New Beginnings

Well, I've come to realize that I'm not the best blogger, but I am going to try again.

Last week I went to see my doctor for a physical and I'm in good health except, of course, for my weight. My doctor is a very nice woman, but every time I go to see her we talk about diet, no I shouldn't say diet I should say eating habits. This visit was no different, except she didn't push her diet plan on me. This time, she recommended some books for me to check out and we talked about my exercise routine. Currently, I am exercising 4 times a week, 3 days I weight train and do cardio and 1 day is fully dedicated to cardio. For the most part I'm happy with my routine, but I want to get back to working out 5 days a week. Well, my doctor was happy about this and was encouraging regarding my weight loss. She also suggested I start a blog about my experience. "It will help to keep you motivated and you will have the chance to inspire and motivate someone else," my doctor said.

So I started thinking about this. I know I've started this blog before and have had some positive responses, but I really began to think about how my experience could inspire someone else to make changes in their life. I am always inspired when I hear about how someone else lost weight and changed their lives, I would like to give that back to others. So here we go...

I am still on the Weight Watcher's plan and I continue to attend meetings once a week. I have also begun tracking my food and weight loss online through their website and it is really working for me. What I struggle with is portion control and fighting the urge to eat when I am upset or emotional or when I'm bored. I am starting to recognize my hunger signs and, when I'm thinking of eating something, I will first ask myself if I'm truly hungry or if I'm bored or upset about something. Majority of the time I am going to food when I'm bored or upset, not because I'm hungry. I am also slowly starting to measure my portions to make sure I am not overeating. Just because I'm eating healthy doesn't mean I get to overeat. You can gain weight eating healthy food as well as junk food.

So here's where I'm at:
Current weight: 256.4
Goal weight: 170
Amount to lose: 86.4

What will I gain by doing this? Stronger self-esteem, stamina to do activities that I enjoy doing, and the courage to try things I'm not brave enough to do now. Also, the idea of wearing a "normal" size and not having to shop in the "woman's" (plus size) department is also motivating. My commitment to you, the reader, is that I will post my progress once a week so that you can see how I am doing. I will also take time to write about my frustrations and things that I've found helpful in the hopes that they will help you. (I almost sound a bit full of myself here.)

See you next week!