(Hokay, first official day on this list. Competition starts in 3 days. Looking forward to being my best self this year!!!)
So me and my sister Kate have both had weight issues for much of our lives, and we thought it would be funny to personify our fat, so we gave them names. Kate's is "Frieda." Mine is "Mark." This way, when we talk about Mark and Frieda in public, people don't know that we're actually talking about.
"Ugh, Mark is so arrogant, he thinks he's sooo big."
"Frieda REALLY wants to eat orange chicken right now."
"NO MARK! YOU'RE NOT EATING THAT BURGER! JK lol Mark I love you."
"I just killed Frieda a little."
"Uh oh, Mark is coming back. That loser. He needs a new girlfriend."
"UGH, I need to starve Frieda."
and so on...
So yeah, this year 2017 marks the END OF MARK.
Mark has been getting in the way (literally haha) of me accomplishing a lot of the things I wanted to accomplish last year. He has held me back from feeling fully confident about myself. He tells me that I'm weak, dumb, ugly, and that I don't deserve better. He's no longer just the personification of my fat, he's the personification of my limits. And like a toxic roomate or an abusive boyfriend, MARK NEEDS TO GO.
I don't expect Mark to go easily. I tried to get rid of him last year and he came back and brought 40 lbs with him (because donuts and pizza taste ridiculously good after losing 20 lbs on a Whole30 diet). Thankfully, I have a support group this year in the form of said sister (who's doing this with me), along with a plethora a friends, family, and co-workers who are all on board with the whole "Let's kill Mark" thing. And I'm supporting them too with all of their New Years goals as well.
I'm also doing a Whole100, so I have less of a chance of relapsing.
CURRENT WEIGHT: 267 lbs.
CURRENT AGE: 26
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
CURRENT MEASUREMENTS:
Neck: 15 1/4"
Bust: 48 1/4"
Waist: 41 1/2"
Butt: 53 3/4"
GOAL WEIGHT (in 4 weeks/end of January): 247 lbs. (that's -20 lbs).
GOAL WEIGHT (in 3 months/end of March): 227 lbs. (that's -40 lbs).
GOAL WEIGHT (in 6 months/end of June): 200 lbs. (that's -67 lbs).
DREAM WEIGHT (in a year/January 2018): 180 lbs. (that's high school!)
I'm also going to reward myself for doing a good job in losing weight by buying new clothes, because frankly, I'm done with sweatpants and tshirts. I really really want to wear a pair of skinny jeans and NOT look like an upside-down pear.
Once I reach my three-month goal, I'll also reward myself by auditioning for a play again. I miss performing.
And by the time I reach my 6 month goal, I'll be heading back to college for the first time in 5 years to pursue my dream as an animator/film-maker, trim and energetic and ready to go!
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!!!
