I said I would give a run down of my weight in my life. Well, here I go…here I go again…*shouts.
I’ve been chubby my whole entire life. In highschool, I went down from 215 lbs. to 162 lbs. through working out, turning vegetarian, and hydroxycut. I think back then there was ephedra…I don’t think it was banned yet.
After I graduated highschool I slowly put on weight…mainly from moving out and working 80 hours a week to make it living on my own in Hawaii (I don’t know if you heard, but it is wicked expensive).
I gained most of my weight back during the year I was on depo provera. I gained 80 pounds in one year. Even my father, who is soft spoken, told me he was worried about me.
Gaining those 80 pounds put me at my all time high of 268 pounds!!!
I was a size 24/26…and for those of you trying to compare sizes (which I try to do)…I am 5′ 5″.
My boyfriend loved me the “weigh” I was, but I didn’t. When we both decided to move to “the mainland” (the Hawaiian term for the continental U.S.) I became motivated to drop a few pounds. I barely fit into the seatbelt on the flight we took to visit schools. I felt fat, unhealthy, and embarrassed all of the time.
So here begins my journey as a huge loser…
I joined l.a. weight loss and lost my first 30 pounds through regular meetings, watching what I ate, working out, and their amazing bars. MMMM…I still have dreams about them.
The next 15 pounds I lost during the first semester I was here in Syracuse. I didn’t really do anything special. I just watched what I ate…which means to me…no fast food, no soda, no sweets, and no meat products. I also worked out pretty consistently. I was only going to school and not working at the time so it was farely easy for me to fit everything into my schedule.
The next 20 pounds I lost in one summer by doing the south beach diet. I was pretty strict. I don’t even know where I got the motivation to be as strict as I was. I didn’t eat sugar for about three months…I basically stayed in the first phase of the south beach diet for three months…which you are only supposed to do for two weeks. I will never put my body through that again.
I stayed around this weight for about a year. My weight kind of fluctuated around 205 pounds.
Just for a time frame…It has taken me 4-5 years to lose the 80 something pounds. I go in cycles where I tend to put all my energy into losing weight…then I kind of plateau and just kind of float at a consistent weight. I have never gained more than 10 pounds more than the lowest weight I’ve been. If I was 230 I never let myself go more than 240…just as if I was 190…never have I let myself get over 10 pounds. I think that is th point when my body goes, “what are you doing?” I have worked way too hard.
It wasn’t until last year when I have lost the last 15 pounds I have lost. Those last 15 pounds I lost using the book: The bodybuilding bible for women. That routine consisted of strength training, counting calories, cutting out sugars, and some supplelments.
So what have I learned through all of this? Through my years and years of trying different things, failing, succeeding, gaining, and most importantly losing…
As I get older I have figured out that I am losing weight for my health. Sure, vanity plays a part because I have never been able to where whatever I wanted. The most important thing to me is being able to do outdoor activities.
With that being said,
I don’t want to take any stimulants or rely on caffeine. I don’t want to do any crash diets or diets that restrict any form of food. I want to eat healthy for most of the time.
I’ve got a year to lose 60 pounds. That is a lot of weight to lose! Tomorrow, I, along with everyone who visits my page…will be able to see my progress through the year.
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