I have reached a turning point on my road to a healthier lifestyle. I have had an overwhelming response to my many posts of food pictures, blogs, healthy meal suggestions, etc. It is the coolest thing since Greek yogurt! ;) When I began this over a year ago.. I knew the weight had to come off. But I didn't really realize what an impact this would make on my life. I didn't get the whole picture right away. I just knew that I was not happy with myself.. no matter how much in denial I was. Throughout the last 18 or so months, I've hit some very important milestones. I've accomplished things I had never even dreamed of. I have gotten into sizes that I'd never gotten into my whole adult life! I have pushed myself more and more to reach my goal.. and the more results I see the more motivating it is! I have some really terrific friends and a great support group which has also helped motivate me along the way. My biggest support is here at home.. though it wasn't always that way. When I made the decision to lose weight.. I very quickly made a plan of action that started with joining the gym and having someone to be accountable to. The only way I knew to make myself accountable and to not give myself an "out" was to tell MANY people. I told a huge group of my "internet friends", I blogged about it on my myspace, I signed up at Weight Watchers, I got a trainer.. all for the sake of accountability. I know that you can tell a small group of your closest friends and if you don't lose any weight or decide to give up.. that they'll let you save face and never bring it up again. I had to get out of that "loop hole" thinking. I had to bind myself to my commitment. There is NO WAY that I could tell this many people that I gave up. I have too much pride for that.. we probably all do. The funny thing is.. I didn't tell my husband right away because he'd heard me so many times talk about how I was going to start eating right, losing weight, etc. He knew that I was full of crap.. that the thought would last about a day.. and then POOF! gone.. I knew the only way to keep him from doubting me, was by showing him. Like they say.. Actions speak louder than words. And so it began..
The Chocolate Incident
Some days I feel like a recovering drug addict. There are just somethings that I can't touch or it will send me into a downward spiral in a matter of one day. IT'S CRAZINESS I TELL YOU! Well.. like a pipe to a crackhead.. chocolate seems to be my drug of choice lately. There are some of you that will totally get what I'm saying here.. and then there are the rest of you. The people that we love to hate.. the people like my husband who can watch a piece of chocolate cake grow mold on it before he ever has the urge for another 'sliver' of it. To all of you.. I loathe you and hope you choke on your dry moldy cake! LOL! I kid.. I kid.. The people like me can't allow stuff like this into our homes to sabatoge what we've worked so hard for! My tastes and cravings are constantly changing! While I've always been a huge fan of chocolate, it wasn't really truly my weak spot until recently. Or let's put it this way.. I didn't KNOW it was my weak spot until I took my blinders off! LOL! I don't descriminate! I will binge on chocolate pudding, poptarts, cereal, cookies, cake.. whatever is at my finger tips. I know that I know that I KNOW I will feel like holy hell afterwards.. but it doesn't stop me. The only way around it is to not keep it in my cabinets. Now sure.. when there is a party or whatever.. I can try and keep myself restrained from gorging on it.. but once the party is ovah.. in the trash it shall go. I don't care if it hairlips the POPE! This HAS to be done! My hubs may not be too happy about it.. but he'll get over it. It'll be moldy anyway. :) ..bastard. Anyway.. moving on..
Continuous Accountibility
There are the ones that have been there to offer their support from the beginning. The people who have read my blogs and kept up with me all along.. who are probably all sick and tired of hearing me go on and on about how much fun working out is, how eating healthy CAN be exciting, and probably secretly hope I choke on my hummus. :) I thank you all anyway. ;) From time to time, I see someone I haven't seen in a while and they start inquiring on how I lost so much weight and start reading my blogs, etc. In the last two or so months, I have realized that there are more eyes on me than I thought! I am seeing people that I haven't seen since last spring's ball practices, dance recitals, or whatever activities that come around once a year. Since my last blog on my myspace (and yes I still use it, but only to blog really.. now I have this! So.. buh-bye myspace!) I have had so many people asking for suggestions for meals, asking how I did it, do I have any advice, etc. I LOVE IT! Not because of the compliments.. althought I admit.. it does make me feel good.. Who wouldn't! Right?! It is so exciting because more and more people want to be healthy and help their family be healthy! I am so excited when people realize that you don't have to have Oprah's chef on staff, cook meals from stuff you've never heard of, or eat tofu to be healthy! It's not rocket science, but sometimes we need little reminders or someone to give us a new perspective on things! The more recipes I share, the more workouts I do, the more information I gather the more I realize that I HAVE made a lifestyle change! ..AND IT IS VERY EXCITING! I have turned my life around from the old me! Of course I still have to battle my demons ((coughcough))CHOCOLATE((coughcough)) but I can work through this! This is something that I can do for the rest of my life! The payoff is a long healthy active life and leading by example for my own family! It may not be all gone.. YET.. but it will be and I will have gained a new outlook on life and an awesome attitude! I am very excited about my new lifestyle revolution! Here's to weight lost and knowledge and happiness gained!
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ENJOY!
