The beginning: At the end of January I made a start. I started walking every day. Usually I walked between 3-4 miles. It felt great, and I really looked forward to it. I started paying more attention to what I was eating and when. In March, we finally got a battery for our bathroom scale. That was bad news. 227? I couldn't believe it. Where had I started before all that walking? Had it helped at all? I kept going, a little more determined. But I needed more. I needed help from people smarter than I was.
Another beginning: The first week of May I went to Curves. I had been there before, but not consistently, and not for a long time. I weighed 218 on my first day at Curves, and was glad that walking had helped a little. I started going to work out every weekday, and I haven't looked back. Three months after my beginning at curves, I decided to start the Curves weight management plan - the first diet I've ever been on. It doesn't really feel like a diet though. It just tells me how much of what healthy things I should be eating every day, and I go from there. 1200 calories week one, 1500 weeks 2-4, then back up to 2000 for a couple weeks to make sure my metabolism is keeping up. Then it starts over. I'm on week three, but last week was a little crazy because I was working, and I don't eat much when I'm working.
Seeing results: My current weight is 200.6. I know there was a time in my life when I weighed less than 200, but to be honest I don't remember it. It was before high school. I'm hoping to pass that milestone before next week's weigh-in at Curves. Last sunday i wore my favorite dress to church. It fit me for my college graduation, then it didn't for a long time, and now it fits me better than it did when I got it. On Wednesday I bought my first pair of size 14 jeans, and they fit better than any jeans I've ever had. Yes, I was celebrating in the dressing room. Yesterday I wore the super cute pants that I ordered last summer, that didn't fit when they came. Those were my first goal pants. I've been trying them on periodically since this adventure started, and now they fit!
A long way to go: My long term goal when I first showed up at Curves was to lose 70 lbs. Holy cow, that sounds like a lot. But now that it's more like 50, it's starting to sound better. This is the first time in my life that I have consciously tried to lose weight, and the fact that it's working is really exciting. That keeps me going, even when the process feels so slow.
So, there is the first of many "Friday Reports". I promise they will be significantly shorter from now on.
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