Saturday, December 1, 2012

Getting Starte


I've decided to start keeping a blog on my weight loss journey as a way to keep myself (hopefully) accountable.  

Don't get me wrong, I've definitely made some good progress.  On January 1st, 2011, I was a whopping 232.2 lbs.  Trust me, that's huge when you are only 5'2" in shoes.  That was the heaviest I had ever been and I don't ever want to see that number on my scale ever, EVER again.  This New Years (2012) I was down to 208, a drop of 24.2 lbs.  Not bad, but not where I wanted to be, you know?

I am now somewhere between the mid-160's and low-170's (it varies week to week given how good or bad I'm doing with my exercise and food goals).  My goal is to get down to 120lbs, which means I still have a long way to go.  But I WILL get there. 

I've found that writing about my weight loss efforts helps keep me focused.  And I need that focus.  It's easy to let things slide and then - BANG - the next thing you know you've gained ten, twenty, even thirty pounds.  Trust me, I know.  It's happened before and I don't want it to happen again. 

Keeping this blog will help me get to where I need and want to be.  And if it helps someone else along the way, BONUS!