Celebrating: The return of my WW leader from her 3-week trip to Europe. I am so glad I shopped around and found a leader whose focus is consistently helpful for me and who is a brilliant cognitive-behavioral group therapist without even knowing it.
Grateful for: The power of writing. I’m beginning to think that writing things [...]
This summer, I launched a new initiative to “be a grown-up now.” It’s been a very empowering process — defining my core values, setting long-term goals, and projecting markers and milestones along the path toward achievement. I’ve committed to taking more personal responsibility. I’ve, in a sense, gotten my butt in gear.
One of the overarching [...]
My ex-boyfriend has been indispensable in counteracting my blindness throughout this process. Although I’ve lost 60 pounds — and although I’m aware that 60 pounds must come from somewhere! — it’s been hard for me to accept that I am making any visible progress toward health. As I mentioned before, all of my same rolls [...]
Celebrating: 60 pounds gone!
Grateful for: Having this place to express and sort through my feelings. It helps me refocus on what’s important. Also grateful for the people whose insightful comments challenge me.
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 301.2
This week: 294.2
Change this week: -7.0
Total change: -60.4
Next milestone: 65 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Stay calm and focus [...]
Celebrating: Living in an era of modern medicine where simple lab work, blood draws, and tests can begin to yield answers when you’re not well.
Grateful for: Let’s not anyone be shocked that my weight is up this week. In addition to everything else going on, I got my period this morning. So, today I’m grateful [...]
Celebrating: Crossing into the 200’s! Defeating the troll under the 300-pound bridge! Achieving my end-of-the-year goal! Call it what you will, I’m under 300 pounds!
Grateful for: I had really wanted to take a picture of my purple toesies framing the 299.8 point. However, I must have hit that point somewhere around Wednesday night after spending [...]
Celebrating: Crossing over from BMI’s “Severly Obese” into just “Obese.” Yay!
Grateful for: I wrote earlier about an increase in [otherwise healthy] carbs and my trepidation over weight fluctuations this week. Well, the mystery seems to have been solved when I experienced another ovarian cyst rupture yesterday at work. Thankfully, this one was only about half [...]
Celebrating: 50 POUNDS GONE!!!
Grateful for: I’m sorry — maybe you didn’t hear me. I’VE LOST OVER 50 POUNDS! (Okay, also I’m grateful to have broken past 40 BMI points.)
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 306.8
This week: 301.6
Change this week: -5.2
Total change: -53.0
Next milestone: 55 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Hold on tight and enjoy the ride.
I was having a foul-mood day on Thursday, out of nowhere. Well, it was probably less “out of nowhere” than it was “out of staying up until 2 a.m. every night watching the Olympics.” Seriously, NBC. I appreciate that you are trying to show these events live, but COME ON ALREADY.
So, in the midst of [...]
Celebrating: Being able to wear a 2X t-shirt! (more on that later)
Grateful for: payday yesterday. Phew! That was a close one!
Starting weight: 354.6 pounds
Last week: 309.0
This week: 306.8
Change this week: -2.2
Total change: -47.8
Next milestone: 50 pounds gone
This week’s mantra: Oh my gosh! I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. [...]