Hi girls,
It's been over a year since I have been to 3FC, and even then it was only to check in. About 2 years ago now, I hit my goal of losing 50 lbs - and I accomplished that with the help of a lot of the people here. It was a long journey (I had *always* been a "big girl" my whole life), and I created for myself a body that I had never seen before.
Funny thing was, once I started losing weight... it kind of kept coming off. Even when I didn't want it to anymore. I had gotten into the habit of working out so much that I dropped all the way down to 117 lbs without much resistance. And honestly... I had dropped too much. I truly am "big boned", and at 117 my ribs and shoulder blades stuck out and I just didn't look good. I realized that I'll always need to have a just a little extra on me to look my best. So I set about trying to let myself gain some weight back.
Well... now I've gained too much. I knew maintenance would be a give and take, but it has proved to be more of a challenge than I thought. Between a new job about a year and a half ago, and then the purchase of our house about 7 months ago, bad habits have started to creep in. Late night munching, lack of workouts, and sneaking candy from the office candy bowl. I weighed myself this morning and I officially hit that "uh-oh" mark that I had mentally put in place... a weight where I knew if I hit it, it was time to go back to 3FC and get back on track.
I don't need to lose all that much... 8 lbs will get me to the weight I felt the healthiest and looked the best at. But I'm back here because I need to readjust my whole perspective. I need to kick bad habits to the curb and get back to my old routines.
So I hope 3FC will accept me back for a little readjustment. I know how easy it is to let myself slip back into the old me... but I love my body and I don't want to lose all the progress I had made.
Here's looking forward to some summer progress! Off to work out on the elliptical before work...
