Jennifer F.
It's been forever
Nov 30, 2009
It's been forever since I've written. I think it's mostly because I fell off the wagon. After I broke the 200lb mark, things just kinda started to fall apart for me. I started snacking more and more on all the wrong things and I stopped excersizing. I don't really know why, but I did. The weightloss came to a screeching hault (to be honest, I gained 5 lbs - back up to 203). I was in shock for a while about it - called it a stall, cursed my scale, but it was all my own doing. Rob went to see the surgeon because he was having some issues of his own. Dr. W gave us what I call a Smackdown. He explained that there was no reason that we shouldn't still be losing weight and prescribed us a more strict diet and sent us to a therapist. It was just what I needed! Like magic, the weight started coming off again (down to 194). I have been doing really good at tracking my calories and paying more attention to what I put in my mouth. I'm back at the gym - consistently and the scale is moving! (I am really not an idiot despite what you may read).I'm signed up to do a 5k on Dec 19th and I'm gonna do great! I'm hoping to beat my best time of 45 minutes. I recognize that means I'm going to have work at that, but I am totally committed. I KNOW I am going to make it to the hundred lb mark. I hope by the first of the year, but I may even surprise myself and do it sooner.
I read a comment recently, "for some of us the weight just falls off - the rest of us have to fight for every pound". That really struck a nerve with me. I am going to be one of those that has to fight, I had a temper tantrum about that for a few months, but now I'm over it. I AM going to fight for myself to beat this thing. I didn't go through all of this for nothing. I'll let you know how the 5K turns out.