were hard enough, that should take care of it...WRONG!! I also had to realize that I was losing wait the healthy way. I was searching for a quick fix, thinking that the weight was just going to fall off quickly. after detoxing since Tuesday, I dropped 3 pounds, without even thinking about it!
This journey is not easy, at all. Everyday, I have to work on myself, and not let the old habits get in the way. I constantly crave something sweet, or something fried! But, then I look at the bigger picture. I visualize myself on the beach in Cali in an all white 2-piece! (Haven't worn a 2-piece in YEARS!) I visualize myself being healthy, and happy. I have learned to not use my food as an anchor. It was holding me down. I would get upset, and eat. Now, I hardly think of food. I eat because I know I have to, I eat when I am hungry, but I don't overeat. I've learned to control the portions I eat. I have moved up to eating 4-5 times a day! It is still hard because I am an insomniac, so my eating schedule is a bit off. If I do get hungry late, I grab a large glass of water, a few grapes, and I am good to go!
Honestly, I feel good. I feel like I am going to finish something that I started out on, in the allotted amount of time I set for myself. My goal was to lose 30 pounds by my birthday, on March 31. I have 10 pounds to go! (Oh guys, I feel like imma start crying...) I don't feel like my road to travel is far, I can see the end of the tunnel! My lifestyle has completely changed! Long gone are the nights that I would make runs to a fast foor restaurant for dinner. Long gone are the days I would sit around and eat. Long gone are the late nights of eating french fries, chips, or ANYTHING that have to do with white potatoes! This has changed my life, and probably prevented me from becoming even bigger! ( I talk as if I was like 350 lbs. I wasn't even close to that when I started, but when u are used to having a "nice" body, and u look in the mirror one day, and it's gone; u feel like ur 5x heavier than you actually are!) I'm glad I decided to change. I'm glad I finally got up the courage to do this for myself! Other times I tried, it was to please everyone else, I guess that's one reason it didn't quite work out! Now look at me, 20 lbs lighter and still going! Praise God!!!
Oh, and there has been a challenge in the making!!!The other day, my aunt called and said her and my cousin were challenging me and my mom. We call it : The Biggest Loser: Mother-Daughter edition. We got my other aunt and cousin to do it as well. We are trying to see who loses the most weight by our family reunion which is at the end of July. Now, I am very competitive, so I will NOT lose! GAME ON!! I'm ready. This is going to be a challenge for all of us! None of us like to exercise, eat right, and we are all overweight, to keep it all honest. But, if we help each other, encourage each other, we will be ok.
Signing Out,
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