HAPPY NEW YEAR! I HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY FILLED WITH FUN, FAMILY TIME, GOOD FOOD AND OF COURSE RELAXATION BECAUSE YOU WORKED HARD!!
YOU MAY BE THINKING, "ANOTHER NEW YEAR, NEW ME STATEMENT"...NOT REALLY! I'VE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH MY WEIGHT THROUGHOUT MY 25 YEARS ON THIS PLANET. I'VE TRIED VARIOUS DIET PLANS THAT WORKED AT FIRST AND THEN JUST STOPPED WORKING FOR ME. I HAD TIMES WHERE I WAS VERY MOTIVATED, THEN I WOULD GIVE UP. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE BIGGEST ONE OUT OF MY THREE SIBLINGS, BUT I'M CURRENTLY THE BIGGEST I'VE EVER BEEN.
I VISITED THE DOCTORS YESTERDAY, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES! ANYWAY, I GOT ON THE SCALE AND SAW THAT I WEIGHED A SURPRISING 341 LBS!!!! O_o I KNOW RIGHT, MORBIDLY OBESE! I WAS A BIT SELF-CONSCIOUS TO SAY MY WEIGHT OUT LOUD, BUT THIS IS WHO I CURRENTLY AM. BUT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I AM/WILL STAY LIKE THIS FOREVER! I EXPLAINED TO MY DOCTOR THAT THE WAY I FEEL ON THE INSIDE DOESN'T MATCH HOW I LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE.
MY DOCTOR ASKED ME, "WHAT GOAL WEIGHT DO YOU WANT TO BE?" I DIDN'T HAVE A RESPONSE BECAUSE BEING HEALTHIER WAS ALWAYS MY BIGGEST GOAL. I LOOKED AT IT LIKE THIS, IF I EAT RIGHT AND EXERCISE AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A DAY IT'LL BEGIN TO SHOW AND I'LL BE HEALTHIER. HOWEVER, MY DOCTOR EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A GOAL AND MONITOR IF YOU'RE MAKING THIS GOAL WILL HELP YOUR JOURNEY A LOT MORE.
MAKES SENSE, RIGHT?!? MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PART OF MY JOURNEY IS THE OBSESSION THAT CAN LEAD BEHIND IT. I ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO OBSESS OVER THEIR WEIGHT, PANTS SIZE, ETC AND I DON'T WANT TO ME LIKE THAT. ON THE CONTRARY, BEING ABLE TO HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE LIKE MY DOCTOR SAID WILL HELP ME A LOT MORE IN THE LONG RUN!!! =D I NEED TO PURCHASE A SCALE, SO I CAN WEIGH MYSELF EVERY WEEK TO CHECK MY PROGRESS!
WE FURTHER TALKED ABOUT HOW MY HEALTH CAN CREATE A LOT OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR ME IF I DON'T STICK TO MAKING A CHANGE. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM!! IT RUNS IN MY FAMILY, SO I COULD BE PRONE TO DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (I HAVE IT), AND ANY OTHER SERIOUS FACTORS.
BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE LOST WEIGHT BEFORE WITH EATING RIGHT AND WORKING OUT A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK, I'M CONFIDENT THAT I CAN DO IT! AFTER TELLING MY DOCTOR THAT I AM LOOKING TO MAKING A CHANGE AND BEING HEALTHIER, SHE CHALLENGED ME TO A 60 LBS IN 6 MONTHS CHALLENGE!!! HOLY SHIT! I'M FUCKING EXCITED, NERVOUS, PUMPED...BASICALLY ALL THE FEELS WERE GOING THROUGH MY BODY!!
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THIS CHALLENGE?!?! I MEET WITH MY DOCTOR AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 6, 2016!! THAT'S 1 MONTH! PRIOR TO MEETING WITH HER, I STARTED WORKING OUT MORE, THEN I GOT SICK. I'M GETTING OVER MY COLD, SO SINCE YESTERDAY I STARTED WORKING OUT AND CHANGING MY EATING HABITS!!
WHERE AM I GETTING MY MOTIVATION FROM?
MYSELF
MY SISTER
FRIENDS
PINTEREST
READING OTHER PEOPLE'S HEALTH JOURNEY
IF YOU FOLLOW MY TALK SEGMENTS, I TALK ABOUT THE 10 LBS DOWN CHALLENGE!!
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS, BUT I AM WORKING HARD TO BE A BETTER ME.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO READ, AND CATCHING UP WITH ME!!
I'LL BE MAKING WEEKLY POST, EVERY SUNDAY HERE! SO IF YOU HAVE GOOGLE+, YOU CAN DEFINITELY JOIN MY CIRCLE AND STAY UPDATED!
ARE YOU ON A HEALTH JOURNEY OR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY? LET ME KNOW!
