Back and Ready for the Next Five!

Apr 28, 2016

So much has been happening, but I am proud to say that I have held my weight loss since my surgery 5 1/2 months ago.  It hasn't been easy, realizing that it took five years to gain over two hundred pounds, and five years to stay at the weight I was when this all started ten years ago, I am ready to fight the good fight, and see where I can go in the next five years!

What do I credit for keeping on the straight and narrow?  Watching what I eat -- which is difficult, as my pouch has stretched; drinking my "nutritional math" through protein shakes; gauging how my clothing fits; and most importantly -- watching my scale!

I have gotten married, attained my Masters Degree, kept off 200 pounds, and persued a happier and healthier life!  Life is too short not to enjoy - and too long to endure.  It is up to YOU how you live your life, so aim for happiness!  Make short term goals, and revel when you reach each one!  Life is a daily persuit to the end, make every day count.  

Don't use excuses like "my new medication is causing my weight gain."  I recently gained back 15 pounds because of new meds.  My response: Count EVERY calorie on my daily "to do" list & make changes in activity level.  I am still swimming, but having gone back to school for the last two years, I barely got 500 miles in each year.  I am BACK!  Swimming 3 3/4 miles a day and counting each mile toward my next goal - 600 miles in 2016.  Come back with me!  Take the time to LOVE YOU! You need to commit to YOU, not do this for anyone else.  It can happen, I started out at a BMI of over 74 -- I am proud of all my work, and ready to work some more -- FOR ME!

Stay strong, and move on!

B :)~

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