Weekly Weigh-In

I will be out of town for a long weekend due to the Easter Holiday, so I weighed in a day early.

Starting Weight: 315lbs

Current Weight: 287lbs

Next Goal Weight: 250lbs

Like many of you, I have spent a huge amount of my life on a diet. When I was in high school I would eat about 800 calories a day (a Little Debbie snack for lunch, a sandwich for dinner). I was able to lose a little bit of weight and kept it off for my junior year, before ballooning back up during my senior year. I also did the Atkins diet a couple of times, and was able to stick with it for about a month each time. More recently (two summers ago), I tried the “poverty diet” and ate very little because I had a strict budget. I supplemented this with a 2 mile walk/jog every night, and was able to get down to about 290lbs. Of course you know my weight from the beginning of January, so clearly that diet didn’t stick either.

I have to admit that this is the longest time that I have ever been on a “diet.” I use that term loosely, like many dieting bloggers do, because this isn’t really a diet for me. I’m completely changing my lifestyle and eating habits. My eating isn’t extremely restrictive, and my exercising doesn’t take up all of my time. It’s sustainable. No, I haven’t really been losing weight at the speed I would like, but I am creating new habits and it gets easier every day. One thing that has been incredibly helpful is just updating this blog. It helps to be accountable to someone, even if it is a handful of anonymous people on the internet. Plus the journaling aspect allows me to look back and see what I’ve done right, and what I need to improve.

I don’t know exactly what my point is with this entry. I think I wanted to say thanks to everyone who reads this, and those who leave comments encouraging me or telling me to get my butt into gear. I also want to encourage anyone who reads this to keep working! It is hard to learn new habits, and it is hard to change your life. You just have to keep trying until you find what works for you.