I've always been overweight. I've known that, my doctors have known that, random people on the street know that.
I've wanted to change for some time, and I make commitments to myself year after year to do better. I've been in Weight Watchers. I joined a gym. I've done lots of things to make weight loss a reality for myself, but they never last.
A year ago I was doing fairly well, I had been going to the gym regularly and was feeling good. And then I hurt my back. Everything changed then. I was now under doctors orders to not go the the gym. I wasn't supposed to do any running, bending, twisting or lifting until further notice. I was in constant pain and nothing seemed to be helping. So I went to an old fall back - I ate my emotions. Some of the days where I couldn't even stand up straight I would eat a whole pizza and half a carton of ice cream. Very healthy, I know.
Well, here it is, nearly a year later and I'm doing much better. I'm still not supposed to do a lot of lifting, but I'm able to do some.
I went to the doctor earlier this week for an unrelated reason and I got the shocker of my life at the mandatory weigh in. I weighed over 300 pounds. I knew I had gained weight, but I had no idea I had gained that much weight.
So I decided to start this blog, I figured this would hold me accountable for weighing in every week and making a continued effort. I'm not really sure what kind of format my post will take. Most likely it'll be a combination of my struggles and my successes.
I've already decided that one of the best ways to keep myself motivated is to have a reward/consequence system in place. Each time I work out (gym, swimming, going for a walk or hike etc) for 20 minutes or more I earn one download on iTunes. Each pound I lose I earn $1 towards new clothes. However, if I gain weight, each pound I gain will result in $1 lost in that account and if I don't work out at least twice a week I will loose one of my iTunes downloads.
Let the weight loss begin!
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