Anyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I have struggled with my weight over the years. At times, losing and maintaining weight loss has kind of felt like this:
Yeah. You know the feeling, too, huh?
I'm going to share something with you. At my heaviest, in 2005, I weighed 250 lbs. That is the absolute most I have ever weighed. My weight has been a roller coaster my entire life.
Over the last 13 years, my weight has fluctuated from 240, down to 170, back up to 250, down to 210, shooting back up to 240.
Over the last year and a half, I have shed some weight again. I have lost 39 lbs and currently weigh 201 lbs, but I've hit a plateau. I haven't gained any weight (yay!)...but I haven't lost any either. It's like seeing the finish line of a race but not being able to get there because a T-rex is gnawing on your foot. You want to keep going but there isn't much you can do til Rexy lets go.
The difference this time is that I want to maintain the weight loss. I want, I need this to be permanent and stable.
This week, I've decided to give Rexy a better bone to gnaw on besides my foot so I can complete my goal of losing another 30 lbs and keeping it off. For the next two weeks, I am planning out my menu for the day in the morning and writing a gym schedule for the week to include at least 4 workouts a week that are 45 minutes long.
Sound scary? Well, it IS October. I'm almost through the first week. I'll check in on Sunday and let you know how I'm doing.
Til next time! -Erika
Yeah. You know the feeling, too, huh?
I'm going to share something with you. At my heaviest, in 2005, I weighed 250 lbs. That is the absolute most I have ever weighed. My weight has been a roller coaster my entire life.
Over the last 13 years, my weight has fluctuated from 240, down to 170, back up to 250, down to 210, shooting back up to 240.
Over the last year and a half, I have shed some weight again. I have lost 39 lbs and currently weigh 201 lbs, but I've hit a plateau. I haven't gained any weight (yay!)...but I haven't lost any either. It's like seeing the finish line of a race but not being able to get there because a T-rex is gnawing on your foot. You want to keep going but there isn't much you can do til Rexy lets go.
The difference this time is that I want to maintain the weight loss. I want, I need this to be permanent and stable.
This week, I've decided to give Rexy a better bone to gnaw on besides my foot so I can complete my goal of losing another 30 lbs and keeping it off. For the next two weeks, I am planning out my menu for the day in the morning and writing a gym schedule for the week to include at least 4 workouts a week that are 45 minutes long.
Sound scary? Well, it IS October. I'm almost through the first week. I'll check in on Sunday and let you know how I'm doing.
Til next time! -Erika
I know how ya feel. I don't know what I weigh. I don't want to know what I weigh. I really, really wish there were a good gym by me, but there just isn't. I loved Planet Fitness when I was in Philly, but here it's all Retro Fitness where unless you're a meat head & do nothing but lift weights your choices are reduced to tread mill, tread mill, or did I mention tread mill. I think I'd probably fare better in a place that offered classes and had a pool. There is a place about a 20 minute ride away that does have a pool (no classes though, I don't think) but they get like $50 a month membership. I just don't have $50 a month for a pool. Yeah, I know I could go out for a walk at night for free around my neighborhood, but I'm weird. Most people feel more uncomfortable at a gym. I, on the other hand feel more uncomfortable parading around my neighborhood in my sweats. I guess it's cause when I'm at the gym everyone else is sweaty & gross too. When I'm jogging around your neighborhood, I feel like my neighbors are looking at me like "Eww..."
ReplyDeleteMy mom's seeing a naturopath because she wanted a second opinion for some health issues. The naturopath didn't think she could fix the concern my mom went in with, but thought my mom might be borderline diabetic and started her on a cleansing regimen with soups and vitamins. When Mom went in for her second visit, she had to write out her experiences, and when her naturopath read that my mom had lost 19 lbs, she crossed "lost" out and wrote, "Gone!" Mom was floored, and really impressed.
ReplyDeleteUsually when we lose something, we want it back. So Mom and I have adopted "got rid of" when it comes to weight.
I got rid of 35 lbs and got myself well into my safe BMI area, but it took me a year (I got rid of desserts and sugary beverages), and I've maintained my weight for the past three months (I haven't allowed myself to go back to desserts or sugary beverages - they're too overwhelmingly sweet now anyway). I feel awesome, and my self esteem has practically exploded. Plateaus suck, but when you get rid of your excess you're going to have so much more energy. My best advice is to make sure it does take awhile because the quick fixes don't last, and find healthy rewards rather than the bad habits that got us there in the first place.
I really like that idea, losing weight versus getting rid of it. I think that definitely changes the mode of thinking a little and the approach with which you come to your weight loss strategy.
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