Life Change: Day One
So last night I made a weight-loss pact with two of my closest friends. This pact is valid from today, for 374 days (just over a year) concluding on April 20, 2014. The point of the pact was to provide support through Facebook, hold each other accountable, and celebrate our successes, even though we live separately in California, Oregon, and Washington.
So, it begins! I think the best way for me to approach this is to take it one step at a time. To make one change at a time which I shall try to keep lifelong. The first step I have decided to take on my personal journey is a very simple one. I have decided to simply NOT eat when I'm not hungry. It's a habit of mine, and it isn't a good one. So I need to stop that. To combat this (like right now, when I've just had breakfast, and I feel the need to munch anyway) I am going to try carrying carrot sticks around in my purse. Whenever I am hungry, I am hopeful that this will satisfy my craving, and be a much healthier alternative to other things I have been snacking on. :)
I'd like to think that I started my day off right, I had Raisin Bran with half a banana and some peach slices for breakfast. :) I may even try for a bit of a jog this afternoon - but I'm not promising that to myself. :) I'll be tracking my weight using my waist measurement as well as my weight - as measured by WiiFit - because I just don't want to buy a scale, and I already have the game. LOL!
My pie-in-the-sky goal is to get back down to 160 pounds, the weight I was in high school, and was unhappy with. (Foolish me!) My body type will never be that of a super model, but I CAN be healthier if I try! I don't know what waist size that is, but I know it's SMALLER. And that's the goal. To check my progress, I will weigh-in and measure approximately every two weeks. So here we go!
Weight: 255.75lbs
Waist: 52"
I can't begin to say how disheartening these numbers are. But as a wise meme once said,
So! To a new future! A new life! Today is the start of a happier, healthier me!