So here is the skinny, LOL. A while back I was sick. Throwing up everyday, migraines, anxiety. It was bad. I lost 33 pounds in 3 months and ended up quitting my teaching job in hopes that it would fix those issues. It did. Now 7 months later, I have gotten off all the medications and feel much better. Except, one of the draw backs of feeling better was that I gained most of the weight back. While I hated how the weight came off (vomiting is not fun), I did love the weight loss. I felt better when I looked in the mirror, when I put my clothes on and they were loose.
I have found another job and will start soon. So I decided that it was time to make a change and lose weight. I have heard that for every pound you lose it is 100 pounds of pressure off your back. As weird as it seems I absolutely believe this is true. I remember waking up and rolling out of bed without my back popping and hurting when I was down those 33 pounds. Now I am back to hurting and cracking and popping, so much so that I sound like a dang cereal commercial.
A friend of mine has lost over 80 pounds since September of last year by doing a high protein diet. She drinks a Muscle Milk shake for breakfast and lunch, snacks on cheese sticks and then eats a high protein dinner. My starting weight as of today is 254.6 pounds. I am not expecting a miracle, so I have set a goal of losing 20 pounds by January 1st. I figured that is about 5 pounds per month, which sounds completely doable. Of course, if I lose more all the better, but I don't want to set myself up for failure. My weight didn't happen over night, so I must tell myself that it won't come off overnight. Baby steps my friends, baby steps.
So I decided since I really don't have a following, I would use this blog as a diary of sorts to keep track of my progress, successes and failures (as I am sure there will be some). Maybe along the way someone will find my blog and decide that I can be their inspiration.
