When it comes to my weight, ya’ll know where I’ve been – up and down – for better or worse, it’s all here on this blog. Ya’ll have had my back the whole way. Do ya’ll know how much it’s meant? Well here’s where I am:
Ya’ll know about Mama’s surgeries; 3 major surgeries between September of '09 & December of '10. So instead of getting up at 5 AM to work out, I was getting up at 5 AM to get Mama ready for the day, get her breakfast done, dinner in the crock pot and the kitchen cleaned up & usually at least 1 load of laundry done, the get ready for work and out of the house by 8:30. I went to the doc for my chick check on June 9th....I weighed in at 257! I got home & took my measurements...BIG mistake! (Bust) 52 (Waist) 49 (Hips) 53!! I knew I had put some weight back on; ankles hurt more often, tired, and those 20's that were sliding on now took some work to get on. Ok, a lot of work. But half of what I had lost?!
Like before, 1 change at a time. Start with the eating -- not easy as we had a family reunion that weekend. It wasn't easy, but I did it anyway. Monday 13th: new thing was taking the stairs....no elevators. I realized (thanks to my handy pedometer) that it was 300 steps from my desk, to the 3rd floor where the ice machine is and back. Then on Monday the 20th I started walking in the AM & the first couple of days I barely made it though .8 (8/10) of a mile. Holy crap!! I'd gotten up to 2.5 miles.
Well after 2 1/2 weeks I got back on the scale....252! (B) 52 (W) 47 (H) 52. So in 18 days I've dropped 5 pounds and a total of 3 inches. I'll take that :-)
I've said before, my goal is to be healthy NOT skinny. My target is 200 pounds (I'm 5'10) a woman's size 16 and a man's 36/32. None of this is set in stone. If I get to 210 & I feel good, then I'm fine. If that means I'm a size 18 then so be it. I think that's why it's work this time as opposed to all of the other diets I've been on in the last 20 years because my goal isn't a look (skinny), it's a feeling (healthy).
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