Life goes on

As I get further along in the year, I am beginning to realize that this is not just a "weight loss journey", as I named this. It's more of a "lifestyle chan...learning experience". You thought I was going to say "lifestyle change", didn't you? I've heard that phrase, "lifestyle change", used many times. It's what people say when they don't want to go on a diet. I've used it as a motivator before: "I'm going to start a lifestyle change! I swear, it'll be different!" "Lifestyle change"...I remember in recent years that this phrase became the new buzz word (phrase) of the health world. "Diets" were out; "lifestyle changes", in.

I don't know if I could call what I do a "lifestyle change" as much as I call it a life-long learning experience. I posed this question to my parents (warning: don't EVER try to ask a fashion question to a father if you're a girl...it won't bode well for you): Now that I'm finally moving DOWN in weight, I'm beginning to imagine life at a normal weight. One concern I have is...where will I go shopping for clothes? I've been going to Lane Bryant, Torrid, and Catherine's for as long as I can remember...

My mom's response: Just go where anyone else your age goes. JCPenney, Macy's, H&M, Forever 21, etc... you just adjust to your size.

I guess I didn't realize that. I've been stuck in this rut, thinking I will always be this big. But I won't. I know that now. And as time changes, I'm learning that I will have to adjust to new experiences and feelings. But that's just it. Life will go on, no matter what weight I am...

Time to get to my point, huh? I'm learning so much about working out, eating healthy, and becoming a better person, but that won't stop when I reach my weight goal. This will take literally my whole life to work on. And surprisingly, I'm ok with that (even though I have, like, NO patience and demand results NOW).

PS: My dad's answer to my shopping question: I don't know. Where clothes are...no really???

Weigh-in Wednesday

Hey, I haven't weighed in a long time (or at least it seems like it). Since roads are still a solid sheet of ice, I most likely won't be going to the gym today. But at home, I do have a BOSU ball and 2 5-lb. dumbbells to work with.

Starting weight: 430.0 lbs.

Previous weight: 424.2 lbs

Current weight: 422.8 lbs

Weight loss: -1.4 lbs

Total weight lost: -7.2 lbs

Percentage of weight lost: -1.7%

DO YOU SEE THAT?!?!?! Because I sure do. I just lost 7 lbs. SUPER EXCITING!!! And finally, for the first time since I started this weight loss, I am almost 2% down in weight lost! Nearly 2% of my weight--gone!

This is, as I'm sure you can tell, great news for me. I literally gasped when I took my weight this week. THIS is what happens when you track your food, cut back on calories, cut back drastically on frozen mochas, and ramp up the intensity slightly during cardio sessions.

TOO HAPPY!!

Arctic freeze, New Goal Sunday, and Motivation Monday

A three-topic title would suggest a long blog post, but it won't be too long.

There's not much to blog about at this moment in terms of weight loss...

My goal this week is to cut down from 3 fast-food meals and frozen mochas to 2 fast-food meals and frozen mochas, and so far, so good. Last night, the family went out to a local pizza restaurant. We were going to do delivery, but then you have to wait for it (hopefully on time with bad driving conditions), then clean up, etc...too long for us! So we went 5 minutes east(ish), but it ended up taking us nearly 20 minutes because of the awful road conditions. Other than that, I haven't had ANY mochas (a miracle!!).

In case you live under a rock or anywhere not in the path of this massive winter storm "Ion", this thing chugged its way across Ohio yesterday evening and last night/this morning. Last night, the family went to dinner around 6, and already the roads were slick. By the time we finished at 7, the ramp to go out the door down to the parking lot, albeit small, was so slippery that I just glided down it. We got home, and I haven't left this house since. I would've had work today, but school was cancelled. I could've gotten a call for tomorrow, but my school was the first to cancel for tomorrow! The wind chills have dropped from 0 at 6 a.m. to -35 currently, and the wind is blowing so hard our windows and doors shake! It is so bad that our county and all others around it have issued a "Level 3 road warning": only if it is an ABSOLUTE emergency or you have a GOOD REASON should you be out on the road. If drivers go out on the road for...well, not "good reasons", they have a chance to get arrested.
*Fight that craving for a frozen mocha, Morgan, you can't go out and get it anyways...*

Dad, of course, had work today; he said the roads are sheets of ice.

No gym for me today/tomorrow....I guess I have to get creative with what I've got...it's times like these that I wish my Dance Dance Revolution game pad hadn't broken.

Lastly, my motivational quote. It's a bit long, but a good one:

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."--Kurt Vonnegut

Have a good week, and if you are amidst winter storm "Ion", stay warm!