The title of my first blog is my weight this morning. I've always been heavy, since I was five, but this is bad even for me. My usual weight that I settled in at and fluctuate around is 280. Some days it would be 282, others 278, but always right around 280. How did I gain 16 pounds and not even notice??
That's a lie. I have noticed. Let me tell you the difference between 280 and 296. At 280 I could sit pretty comfortably... I wasn't spilling over into the next chair at the movies, I wasn't having feeling squished in a booth seat. My clothes fit nicely. I wasn't quite as aware of my neck or lack thereof.
Well, today is the day it stops. I started this year at 290, and made a resolution to just weigh less by 2011. I still have lots of time to weigh way less. I've got the healthy food in check, I have the ability to exercise daily. My one obstacle is when life gets stressful, I might fall off the healthy habits for a couple days. My hope is, with this blog, I can encourage myself (and get encouragement from others) to stick with it, get back on the wagon and keep the momentum going.
The title of my entire blogging page is "letting go" because there are a lot of things I need to let go of besides my weight. Like all this crap in my house that I don't need. I've been doing pretty good organizing, but I could be doing way better. There are other things that I'm having to let go of, but I'll leave them for another post. For now, it's time to get this moving! It is Tuesday, July 20th. I won't weigh in again until next Tuesday. Let the losing begin!
~Maria~
