A curvacious diary... haha.

forevercurvy

forevercurvy

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I might as well start at the beginning. Not of my life, but when the seed of weight loss was planted.

At my heaviest measured weight - at my doctor's office - I was 297lbs. This was after at least one meal and with clothes, but I still count it as my heaviest. My doctor at the time said to me: "all the juices and pasta and cookies at home, throw them out".

Needless to say I reacted horribly to that. No way am I going to waste food.

I still didn't really care about my weight and size. I ate whatever I wanted. Drank juices, soda, etc.

For about 3-5 years I hovered around 288lbs. I could eat whatever I wanted and wouldn't gain any more, so I figured it was ok.

:lurk5:

My OTHER biggest problem was that I used to feel (and still do for the most part) that I had NO TIME to exercise. I always felt that I had to focus all my energy on school or work or whatever, and that I couldn't take 30 minutes to take a walk.

Now, I still feel like this all the time. I don't know why, it's probably related to my "habitual punctuality-ness"....

Anyway, my wake up call came around when I moved out of my parent's house, away from free food, free COOKIES and ICE CREAM all the time....

I soon started dating someone who was also trying to lose weight. It's obvious to me that he is the reason why I started dropping weight and trying new things in order to do so.

I also had to pay for all my own food, so that helps ;)

The biggest point is that now, I had a reason to look good. Look better. I also had someone who was going through the same thing and therefore was very knowledgeable and supportive.

People say that you have to want it yourself in order to do things right.... I guess I want it now because I have someone to look good for, someone to be active with.

I also have more dedication now that I've started PAYing to go to a gym ;)

Before I took up the gym I was stuck at 30 lbs lost.

Now that I've added the gym, I'm up to 40 lbs lost.

I guess I started this diary to whine, complain, update and celebrate.

:p
 
This morning I had a great time at the gym.

I started out as normal on the treadmill. Around 25 minutes gone, I felt great, so upped it from 30 to 40, a first for me.

I probably could have gone another 10 minutes but I figured I shouldn't push myself or else I wouldn't be able to do weight training.

I got sooooooo sweaty! I usually do, but this time was like, woah, sweaty!

I also RAN for the first time on the treadmill (and first time in a long time period). It was only for a few minutes, but it was a landmark. I had to stop because of my asthma issues. sigh.

I was still able to do about 30 minutes of my usual weight training. I was going to do more, but I realised I was exhauuuuuusted. So I went home.

When I weighed myself at home, I realised I'd lose 2 pounds from before gym to after gym - even with drinking lots of water.

It's amazing how much water weight we can carry. I know I tend to retain tons more than the average person.

blahhh.
 
I agree. It sounds like you're doing wonderful. The gym will really help facilitate your weight loss. I'm glad you have someone who motivates you to get yourself healthy, just don't fall into the trap of doing it solely for another person. It's a recipe for trouble, especially when you have an argument, or worst case scenario... breakup. I think that's when people put back on the weight if they were doing it just for another person.

Anyway, best of luck. 40 pounds is an awesome accomplishment.
 
I just hit 45 lbs down this morning. I'd been retaining lots and lots of water (gained 5 lbs in 2 days) so when it finally went back down, slowly, it was 1 lb less than it was before the water gain.

Goodbye puffy ankles! (for now!)

:hurray:

I seriously need to talk to nutritionist to see why I'm retaining so much water without ingesting lots of sodium. Perhaps refined sugars? I thought I wasn't having that much. it's a pickle...
 
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