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October of 2007, a little over a year ago, my family and I went to Hawaii for a 10 day vacation. I was overweight and knew that this would be my turning point to lose the weight. I wasn’t happy with myself and I was getting bigger every month that went by.
I decided with this trip that I wouldn’t hide behind the camera lens, that I would wear the bathing suit on the beach and I would get out in the water with my children and not worry about what anyone else thought. That this would be the best vacation and nothing would spoil it, not even my weight. Well, the vacation was
the best thing that ever happened to my family. We had a wonderful time and there was nothing holding us back. Except for me being out of shape and not being able to stay by my family’s side as we went up Diamond Head or running on the sand to the water. I realized that I was really out of shape. It really was a sad moment for me, to admit to myself that I really couldn’t keep up with my family because of my weight!
When you look at yourself everyday, it’s hard to see the subtle changes. Your clothes might be fitting tighter or the scales are going up. You just know it’s happening but you will look in the mirror everyday and think, I still look good, because it’s hard to see. “I am not that bad,” you might say. You go out and buy a new outfit because the others are tighter and you think you look great in that new outfit and the cycle goes on and on until it is out of control!
So, what did I do? I came back from vacation and went to the doctor! I had my bloodwork done and my blood pressure taken. I waited for the verdict and was not surprised that my cholestoral was 201!
I bought the book , “You On A Diet” by Dr. Oz. You know, the doctor off of Oprah’s show? I read that book in a day and it put me in the right frame of mind of what I needed to do. I realized I needed to eat less and try some different foods. I needed to start exercising and building my tolerance. I was faithful! My doctor told me I needed to take certain vitamins and I bought them to help me with my exercise.
This was me a year later when I went to my 20 year High School Reunion.
I worked out every day to Leslie Sansone’s dvd walking system, Walk Away The Pounds. You can walk 1 to 5 miles in the comfort of your own home in place, not on a treadmill or outside. I would walk outside if the weather was nice. I enjoyed putting on the headphones and having a change in pace.
My eating habits changed. Whenever I would go out to eat I would have them bring a to-go box with my meal and half it right there and eat whatever was left on my plate. I would start my morning off with 1/2 a cup of oatmeal with 6 walnuts and 1/2 c. of yogurt. 2 hours later I would eat 12 almonds and a piece of 72% chocolate. Lunch I would eat half of a meal, whether it be subway, a sandwich or my favorite, cornbread and buttermilk. 2 hours later I would have 12 almonds and a piece of that chocolate and then at dinner I would eat whatever I fixed my family but would half it. Before 7:30 I would eat a double scoop of Edy’s Ice Cream, Slow Churned Chocolate Fudge Brownie. I did this every night. Sometimes I would have grapefruit in the day or evening and I would also eat salads.
I went from a size 16 to a size 4/5 in a year. My cholesterol went from 201 to 181 in a month. Now, like I said before in the post about your Resolutions, I have been doing something new.
It’s called BLOGGING! Now with this blogging, it has put me all out of whack. I have been sitting on my butt typing away and building my site to where I want it. I have totally forgotten about me and my year long habit. Thanksgiving I stopped exercising like I was and went to maybe 1 time a week! I stopped eating half of everything and started eating a meal! I stopped eating my almonds and chocolate and just eating chocolate! I have gone up a size to 6/7 and I know that I have got to get my life in order. I have let other things take over.
So, I will do the following:
- Admit I have a problem! I forgot about my health!
- I am going to read “You On A Diet” and get the basics back in front of me again
- I will get all the bad junk out of my home from the holidays so nothing will tempt me
- Starting tomorrow, I will get up at 6 am and do my daily walk and the Wii Fit (That’s another blog!)
- Make sure that I get at least 9 glasses of water in by 4 pm everyday
- Take my calcium pyruvate every morning
- Get back on my fatsecret.com to keep track of what I am doing and to get the support of others going through the same thing.
- Remember that I am doing this for my health, not for anything else.
So are you with me? Are you ready to get started in getting healthy and taking care of yourself? It’s tough and it is a long life change. You can’t just lose your weight and think you can go back to how you ate before. You have to change BUT the change is worth it and you will feel so much better about yourself.
If you have some ideas that have helped you, please let me know. I need all the advice I can get and someone else reading this might be able to identify with you!
Blessings~
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