It's been nearly two years since I touched this blog. The first thing I did was to go back to the beginning and read the words I had typed. There was or should I say is a common theme that still hold true, I have impulse control issues when it comes to food, I love food and I crave sugar. What is different though is that I am not letting that control me.
In going back through the years I noticed how my weight fluctuated. I started the blog on 6/26/2008 logging a starting weight of 155.2. I noted that this was not my lowest weight and that I had been yo-yoing for 18 weeks prior. For all of 2008, my most prolific blogging time I had a low of 151.2 in August and a high of 160.8 in November.
2009 was much of the same at higher weights with my 2009 high being 164.6 in January and 150.8 in March which is when I stopped blogging for the year.
I logged one weight in 2010 and that was in January coming in at 157.8.
October 2011 showed my lowest weight to that date of 149.8. Things should have been looking up from there as I remember being so proud of myself. November 2011 we had a house fire and my life turned upside down for awhile as I moved in with my father for 4 months, bought a house, rebuilt a house and gained over 20 pounds by August of 2012 clocking in at my highest all time weight of 170. That was a turning point for me.
I spent the next year watching what I ate. I got a new job in January 2013, found a new friend, and started walking every day at lunch. By August of 2013 I was back down to 153. I focused on my job and didn't return to using blogging or other tools to document my weight loss. I with I had.
April 2014 I lost my job. This could have been another setback for me, but I used it to propel me to focus on me. I scheduled doctor and dentist appointments before my insurance expired to make sure my family and I were in good health and I continued to watch what I ate.
I joined a group of friends for a weight loss competition. I logged 149 pounds on 5/11/2014. I have still yo-yo'd but I am proud to say I am at 141.2 pounds and 29.3% Body fat.
I have started tracking my body fat percentage as I found that even when I gained weight, that my % told me if I was gaining fat, muscle or water. I have about 56% muscle mass, 5% bone mass, which means I retain quite a bit of water, but that means I am well hydrated.
I am trying to work on toning exercises now that I really understand my food habits and how to control them. I have never deprived myself. I have never really dieted, though I have tried a few "diets" that last maybe a few days.
I believe my key to weight loss has been to open up about my weight loss to friends, family and my husband. He has grown to be my greatest supporter along with my father who has had his own rewarding weight loss journey.
In addition to toning exercises I have been running. I signed up for two 5k's this year with a third being decided on. I am well on to meeting my ultimate weight loss goal, but mostly I have given myself the tools to keep it off.
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