Journey To A Butterly

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Day 1

This diary comes far after the beginning of my healthy lifestlye change but better late than never. Today will be my first day back to exercising as i took last week off. Ive been having issues with my knees and hips lately so on thursday after i has a weigh in (my doc advs me i lost 16 lbs since the last time i seen her) yay for me !! She had advise me to try and take it easy instead of jogging taking walk etc. This was kind of a set back for me as im trying to push myself harder and to hear i need to take it easier was a bit of a disappointment. With that in mind im not going to let it hinder my progress i weighed myself this morning im not at 195 from my last log on here was 203. Personally i would have hoped for more but some weight loss is better than none and i have a tendency to expect unrealistic things and thats something im slowly trying to change. I am my own hardest critic. Many individuals have complemented me on what i have achieved so far and i cant help but look in the mirrior and still feel in a sense disgusted with myself. i look at myself in the mirror now and i dont like the way i look and i just have to sit down and think that a couple of months ago i have 25lbs heavier and how i didnt see this before is beyond me but now that i have started loosing weight im noticing it more. Which frankly does not make any sense when i think about it but i guess that another hurdle i have to overcome. Ive found that my mental battle with my change in lifestyle is far more difficult than the physical. im hard on myself when i dont see the numbers that i want and it just discourages me from pushing on any further because i just feel like how is it that im putting in all this work but yet their is no change im eating right im working out thats what they said would work so why not for me. But instead of being down on myself i need to take that to motivate myself to try something new switch up my regular routine recharge my weight loss.so as much as this weight loss journey is a work in progress finding myself and becoming a positive and more encouraging person is a work in process as well. Lately ive been using the phrase that im just a caterpillar in a cocoon waiting to transform into the wonderful butterfly i know i am deep down :).
 
Hey! welcome!!

Thanks for sharing your story! & well done on your loss so far.

i understand totally what you mean by "i look at myself in the mirror now and i dont like the way i look and i just have to sit down and think that a couple of months ago i have 25lbs heavier and how i didnt see this before is beyond me but now that i have started loosing weight im noticing it more. " i used to be like that. but now what helps me is just looking at my progress pix - i put them side by side on my screen and i cant stop smiling :biggrinjester:

As for your knees? any chance you could swim? when you swim in water there s a lot less pressure on your knees. Maybe check with your doc - if you are interested. I love swimming - it also really destresses me!!

Good luck with your weightloss! :grouphug:
 
Day 2

Thanks Justina for you comment and yes i went to the doctor on Thursday actually and she suggested the same thing. So thats what ill be getting into next. Congrats on how far you have made it as well

This morning i woke up feeling extremely tired but at the same time proud of my self. I have set a goal of burning 1000 cal a day in the gym and yesterday i achieved that and surpassed it by 20 cal. I believe i can only move up from this point on :). I took some pictures of myself yesterday which im going to post its funny as much as im proud of myself i still physically see how far i have to go. I just know i need to prepare myself mentally for the challange im up for it their is no turning back now. looking forward to my workout tonight gunna keep this one short :)
 
So clearly I'm not that good at this blogging thing as I haven't been able to come on here in over a month in order to update this so to make things once again short and sweet where I'm at now in my weight loss I have officially lost 38lbs I'm 182 now yay me I'm quite happy and proud of myself coming from 220 so I'm not officially 17 lbs away from my goal. I still continue with my workouts and my thurday cardio class I just met with a personal trainer for the first time in saturday as now I wana focus more on toning and strength training more than loosing lbs it was a good session I'm still feeliing it which is a good thing becausae it means its working so I will be seeing him once a week until I reach my goal and hopefully after that I will have taken the things that he has taught me and be able to do them on my own accord recent pics will n coming up shortly n I hope to b able to post more often just things are so hectic
 
AHey, well it's been a couple of mOnths since I have last been On here. I have still keeping up with working out although it's not as frequent as earlier on In my weight loss challenge. Since the last time I had posted even though I didn't put this up I had entered a weight loss challenge at work as a group of us were trying to achieve the same thing so they started the biggest lOoser. I feel very Proud to say that coming from 220 I had set my goal to 180. I am the only one of the members to have reached my goal one but to have surpassed it. I am proud to say that I now weigh 173lbs 9 lbs loss since my last post. Although I'm no longer trying to focus on the numbers but now the inches as I like the size that I am at I would just like more definition . If I loose lbs that's fine but no longer is it my main focus. I am trying to focus on three areas my core,thighs, and arms. My measurements as of now are B39,W30,H40 dont really remember my original measurements but I have it written somewhere so I will post the difference. I will also be posting updAted pics later on in the day.

Signed

Determined butterfly
 
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