Hi all,
I started evaluating my life 6 months ago and realized I was ...well..ahh..too big, and unhealthy. I scared myself...I stood in front of a long mirror(with no clothes on) and I "saw" myself for the first time in 5 yrs!!
Not a pretty sight. All 270 lbs of me on a 5ft 4 in frame!
So I started out slowly...walking 1 km per 5 days a week, then 2 then 3 and now I'm up to 5 km! (thats 3.1 miles) Next thing I know I joined the local gym this month (month 6) and I do circuit weights 2-3 times per week along with my walking and I do swimming. I had to spice up my workout because it seemed the walking was NOT doing it anymore, I had hit some sort of plateau, and the inches were coming off but not the pounds...I don't get that?? So I added weights and swimming and variations on my cardio, which seems to have kick started the weight loss again.
Now I live for working out! I love it, and I don't have to motivate myself to do it, I WANT to do it! No one beleived I could do it, not my family, no one. But here I am in my 6 month, I'm not sure how many inches or weight I lost in the first month half, cuz I didn't weigh or measure then. But I'm at around a 40 inch loss off my entire body now. and almost 50 lbs.
I get "it" now...you know the exercise and healthy eating thing. I didn't get 'it' before, I'd watch people like Oprah and *sigh* wondering how on earth they managed to do what they were doing! I understand now, what I'm doing came from somewhere deep inside me, It can't be stopped and I'm totally enjoying myself. I Don't diet...as thats a 4 letter word in my books! but I do mind what I eat, and I portion control. I eat as healthy as I can, but I admit, I do at least once a month reach for a chocolate bar
hey a girls gotta have a treat once in awhile!
Anyhoo, sorry I babbled, but thats my story and I'm glad I found this site
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