Well...I'm back. I'm embarrassed. I've gone back and forth on whether or not I was going to revive the old blog a third time, and I keep trying to talk myself out of it, but at the end of the day....I just enjoy it. One main reason being that it helps me stay on track. It also helps me to have somewhere to pour out my heart and not drive those around me insane with weight-loss & food talk.
Part of what was holding me back is that I've already failed at this 2 times. What makes this time any different? I've already gotten some heat from people about it. What is the point if you are going to lose 70 pounds or so, and then just gain it all back? Well...it's a learning process for sure. One thing I have GOT to learn, is how to go in to maintenance mode! I should have done that last year when we bought our house. Big changes happened all at once and all of the sudden I wasn't able to concentrate all of my attention on my weight-loss journey, and before I knew it, I started gaining again. I can lose, or I can gain. I can't seem to find that sweet spot where I can just hang out for a while doing neither and regroup.
So what got me going again? A few things actually. I restarted on Saturday, September 23rd. So 10 days ago. I've been trying to motivate myself to restart since my sister did at the end of May and I kept making excuse after excuse. Let me just buy one more bag of my favorite chips or let me just eat one more time at this place and that place...well you know where that leads ya....straight down the path of destruction.
I have a new plan of attack this time around. I have shared through my blog before, that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom. For those who don't know, in a nutshell, it causes it's victims to be able to gain weight much easier, have more trouble losing weight, have abnormal hair gain and loss (fun times), have insulin resistance that leads to diabetes, as well as my least favorite...infertility. So my new plan of attack is something I've never tried before. I've gone Keto...lol. If you don't know what that means, you should totally research it. It pretty much means really low carb with a high fat combo. It is one of the most successful weighs someone with PCOS can lose weight, and even after weigh-loss, a low card diet is recommended to maintain weight-loss and a healthy life. I have NEVER lived a low-carb life. Breads and Pastas are my JAM!! I seriously didn't even know if I had it in me. I started last Saturday because I found out about a Weight-loss competition on Facebook that had a $750 pot for the 1st place winner as well as some other prizes. I've been looking for something like this to get me going again, because my competitive nature comes out and helps push me even harder toward my goals!
My starting weight this go around was 385.6, only 0.4 away from my all-time highest weight. I hate that I let that happen. It sure does make me kick myself. I did my measurements (which I'm going to log at the bottom for my own reference later since I lost mine last time and the info in my blog is all I have now (changing phones stinks! I lost all of my notes!). Anyways, my hips are bigger than EVER...I knew it too. I actually feel bigger than ever. I can't wait to get some of this off so that I'm not so miserable.
So I'm 10 days in. I haven't been able to do anywhere near as much exercising as I have been in the past. I walked 5 miles last week (part of the challenge) and ended up with blisters on both of my feet. My feet are REALLY holding me back at the moment. Every time I exercise I have insane burning that lasts for several hours. I will work through it. It will just take time and persistence.
I've got this! I can do this. I just have to quit quitting. Haha.
**I've decided not to post any of my food stuff on here this time; primarily because it was insanely time-consuming. I log all of my food choices through MyFitnessPal so you are welcome to join me there. :)
Starting Measurements: on 9/29/17
Neck - 15
Hips - 70
Waist - 55
Right Arm - 23
Left Arm - 24
Right Thigh - 45
Left Thigh - 43.5
Calves: R-20 L-21
Bust - 52
BMI 60.5
BMR 2437
Xoxo...Honor
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