Week 1 - March 25, 2016
March 11th I had a doctors appointment because i kept waking up unable to walk. I did my own research before i even went and i truly thought that it was because i was severely overweight. When i got to the doctors i weighed in at 211lbs. I couldn't get this number out of my head. I ending up having heel spurs and he gave me some medicine and i went on my way. At 5feet 1 inch, 211 is severely overweight. Looking at myself I didn't feel that overweight. Yes i've always been the "chubby" one. I don't remember ever being skinny in my whole life. If normal was 110 pounds, i was 120-125. But that number, 211 was stuck in my head. I felt awful about it for a week and i just couldn't get it out of my head. My boyfriend of 3 years just became a certified personal trainer. He has been fit for almost 8 years, and he has always been willing to help me, but you can't help the helpless. Instead of ever just listening to him, i began to resent his helpful reminders thinking that he was saying it because he was just as unhappy with my body as i was. That was never the case. He realized how unhappy i was, and he would try to help me be happy with myself. Truth is, if i was 211lbs and happy with myself, he would be content with me also.
So March 20th was a Sunday and i decided this was going to be the day that i woke up and did all the things i always thought about doing. I am going to eat healthier and start a regular workout schedule. I have done this so many times in the past and its just easier to eat the bad things, they are quicker and cheaper and my day just can't fit another thing into it. Sunday i decided that lunch was my most harmful meal, and I was going to meal prep for lunch for the whole week. i went to walmart and i bought all the good stuff i like. Spinach, Fat Free Mozz Cheese, black olives, chicken breast, crab meat, shrimp, an array of veggies and fruits. I also bought small entree containers and i wrote mon-fri on them. i placed fat free balsamic vinagerette and fat free honey dijon mustard dressing in the bottom of every other container. I then put broc carrots calliflower 3 mozz cheese pearls and 3 black olives cut up. I then layered my spinach spring mix salad and no more than a handful of protein pasta in every container. Next every other day i added some grilled chicken i made or some crab meat. For dinner I would cook the mixed vegtables with extra light olive oil. And add shrimp or more of the grilled chicken. Everyday for breakfast I had a Belvita soft bake 190-200 calories.
I did a light workout at home as i am so out of shape I'd rather just stay at home instead of going to the gym right now.
This is just the start, I started weighting 211 pounds and only 5 days later my weight has consistently gone gown, today I am 204.6lbs. I look forward to saying goodbye to the nasty 200s and am excited to start my journey into the 100s and down to 130lbs.