January is done! It was a tough month, especially at first, to be motivated to eat right. Now I feel fuller when I eat a normally portioned meal, I am staying at my calorie range and only ate over my goals one time this month. :-) I know they say that anyone who starts off as losing weight for their new years resolution usually gives up by the middle of February, but I am going for beyond that, and I think that if I make it that far, I can do this!
I do get cravings for something sweet or for something I shouldn't have, and I have a support system in place. Yesterday in fact I was at work and said out loud to my self, I think i'll have my cupcakes... one of the guys I work with said, and I hope those are healthy cupcakes. Of course they were, they were the 100 calorie pack cupcakes that satisfy those sweet tooth cravings I still have. I gave him a high five and am so glad that he said that, because to me that's just more support I have to keep going on this journey.
I talked to my brother yesterday on the phone. I told him on New Year's Eve that I was going to start eating healthy on New Year's Day and he is still sticking with his plan that we agreed to when I joined SparkPeople for the first time. When I get down to 250lbs he is going to quit smoking, and when I do get down to that weight goal, I'm going to hold him to it! I'm going slow for now, taking everything one day at a time, so he has plenty of time to prepare to quit smoking.
So I've never shared my actual weight on my blog, but today I'm going to. I think it'll hold me more accountable for getting the extra weight off.
I started at 345lbs. I am now down to 323.2lbs. That's a total of 21.8lbs in the month of January alone! (I weighed on Jan. 31st.) I haven't been this light is years and it really is feeling great, I actually have more energy than I did before, eating lighter meals, and shedding the weight is making me feel amazing. Before I would eat way too much, and afterwards I would feel like I could hardly move. Now when I eat, I feel like anything is possible. :-)
But to end my blog, here is one of my favorite picture quotes right now. :-)
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