It seems like two months have been a really long time but I could say time does fly really fast when you’re busy and not paying attention. As I sit on this chair pondering what has happened to me for these past couple months, I still couldn’t believe I am still the same person as I was when I started this life-changing event that has happened in my life. My motto, NO DAY BUT TODAY has stuck with me from day one until now. I actually have a new motto, which is, GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT. I remember getting that quote from a fortune cookie from a few years back. Funny thing is I haven’t stepped into a Chinese buffet restaurant since my Mom’s birthday last January.
I promised myself I was going to change my life forever. When I started my weight-loss I wasn’t even thinking about a goal weight. I was just going to say I’ll lose the weight and just keep it off when I’m done. It doesn’t matter how long it would take me just as long as I’ll be under 200 lbs. I haven’t been under 200 lbs since I was 13 years old. On my first week, I immediately lost 15 lbs, then the numbers kept getting lower but I was losing weight every week. When I reached a total weight loss of 25 lbs, I was shocked that I actually achieved that in 4 weeks! 4 weeks! I started exercising and fell in love with Zumba and my energy level skyrocketed. I started going to the gym 2-3 times a week and now I can’t believe this former couch potato/computer addict goes to the gym almost every day! And I work nights! That fact still amazes me sometimes.
I still watch TV but because of this new found energy I can’t stop moving that when I’m not doing anything I get so bored I fall asleep. So then I constantly have to keep moving just to get rid of my boredom. I am still a computer geek but I don’t spend hours and hours on the computer anymore. I only go on my computer to check my email, go on facebook and check my twitter. But sometimes I don’t even have to go on it because I get to do all that on my phone.
I love doing cardio on the machines. I can stay on the treadmill now for 25-30 minutes without complaining that my legs hurt and that I’m tired. The last time I went on an elliptical machine was a couple of years ago and when I couldn’t handle it because of the weight of my legs bearing on the machine, I got off in a couple of minutes and never went in one again. The elliptical is actually now my favorite cardio machine at the gym and I can stay on it for 20 minutes and never complain about how hard it is. I still have to conquer the stationary bike as I still have trouble sitting down in that itty bitty seat because of my big butt. LOL. I’m planning on starting to lift weights as a part of my workout just to double the weight loss. I know it is very ambitious but because of the TV show “The Biggest Loser,” it has motivated me to lose a double digit even if it is just a 10 for a whole week.
So now we come to this point, 8 weeks, 40+ trips to the gym and about 20 hours of Zumba later, I have now lost 42 lbs. Like I said when I started this I wasn’t even thinking of a goal weight. But then I remembered the reason why I wanted to lose the weight in the first place, which is that I am getting a year older and that I didn’t want to look like this when I turn 27. So I realized that I should lose one hundred pounds by my birthday in September. I had a lot of skeptics, thinking I couldn’t do it, and that losing 5 lbs every week is unhealthy. But once you have a motivation and you have that goal and you have the support system, anything is possible. This week I am reaching another milestone. I am going to be under 300 lbs for the first time in 10 years. And I am not going to look back.
Up to this point I still can’t believe I’m the same person I was two months ago. I used to be the heavy breather, the couch potato, the computer addict, the lazy ass, and I was 343 lbs. I’m still the same person, I still breathe heavy (only when I’m tired), I still love watching TV (only when I’m not busy), I am not a computer addict, I’m just a computer nerd now (I still get excited about computers and electronics), and I can be lazy but sometimes I just choose not to. These things plus the fact that I am 42 lbs lighter, full of energy, and happier and hopefully by September, I will reach my goal and I will be one hundred pounds lighter.
