…there was excess weight, and lots of it!

I’m starting this blog 10 months into my weightloss journey, but I am only 1/3 of the way there, so I figured now was the time to try something new.  So, here goes!

Most people make a vow sometime between December 31st and January 1st that, “This year will be the year that I finally lose the weight!”  I had been a member of that group for far too many years, and each year I would fail myself.  This year, I decided I wasn’t going to do the cliche New Year’s Resolution.  Instead, I didn’t make a vow, I just did it.  I waited until the following Saturday, January 10, 2009, when my local Curves was hosting a Weight Management class.  Now, I had been a member of Curves since late June 2008, but I hadn’t been taking weightloss all that seriously.  So, I consider my start date to be January 2009.

Even my attitude had changed.  No more, “I want to be skinny!”  It was, “I want to be healthy!”  I can’t tell you how many times I attempted to lose my excess poundage, a fate I’m sure most of you have experienced.  My best progress was in my Junior year of college where I lost 35 lbs.  I plateaued for about a year and a half at 215 lbs and finaly quit Weight Watchers when I realized that it wasn’t helping me.  After that, I gained the 35 back along with another 35 to make the grand total, and heaviest known weight, 284 lbs (dress size 26).

Now, my personal best for total weightloss is my current 46 lbs (dress size 20), but I’m still heavier than I was when I quit WW.  Sometimes I get down on myself because I know that I was 23 lbs lighter and 2 sizes smaller 5 years ago, but I’m also very happy and proud that I didn’t plateau at 35 lbs like I had the last time I took the bull by the horns!

Since I started 10 months ago, my Curves numbers are as follows:
Height: 5′4″     Age: 27
Start wt: 284 lb
Current wt: 238 lb
Total: -46 lb
Start Inches: 307.25*
Current Inches: 265.0
Total: -42.25 in
*I’ll have to double check this value since I’m going off of memory!

I’m really excited about the milestones that I have achieved, and I will list my goals and acomplishments in my next entry.

~Steph