Teena D.
Where has the time gone!!
Mar 25, 2009
I can't believe that I haven't posted since September 2008!!! Where has the time gone! Well let me up date you! I moved to Charlotte January 2009! Love it! Haven't found gainful employment but God is good. Actually I haven't even applied for anything yet so I don't know what I think, that in this economy someone is going to knock on my door and say, "hey Teena I heard you were here in Charlotte! Take this awesome job with full benefits, signing bonus, two week vacation to start and 4 a day weeks!" That's just a dream! I am really going to get on the stick though!I went through a little depression. Didn't think I would because I was so excited, but once I moved and got settled in I realized how much I missed the kids at my old school and how much I was worrying that they were alright. One little girl even said, "Miss Teena" I feel like my mother is leaving all over again!" Bummer! I miss my family too, but not as much. I guess b/c I know that they are all right and taken care of!
Okay, about my progress....... you know me, I keep it real! I was so proud to be in the onesees again I vowed not to ever get in the 200 pound club again, I lied! 200 hit me with a board! I wasn't exercising, I was eating anything I wanted at any time that I wanted, like I couldn't gain the weight again. I wasn't even walking everyday. If it rained,I couldn't walk. If it looked like it was going to rain, I couldn't walk. If I ate too much, I couldn't walk. I got a bunyon on my toe, I couldn't walk. My daughter needed to talk to me about her relationships, I couldn't walk. My husband needs to go to Wal-mart, I couldn't walk!
Any excuse I could come up with to not walk, I didn't so I was walking about 1-2 days a week, if that! Then a miracle happened! My baby sister decided to go to a weight Dr. She is tall like me and got up to 270 pouds on her wedding day and didn't like it so she was determined to do something about it. We are really close, so when she called me to tell me about this weight Dr. I discouraged her telling her that it was just a temporary fix, and as soon as she quit she would gain the weight back!
Well her response was, "why would I quit? I get my nails done everyweek, when my real nails grew back underneath the fake ones I didn't quit going, b/c I know that I soon as I do they would break, so why would I quit this!"
Y'all it hit me like a ton of bricks! Why would I quit! That has been my problem all my life! I quit! It is not a diet, it is a life-change and I have been taking the wrong approach! You don't want to lose the weight, and then quit, you have to continue to run like your life depended on it! If someone told me that if I gained a pound back, harm would come to my husband or girls I wouldn't gain an ounce, so why wouldn't I do it for Myself!
It changed my life. I made a committment to walk everyday, rain, snow, sleet or hell! I also made the committment to give up red meat and all sweets! Now I only eat chicken, turkey, fruits, veggies, dairy and seafood! I fry it when I want but for the most part I bake or stew it! I buy wheat pastas, spaghetti, mac, etc. Lowfat cheese, 2% milk and fat-free yogurt? Nothing white, i.e. sugar, flour, you know!
I started this March 9, how do I know, b/c I journal now! I write down everything I eat, what exercise I do and my water intake! I also write how I feel wether good or bad, b/c I recognize I am an emotional eater!
My progress:
I went from 215 (yeah I got back up to 215!!) I now weigh, 194 that's 21 pounds in a little over 2 weeks!!!
I went from walking about 4 miles a day 1 or 2 days a week to 9 miles, everyday! ( 6 miles at 5:30 a.m., and then 3 miles at 7:00 pm with my family. I powerwalk in the a.m. and it is more of a stroll in the evening, but it is great b/c it gives us time to talk, we talked before, but always in front of the TV, now we have a date each evening!)
I went from feeling bloated and full to having a lot of energy! I feel like I'm in my twenties again and I will be 43 next week!
My food bill is cheaper, b/c turkey and chicken costs a lot less than steak, hamburger, ribs, and porkchops, but I don't feel like I am missing out on anything! They make everything with turkey now days! (who knew, not me!)
And I went down another clothes size!
And I drink a gallon + of water a day! I went to Wal-mart and brought a gallon jug of water along with the mixes that's like Chrystal light but the Wal-mart brand! I make a gal of it everynight and fill up my water bottle throughout the day. I make sure to drink the gallon before I go to bed! I pee like a fountain but it is worth the trade-off! It is also cheaper, before I was buying 2-3 packs of bottle water a week, now I don't I just fill the jug from the faucett!
My skin is clearer! I feel better! And I am very, very regular!!
I feel like I have taken controll and it feels so good! I love my life again and I am never going to lose this feeling again. I have to go, but I promise that I will log on again by Friday! And I will also make sure to log on at least once a week!
Love you all! God Bless and take care!
T33na!
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About Me
Charlotte, NC
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27.1
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Surgery
06/05/2006
Surgery Date
May 03, 2006
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