Weighty Issues

HELLO TUMBLR, I’M BACK.  I didn’t mean for “No Weigh In November” to turn into “No Tumblr November”, but…that’s kind of what ended up happening.  If you remember from my last posts, I was deathly sick and at the time, I just kind of logged off tumblr for awhile because I didn’t want to bore you guys with my whining and my “OMG I’M NEVER GOING TO GET BETTER!” posts.  But!  Today is an important day!

Two years ago today was the day that I decided to make healthy decisions for my life.  I was grossly overweight, unhappy with my life, and just…stalled.  But when I started, I didn’t realize that at first.  At first, I was just joining an office “Biggest Loser” competition and by February, I realized that I wanted to be healthier, happier, and just all around feel good.  And that’s exactly what happened.

I’m nowhere near being done yet, but I’m at least halfway there and it’s something I’m pretty proud of.  Somewhere in November, I found my spark to get healthy again, something I had lost after hitting a 50 lb weight loss.  Losing 50 lbs should have been the most exciting thing ever (and it was great, believe me), but it brought about a sort of unexpected depression.  Sure, I’d lost 50 lbs, but I still had AT LEAST 50 lbs more to go and the thought of that was super daunting.  The next six months that followed, I just sort of lived my life and yo-yoed between a 5-7 lb weight gain.  I knew I wanted to keep going, but it felt like I needed a break.  I was always constantly thinking about working out and eating healthy and smaller clothes and I have to do this, this, and this to be happy, to be healthy.  It was, in a word, EXHAUSTING.  So, for as much as I wish I hadn’t had that break, it was kind of exactly what I needed.  It gave my mind a chance to recharge and to realize that I didn’t want to gain any more weight that I’d worked so hard to lose.

So without any proper segway, the results of No Weigh In November;

• Starting Weight (12.01.08): 252 lbs.
• November 2, 2010: 210 lbs.
• November 30, 2010: 205 lbs.

Obviously, this is awesome.  I’m not sure if more of it has to do with being sick or because I avoided the scale as much as I did, but I’m willing to take it :)

As of today, I bought a month membership at my gym (my mom & I are going to join a different gym when they have a deal on their memberships - probably just in time for New Year’s) and I worked out for 45 minutes.  I plan to make full use of this membership because not only do I want to see 199 in time for the New Year, but I’ve got a wedding to get in shape for next year and there’s no time like the present to get started.

Happy December guys.  Glad to be back :)