I lost focus. I lost
my shoes (well only for a while they were under my bed). I lost my lunch (thought the fish tasted
funny). But since my last post back on
July 13, 2010 I lost a lot of time being overweight. This time I will be writing about how I will
no longer be above the ideal weight for my knees, for my feet….for me.
I did lose weight in 2010.
And I put it back on and then some.
I can say I was constant. Constantly
heavy. My weight hovered around 250-260 lbs. For my 5’10” frame that is too much. I am not BIG BONED. So I cannot use that as an excuse for the
excess pounds. I am 57 and I cannot use
that as an excuse either.
As of today September 20th I have shed the excess
weight to achieve the step goal of 216 lbs.
The first time I have been under 220 in about 8 years. The first time in my life I hit 220 lbs. I
was 9 month pregnant with my daughter. The
next time I saw that on my scale I was starting a diet plan that I had won at a
county fair. It worked…for a while. I lost enough weight to fit into a size 10
jean. But it was not a healthy way to
lose the fat. I lost my way while losing
the weight. I became bulimic trying to
lose that last few pounds. And as my
history shows the weight came back with a vengeance. It is almost as if this fat that is attached
to my body has a mind of its own and it thinks it belongs on my hips and
thighs.
In May I started yet another plan. Ideal Protein. It is similar to Atkins or South Beach but
different in that while you are eating very low carb you are also keeping the
daily calorie count down to around 800.
It works. They 45 pound disappearance
from my body is proof of that. It is not
hard but it is not easy either. I have
become accustom to eating differently.
But isn’t’ that the point. If the
weight is to stay off I have to change how I have been eating….for the rest of
my life.
I have proven to myself that I can live this way. In July I joined my daughter and son-in-law
on a trip to Argentina. Yes, I drank
wine. Yes, I had dessert. Yes, I went
off the plan. What I did differently this
time around is that when I got back on Monday I went back on the plan. I did not give in and think I failed or that
I cheated. If this is to be a way of
life that will keep the excess weight off my body they I have to make adjustments
and allotments. I have since varied from
the plan two more times. Another out of
country weekend trip and a business trip where trying to eat according to protocol
was not easily accomplished. Both times
I came back to the plan, to this new way of life I have chosen. The scale may have stalled on its downward descent
but it is still declining.
I can do this. You
can do this if you so choose. It is a
mind diet as much as a food diet. It is
a choice on how I want to live my life.
And I choose to live my life healthy and without excess to weigh me
down.
