Andrea: "Hey
lady...question since we're on the same path of weight loss...one what made you
start to lose? What do you eat now in your journey? I know you hit the gym
daily right? Girl, when do you have time to workout? Lol. You look great. I
need to post a new pic of me.
Oh yeah,
are you just trying to get to a new size or just lose and see what
happens?"
I want to
start off by saying I care about my weight, but I don't care. The scale
does not move for me and it is clearly the devil. I've lost 25 since
January. That's 28 weeks, so I'm losing less than the suggested 1-2 pounds a
week. With that said, I don't care what the scale says. This
journey is for health. It's for my foot. I want to wear the cute
clothes and not frumpy fat people outfits. When I look in the mirror with
my lover, I want to feel nasty, not look nasty. Yes, I went there, my
blog. I've looked at photos that people have taken of me and seeing
myself looking like Miss Piggy is not how I want to appear. Miss Piggy is
pretty, but no. Even my mother is smaller than I am. So, to sum up
my reason for starting this path is my foot and my image. I want to be
able to strut my stuff and look marvelous!!!
What am
I eating? Everything that I wasn't eating before. I used to be a fast
food junkie. You could bleed me for sweet tea, butter, and syrup.
Every meal was fat upon carb upon fat. In the morning I would eat a
chicken biscuit, fries, and sweet tea.
Lunch and dinner was fast food combo.
Now, I’m making smoothies, eating salads, and picking better food choices. I still eat out, but I go to places that have
a wait staff and more than fries and combos.
Eating at cafes and sit-down restaurants make me slow down and take my
time eating. I am able to get a better
variety of food. Most places that I dine
do not include the drink in the meal and frankly, I’m not spending $2 on a
drink that’s not good for me in the first place. I get water!
Also, being a frugal person, I thoroughly take advantage of drinking
water at work. I have recently started
the drink every time you use the restroom challenge. My personal promise to myself is to drink
water before having coffee in the same amount.
I know
you hit the gym daily, right? No! Mentally, physically, and
emotionally I have not been able to workout every day. That’s too much like work and for me that is
a total turn off. I have to hurry up and
lose weight by September 16th.
That means that I have to immediately change everything I’m doing. Cold turkey? I’m good. I don’t even want to have sex every day and I
really like that. I try my best to keep on task with it, but sometimes I’m
ripping and running or working long hours and I don’t go. I currently work all three shifts and it
changes each week, Monday-Friday.
Sometimes I have to work twelve hours and on those day, I might go but
most likely not.
When do
I have time to workout?
I really
haven’t had a time that there wasn’t time to workout. I’m single with no children; I have no set schedule
once I’m off of work. Lately, I don’t
even turn on the computer once I do get home unless it’s for my business. I don’t watch TV. Therefore during the week, minus work and
sleeping, I have six hours of free time.
I go whenever. Since I’m on a
different shift each week, I go either right after work or at least two hours
before work. First shift is a little
easier for me to go whenever after work.
I tend to go with my homegirl. Saturday
and Sundays are totally free unless I’m with my parents. Those two days I
really push myself to go because that will give me a rest day during the week
if I have a goal to go so many days during the week.
You
look great…and I thank you so much!!! Thank you! Here is the pic that I
posted. I didn’t think anyone would be
paying attention so I didn’t lighten the right side photo until now. I wish I
would have been looking up. I took this
pic before going out to send to a friend to make sure I looked ok.
Oh yeah
are you just trying to get to a new size, or just lose and see what happens? Earlier I
stated that I want to look good in my clothes.
My health other than BMI and my foot are just fine. Believe it or not, I'm still in the same
clothes that I was in when I started. Twenty-pounds should have been two
dress sizes. Was it just that my clothes
were that tight? I do have a pair of
skinny jeans that are way too baggy and that’s it. The difference is I'm not struggling to get
into them. I look better in my clothes. I don’t have to put my jeans on
low heat or air dry them. I don’t have
the muffin top. I'm a size 18. I
have zipped and buttoned size 16 clothes, but I look like I'm about to pop. So until I can truly wear a 16 I’m not buying
that. I have plenty of 16s in my closet
because that is the size I was wearing after college. I want to fit those
clothes. I don’t know smaller than
that. So, I guess I will have to wait
and see what happens.
Thank you
so much asking and for your patience while I collected the answers.