Hi Cheryl.
Cheryl I think the only reason I lost relatively quickly is because I started out at such a high weight. And I didn't start out eliminating one or two of my bad habits. I know for some they first start out cutting down on sweets, or cutting down on fats, or cutting down on flour and starches. I cut out ALL the bad stuff from day one. I definitely gave it an all or nothing approach. It's not for everyone, but it was for me. I suppose.
I also had been so very sedentary that at the first sign of exercise my body started burning those calories. I started exercising from day one. Slowly, that's for sure, but everyday I moved more then the one before.
As far as the ah-ha moments. I'm not really sure there was just one. I had been getting progressively more and more inactive and more and more miserable and like you mentioned I was constantly worried about well, everything. I do remember being at the plus sized clothing stores and barely able to fit into there largest size. That terrified me. I also remember passing a darkened window in the mall and seeing a reflection and thinking that that is one very wide person in the window and of course realized that that very wide person was indeed me. 50 years old was looming ahead for me, I turned 43 in November, and I knew I had to get control of this before I hit 50. You just didn't see too many people my size and 50 walking around. I also have 3 daughters that are rapidly approaching marriagable age and the thought of me not being there for them was frightening. I was also worried that if I should be lucky enough to live long enough to see their wedding days, how could I participate in the event at my size. See there comes the worrying again.
And then there was one more thing. An acquaintance of mine who was just as heavy as me, lost about 170 lbs. Seeing her was an eye opener for me. We have since become fairly good friends. In fact I later found out that she was indeed my same weight, just 2 lbs higher. I ran into her at a chinese restaurant of all places and I saw how thin she was and it hit me right there and then that it really was possible to rid oneself of all this weight. I never knew anyone who had lost that much weight and to see her was just incredible and very eye opening. I decided right there and then in the chinese restaurant that that's it, if she could do it so could I. Had that incident occured 2 or three or even one year earlier I don't know if it would have had the same effect on me as it did that day.
Cheryl I am so glad Fitday is working for you. I hope (and know) that you will have continued success using it. You are just around the corner from the big, or should I say little 199 lbs. I will be sooo very happy for you. I'm so glad to have come across you in this journey of mine.
I had NO IDEA that you had accomplished a loss of 90 pounds JUST SINCE THIS PAST SEPTEMBER! Man oh man, or should I say Woman oh, Woman! That is absolutely AMAZING!
FitDay plus added exercise is definitely what got me off my plateau. Oh, and of course all my SNOW SHOVELING!!!
