Michelle
Starting weight: 210lbs
Current Weight: 170.9lbs
Height: 5'5"
GOALS: My Goal is to lose 60lbs!! Gain strength and endurance!!
Motivation and Support: Myself, my husband, and my family and friends. Watching and hearing about others on their own journeys to getting healthier and stronger give me great encouragement.
I am a proud mother of 6 very beautiful children!! Ranging from ages 3-20 years old. :) And Happily married to my best friend.
I started my journey to a healthier, stronger me back in February. When my scale hit 210lbs I do believe this is what finally woke me up!! I had put on 60 lbs!! 60lbs!! Really how could this be possible?? I tried several times to change my ways and failed. OK, tomorrow, ok tomorrow....this happened a lot for me!! But this time (in February) I am disciplined, encouraged, and loving myself!! It is an amazing feeling to love myself, it changes so much about who I am really!! :)
As for my journey when my scale hit heavier then anyone of my 6 pregnancies and my cotton bottom maternity clothes are the bottoms of choice to wear...like sweats and shorts, you know there is a problem!! And this too helped wake me up!!
First two weeks were the hardest, for wanting to give up, never feeling satisfied after eating. I feel like my brain does not have what it takes to say you are full stop eating. Instead it would say that was delicious go back and get more, you are still hungry!! And I would!! Eating WAS my hobby and MT Dew WAS my addiction and beverage of choice. I had no problem drinking 4-5 MT Dew's a day!! Although I miss my MT Dews I am looking forward to the day I drink one for my celebration of my goal!!
This has not been smooth sailing at all, there are definitely ups and downs. I recently was just stuck on the same weight for over 2 weeks and it was just so frustrating and playing mind games with me to just give up!! I was frustrated, all this work and nothing is happening!! So glad I did not because my scale started dropping again pretty steadily.....cant wait to announce soon that I am down 40 lbs ......0.9 lbs to go for this!! As you most likely read my goal is 60 lbs and I will be delighted if I go past 60 lbs!! We will see where I end. :) I am really looking forward to all the positive benefits from all my hard work in the end and for my future....and when the time comes that I can just maintain.
People ask what I am doing to lose my weight?? I am counting carbs, eating 5-6 times a day, drinking all water, exercising, and running approx 2-3 miles on average on the Treadmill. Running on the treadmill is definite a love hate relationship for me!! Love the results, hate running in place staring at a wall in my garage!! I ran EVERY day at the beginning, now I am running approximately 5 days a week, Cant wait to find time to get outside and run around town.
As I find myself gaining mental and physical strength through this process it is so rewarding and satisfying to me. When I first started, it would take me 51-54 minutes to run 3 miles!! (That's a really slow pace approx 17-18 minutes per mile!!) Now I am currently running 3 miles in 38-39 minutes!! (approx 12-13 minutes per mile) YAY ME!! lol Other exercises of measure I have been doing and have gained strengths in: Push ups could only do 8, I can do 35 now. Planking I was lucky to get to 20 seconds...and I get to 60 seconds now. Sit ups I started with 10 and I can do 25 now!! All this is so rewarding and amazing to me!! Because I thought oh my when I first started and saw what I could not do anything really of quantity and felt very defeated quite often. The stronger I got the more I wanted to do!! And it mentally drives me now!!
This has definitely not been easy by far, it is a lot of work, but extremely rewarding personally!! (for me I miss my MT Dew!!! I now drink approx. 6 bottles water every day)
Trust me I felt like giving up alot....I have my husbands support....He loved me and said I looked great/beautiful when I was big too (although he did not say I was big that is me).....But he keeps reminding me of my happiness and what I am trying to achieve(when I say I want to give up)......this is for my own happiness and noone elses!! To be more fit, more healthy, and less weight is the ultimate visual goal for me!! I felt awesome when I was at my goal weight after having Keegan (my 3 year old) this is the reason for me setting that goal..... :) I can do this!! I am doing this!! I will do this!!
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