Another Mini Goal Accomplished!!!
Nov 25, 2011
Wow! After a whooping three week stall I have reached my second mini goal of 270lbs. I am pleased with what I have accomplished in such a short time! When my referral went in and I learned that I was out of Dr. Pace’s current BMI range my first thought was I can wait. Then I thought – there is power inside me to change this. I have lost weight in the past I can do it again. So here I am, with a much lower BMI than the 53 I started with. My secret? I journal everything. If I taste a sauce when I am cooking I write it. All those bites, licks and tastes really add up. If I have a bad day or a bad week, I can see where I went wrong. The stall was hard to push through. I became very discourage and often had thoughts that if I can’t lose weight I might as well eat. I did a little – which I am sure made the stall a little longer again. But I can see the light, I know that sometime next year I will have a tool that will help me. That thought gives me the boost I need to soldier on.
Funny story to share. I went to visit a friend this week. I stepped out of the car and my pants slipped – not all the way but enough to catch in my shoe...down I went – flat to the drive way. My friend was in her window, she did not see me fall – just noticed that I suddenly disappeared. Then my husband thought I was hiding. Could I get up? No? Was I hurt? I just had a tiny scrape on my knee and hand. So what was the problem? I was laughing. So hard that I could not breathe or even make a sound. It was, oddly enough, a silent laugh that shook my entire body. Did I find it funny? No not then. I was ecstatic! The fact that I fell did not really register. I was giddy with the thought that my pants just started to fall off! Ahh...the work is paying off. I can keep going until my meeting with the surgeon on January 24. I can do this. Not sure how much time will pass before I will have my surgery – but I will continue with my struggles around food. Christmas scares me...so if you have any tips I would love to hear them!!!!
My next mini goal –I want to weight 257 before I meet with the Dr. Pace on January 24. That would be a whopping 50 lbs lost! Thank goodness for mini goals. I love when my ticker says goal reached! It gives me something to celebrate. Now what should my reward be...maybe a trip to chapters in store!
