I started with a drunken revelation in March when I hit 242 pounds, and did pretty well for a couple months. Thankfully I didn't gain any weight, but it was because I was so active during the summer and not because I was watching what I ate at all.
Then last fall I decided to start it up again and I've been doing pretty well since then. When I started paying attention to what I was eating again (October 26th) I was at 230 pounds. I also started exercising pretty regularly for like the first time... ever.
I thought I derailed a little over christmas because I was crazy busy again and stress eating, and I got really depressed afterwards and didn't want to get on a scale, but it turns out I lost five pounds. Go figure. That made me realize that I reeeeallllly do want to lose weight. And I'm trying to really stick with it this time and not get derailed or lose hope if I don't lose as fast/as much as I want to.
I had a picture taken of me today and I realized I don't look too bad in it! In fact... I kinda like it. Then I thought I'd come back on here and compare it to how I looked when I first started last march (because I deleted those god-awful photos from my computer.) So here you go, because before and afters are always so fun (even though this isn't an after, just a "so far.")
March 2010, 242 pounds:
and today! January 23, 2011 ... I think 216ish pounds?
(I'm on the left, and too lazy to block my face out.)
and from my friend's phone (just saw this one):
so yay! It's always hard to tell you've lost weight when you see yourself every day, and I honestly just realized today that I actually do look different. It's kind of exciting! And just motivates me more. wowww! Cool!
again!