Time to Take Action

In 2009, I decided to commit to losing weight for my brother's wedding because I was the maid of honor.  I wanted to look nice in my bridesmaid's dress so I started a journey of weight loss.  I'm not the type of person who would start a crazy fad diet to lose weight within 1 month in an unhealthy way and starve myself silly.  I was also the type of person who didn't take action to diet or exercise even when I was very unhappy & depressed with the way I looked.

It took me about 6-10 months to achieve my goal weight loss and I ended up losing more than I had ever imagined.  I'm not going to lie.  It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.  No joke.  I lost a total of 25 lbs.  What helped me the most was calorie counting, eat low-carb, high fiber, no junk food (chips, fast food, sweets), no rice, exercised consistently for 3 days a week for over a year with the help of my boyfriend who was my accountability partner.  He was trying to gain weight while I was trying to lose weight.  Tough, right?
I consumed about 1,200 calories/day.  In the beginning, it was really difficult because I had to drastically change my portions and especially if I was out late at night, I would be really hungry wanting to eat something from the drive-thru.  After I reached my goal, I was ecstatic and I felt I could do anything I put my mind to.  Also that was the 1st time in my life that I was able to wear a 2 pc swimming suit in public and I looked better than when I was in high school.  I lost 2 inches on my chest (was sad about that for a bit), 2 inches off my waistline, and 2 inches off my hips.  I dropped 2 pants sizes and even my ring size dropped (LOL).

Then several months later, came my down fall.  Because I did not set another goal for myself, I started to slip up.  I began to eat things I shouldn't and I took a break from hitting the gym.  Now I'm at this point in my life where I feel disappointed in myself.  I've become too lazy to go to the gym and I feel like I'm back at square one complaining to myself about how I've gained 10 lbs since October last year.  My metabolism has slowed down and my taste buds are winning me over causing me to have self-control problems with food again.

Getting what you want and achieving your goal is great, but at the same time MAINTAINING it is the biggest test.

So I've decided that by writing this dedication in my blog publicly, it will motivate me to start my weight loss journey again.  I know I can never reach perfection and that's not what I'm going for, but if I'm unhappy with something, then I should do what I can to take actions to change that.  Last night I took front & back shots of my body now (got me a little depressed) and hopefully after I reach my goal, I will be able to compare the before & after photos.  I wish I had taken some from before.

Goal weight loss : 10 lbs because I think I was happiest with how I looked at that size.  I am not trying to be tooth pick model skinny because that's not what I want.  I just want to be confident in my own skin and want to be able to wear a swimming suit in confidence without feeling embarrassed.

Wish me luck guys and I hope I never stop exercising!!!