Back to life

Here I am, moved to a new blog to ensure that I’m keeping track of what I am doing.

I never totally lost my way. I stopped blogging due to a very intense semester and frustration with not losing any weight. I’ve teetered between 199 and 202 since January of this year. I’ve been doing great on food with WW Online. That has never been the problem. Eating well and less doesn’t make the change alone for me. The difference I needed was exercise and sticking with it.

So this is the eighth week that my boyfriend and I have been doing Gilad’s Quick Fit System and things are going well. We chose these DVD’s because I used to do Bodies in Motion in high school with my mother and sister and I remember always feeling how great a workout it was even though I was in great shape. My bf likes it because most of the moves (there are a couple exceptions) aren’t hokey aerobics moves. He still feels like a “man” while doing them, lol. I am also trying to stick with Swizzlepop’s Monthly Exercise challenges but I’ve not been great at keeping myself updated there. It still keeps me motivated though. We’re focusing on doing planks this month. Ouch, they hurt. Whoever invented them should be shot. (truth be told, I did this move in college thanks to some psycho football players… ugh… but it wasn’t a generally known exercise at that time – it shoulda stayed that way!!)

So far I’ve lost an entire 1 lb and it’s been frustrating. But, and it’s a big but, I can see drastic results already. I’ve lost several inches in my thighs. My arms and upper torso have thinned down a ton. I now have muscle where I haven’t had it in over 15 years.

It’s been hard to keep my chin up during this time of stagnant weight loss. What’s keeping my chin level is my bf. He really sees changes and comments on them nearly every day. He doesn’t push me too hard to do our workouts. He is so motivated himself that seeing him drop everything to turn on the DVD player makes me immediately halt what I’m doing as well. I’m so grateful for this change.

We are going to the Florida Keys next week and I can’t wait. I may actually wear a skirt! My thighs and knees are still gross, but my calves are not as bulky so I may just do it! I’m excited.

So I don’t know how often I will be posting. I feel this new blog will exhibit a little less pressure to “fit in” and make friends with all the posters on weightwatchen. I kind of fell out of love over there. Nothing against Roni or the others, they are great. I think sometimes in the back of my low-self-esteemed mind it was hard for me to escape the lack of fitting in. Weight loss blogging shouldn’t be about fitting in but about getting fit