I'm frustrated with myself because I gained more weight. Fourteen pounds in 3 months! I go to Taekwondo 2 to 3 days a week, but yet I'm gaining weight. In all honesty, my eating habits turned poorly over the last few months. I started drinking 1-3 sodas a day. My other downfall is cracker cut cheese slices. I love cheese. However, it's not doing me any favors. So, this week, I have decreased my soda intake. Monday, I didn't have any sodas. Yesterday, I had one. No more cracker cut cheese slices until I can learn to control how much I'm eating. I also LOVE ice cream. I have made a deal with myself that I can have a small amount of ice cream on Tuesday and Wednesday during WoW (World of Warcraft) raiding.
I have set these goals for myself for this week (and hopefully to continue forward):
- minimum 30 minute walk everyday
- walk around the house at least once every hour during the day
- eat fruits and veggies
Here I am today, the heaviest I have ever been 275 pounds. I wear a 44DDD bra, 2X / 22/24 pants, 2X and shirt. Though, the shorts in the pictures below are 1X and a bit snug.
This past weekend, I ordered some LuLaRoe Leggings and shirts. I think they may arrive today. I'm super excited to try them on, and hope they fit! I want to be able to wear cute clothes and look good. I hope I didn't waste $163! Even if they don't fit now, I'm sure they will at some point down this weight loss journey.
Let's get into the WHY I want to lose weight.
- health
- happiness
- ability to shop in stores or order online and not worry if something will fit
- feel better - I don't want to feel achy and tired all the time.
- look better
- fit in airplane seats - but I don't fly that often, so I'm not sure how much motivation that will be.
This is not my first weight loss journey. I have been down this path many times. Why have I failed? Well, different reasons for different attempts. My most recent failures were because of injuries. One time, I tripped over the open dishwasher lid. It gave me a pretty nasty cut on my leg that then got infected. Then, I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic for the skin infection. 😥. Incident happened Oct. 24, 2016.
Right: a day later
Left: Hives starting (they got much worse and covered most of my body!)
Right: 3 months later
My previous incident was on March 13, 2016. I went biking, and my slipped on the concrete trail in the Nature Preserve. There was a little water and mud (not a lot), but it was enough for my road bike to slip away from me. I fell on the concrete and ended up tearing my MCL (inner knee ligament) on my right knee and bruise the bones on the outer portion of my knee. I also had severe bruising on my lower left leg (the one that was cut by the dishwasher). The bruise is on the inner part of my leg around the same height as the cut. To this day, I can still see the bruise and it's a bit harder in that area. I was in a long walking leg brace for months, it seemed. Then, I moved to a smaller (but still hinged) brace. It's been 10 months, and while my knee is much better, it's still not 100%. I don't know if it will ever be 100%.
Left: day after bike fall
Right: a week after bike fall
Bottom: leg brace
Even though, I don't want my injuries to sound like an excuse as to why I failed. It is certainly a big contributing factor for my last 2 attempts. As you can imagine, with the torn MCL injury, I wasn't able to move around a lot. It took a long time to heal enough to get me mobile again.
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