So maybe commitment to blogging my journey has evaded me... just a bit.
To those of you new to this blog, it started over 7 years ago with my first foray into my weight loss journey.
As I get a little bit closer to my original goal, I thought I'd revamp this site and share a bit of the journey.
I have many friends who have this day to day battle with food, their size and self image. I can only hope that maybe some of you will tune in so we can engage in some good conversations outside the world of Facebook and share the good, the bad and the ugly together.
So this chapter of my journey started on January 4th of 2014. On the edge of turning 36, and reflecting back on where this journey began almost 7 years ago I decided there would be no more messing around.
Last summer I did run/walk two 5K Marathons and ran into the fall and winter. I loved it. I decided even before going back to Weight Watchers that I was going to run again in 2014. I have at least two 5K's planned and if I'm not pushing too hard, I might back the last one of the year a 10K.
So on January 4th, 2014 I went back to Weight Watchers and started out with their new Simple Start plan.
It's something akin to the Simply Filling for those who have gone to WW before. Basically it's eating only power foods for the first two weeks. Well after great success in those first two weeks, I have moved over to the Simply Filling plan and have been on it ever since.
My first weigh in, I weighed 224lbs. Baring this in mind, when I first joined WW in 2007 I weighed 250lbs and prior to going, I had lost 25lbs on my own! So in my adult life, I have never been higher than 275lbs, nor have I ever been lower than 206lbs.
The past five months have been filled with challenges. After making a career change last year, I found out the change I made might not have been for the best, and I fought against everything to not eat my feelings, and lose the ground I had cleared since January. I held on. Kept up with grocery lists, tracking and healthy snacks. Some days I just want to take all the bread in the house and make an entire loaf of homemade garlic bread and eat it. I have NEVER done this in my life, but the call of carb overdose is always present. But I learned to grab apples, bananas or even a drink of water to just curb the urges.
This past Saturday I went to my weekly meeting and weighed in. For the first time since I was 18, I am under 200lbs --> 199.2lbs to be exact. So with this new life achievement unlocked, it is a bit more time to reflect on what I have done right in the past 5 months, and what I need to do in the months, years and life to come to lose and maintain. I enjoy healthy eating, I enjoy pizza, cheeseburgers and beer. I can have it all. I just have to do it all in moderation.
In the coming weeks I want to keep motivated, and I hope in some ways I can motivate anyone out there who decides to read this. It is a journey and a life choice. We all owe it to ourselves to take care of our bodies, because we only get one.
For the love of food,
~The Food Lovin' Diva
