Wow! What a journey this last 6 months have been. Preparing for my only daughter to marry while on my own journey to a healthy and fit lifestyle. Life sometimes gets in the way more than we think it should. We sometimes have to take a look back and say I really did the best I could. This does not always mean it brought about the results we wanted but we really did all we could. The build up to the wedding was crazy and I did get down to 152 which I was okay with, not necessarily my goal, but I tried everything I could to go lower and it just did not happen. I am okay with my size I feel okay with the pictures, I really just did not want to be looking at pictures of myself that were not flattering.
The wedding was beautiful and our family had a fantastic time watching my daughter and her wonderful young man join together in the sight of God. They will be a great couple and I look forward to watching them grow up together.
The Wedding was at the end of May. The adjustment to having my daughter gone has been a bit hard. We spent so much time together and I miss her. She is so good to include me in her life and to spend time with me but you know it is just not the same.
The wonderful thing I do have to mention in this, is the growth of the relationship between my youngest son and me. We are spending more time together walking and talking. We are even going to train for a 5k in Sept.
I have tried to keep this blog real and raw because I know the struggles I have some of you may have as well. I avoided posting this because it was just to humbling to admit my numbers. I decided yesterday that one of the ways I connect with some of you, is indeed that fact that I am a work in progress. I struggle and fall just like some of you. With this in mind I decided I would post the the results of June.
I am not sure when I weighed before June 21st but I know I was 152 at the last weigh in. In May and June I did exercise fairly well but I did not watch what I ate and most of my exercise was just walking. Walking is a good from of exercise but I was used to doing much more than that.
My husband and I decided to try weight watchers and we weighed in on 6/21 and much to my horror I weighed 162 :0. I was shocked! I was thinking I had gained maybe like 5 ponds but 10. Oh my goodness! Will I never learn, that was my exact thought. Some day I will beat this yo yo thing and maintain a healthy weight. I am working on it and I do believe I will get there, but just like every other journey we take in life there are ups and downs. We can get discouraged and give up or we can buckle down and start again. I really do not have a choice. I have decided to regain my level of fitness from my youth so I must not give up. I have to get back on the path to a helathy lifestyle.
So, here I am 2.5 weeks of the new chapter of my life and I am doing well. I am back to doing turbofire for my workouts and I have lost 5 of the 10 pounds I gained. I am encouraged and ready to get things going. It is great to have my husband join in the journey with me. So, together we will just keep trucking along. In the future I look forward to saying "I am here I reached my goal."
I invite each of you to begin, restart or just keep plugging along on your journey to well being. It will be worth it. For me it has meant less pain. No more pain in my knees, I removed the arch supports from my shoes and me feet are no longer killing me every single day, my back is better, my left hip is now pain free, my right hip has less pain and I can actually sleep on it. I hope some day for that pain to be gone as well, I have increased strength in every part of my body and no longer take my acid reflux medicine and I am no longer a risk for diabetes. All these things took time and I noticed changes slowly on my journey from the beginning weight of 222. I can absolutely tell you it has all been worth it.
Join me, let's end this trend of obesity together, 1 pound at a time.
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