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Today marks the 2 year anniversary of my life-change. 2 years ago I was weighing in at 225. I was completely and utterly depressed with my situation and so unhappy. I vowed to totally change my life and stop eating and drinking my self to such unhealthiness. I was constantly exhausted, going across the room winded me, let alone stairs. I never wanted to do anything and being outside in the south in summer was torture! I had no self-respect or confidence and it was a chore to carry around this achy body.
Today, I am alive, organized, working out with others and living a very very very active life. I have created a skill set of reading labels, organizing grochery shopping, planning meals and snacks. I have learned what real hunger feels like and I know my triggers. I plot and plan adventures and activities constantly to stretch my need for accomplishment. I almost always have a monthly or seasonal goal that requires training and daily participation.
I would also say that a key to my success has been in finding this community to come to every day and participate with and give back to. Too many times someone has said something that inspired me to keep on going. Too many times I've stopped myself because of my accountability to this place and it's standards. Too many times I've gotten here first thing in the morning and arranged my thinking for the day...I don't know if I could have made it without the community here! Period!!!!!!
My journey sharply turned when I took my new healthy body and trained in endurance sport. Endurance sport is like training for a marathon, or a triathlon. These endeavors require carbs. High levels of healthy carbs.
Our burned fat cannot meet the demand required quickly enough to ward off bonking....something you have to exerience to get.
Eating those carbs have caused weight gain, and "carb-hunger"...it has truly allowed me to know once and for all, I my body will store the excess carbs very quickly and I am still in "relationship" with carbs on a unhealthly level.
Tomorrow morning I will ride in a 50mile race on my bike, and I will have sports carbs there to fuel me through. After the triathlon next month, I will return to lower carb living and lighter exercise to just maintain my fitness.
My qwest will be to "return and remove the weight" and rest my body and then again, ramp it up in the spring. I always have goals and objectives things I am working towards to keep me focused and fine-tuned.
I will be training 5 women in a make-over for the next 6 months, and I will be exercising with someone on a daily basis. My plan as of late will be to remove the foods that fuel me now. I use to do 30-45 mins of exercise 6 days a week with no performance fatigue or bonking, or carbs for fuel- so I will be seeking to get back to that place. I look forward to that "cleaner" living.
I've said all along, I WANT TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO BE LIVING IN CONTROL AND A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE. I WANT SELF-CONFIDENCE AND TRUST....
The key for me was creating a sustainable way of living. I am all or nothing, and I had to drop that and create sustainable. 30 mins of exercise a day is doable, going for a hour would have burned me out. Creating mileage goals on the bike or jogging helped too. Having daily activity helped my mood and empowerment.
Never leaving home without a snack was huge for me. I am easily trigged by "drive thru's" and "food courts". I kept baggies of food or nuts, and I avoided the mall for along time. I never ate out, unless I knew for certain I could, in the early days It was all about "cementing" myself to the diet.
Staying rested and organized has also been a huge factor. I don't do well when I am tired or stressed out. So, I have gone the extra mile to avoid exhaustion much as possible. A good night sleep does more for me than anything else.
I want to be here in a year!
Today, I am alive, organized, working out with others and living a very very very active life. I have created a skill set of reading labels, organizing grochery shopping, planning meals and snacks. I have learned what real hunger feels like and I know my triggers. I plot and plan adventures and activities constantly to stretch my need for accomplishment. I almost always have a monthly or seasonal goal that requires training and daily participation.
I would also say that a key to my success has been in finding this community to come to every day and participate with and give back to. Too many times someone has said something that inspired me to keep on going. Too many times I've stopped myself because of my accountability to this place and it's standards. Too many times I've gotten here first thing in the morning and arranged my thinking for the day...I don't know if I could have made it without the community here! Period!!!!!!
My journey sharply turned when I took my new healthy body and trained in endurance sport. Endurance sport is like training for a marathon, or a triathlon. These endeavors require carbs. High levels of healthy carbs.
Our burned fat cannot meet the demand required quickly enough to ward off bonking....something you have to exerience to get.
Eating those carbs have caused weight gain, and "carb-hunger"...it has truly allowed me to know once and for all, I my body will store the excess carbs very quickly and I am still in "relationship" with carbs on a unhealthly level.
Tomorrow morning I will ride in a 50mile race on my bike, and I will have sports carbs there to fuel me through. After the triathlon next month, I will return to lower carb living and lighter exercise to just maintain my fitness.
My qwest will be to "return and remove the weight" and rest my body and then again, ramp it up in the spring. I always have goals and objectives things I am working towards to keep me focused and fine-tuned.
I will be training 5 women in a make-over for the next 6 months, and I will be exercising with someone on a daily basis. My plan as of late will be to remove the foods that fuel me now. I use to do 30-45 mins of exercise 6 days a week with no performance fatigue or bonking, or carbs for fuel- so I will be seeking to get back to that place. I look forward to that "cleaner" living.
I've said all along, I WANT TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO BE LIVING IN CONTROL AND A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE. I WANT SELF-CONFIDENCE AND TRUST....
The key for me was creating a sustainable way of living. I am all or nothing, and I had to drop that and create sustainable. 30 mins of exercise a day is doable, going for a hour would have burned me out. Creating mileage goals on the bike or jogging helped too. Having daily activity helped my mood and empowerment.
Never leaving home without a snack was huge for me. I am easily trigged by "drive thru's" and "food courts". I kept baggies of food or nuts, and I avoided the mall for along time. I never ate out, unless I knew for certain I could, in the early days It was all about "cementing" myself to the diet.
Staying rested and organized has also been a huge factor. I don't do well when I am tired or stressed out. So, I have gone the extra mile to avoid exhaustion much as possible. A good night sleep does more for me than anything else.
I want to be here in a year!
Thankfully, I haven't. Another question, though... if you keep pushing yourself past exhaustion and your body is forced to get fuel somehow, what will it go after? Your fat or your protein stores? I have heard that if you overtrain, you can "lose" muscle... whatever that means. I didn't know it was possible to lose muscle. But anyway, now I see why it is recommended that you should up your carb intake if you are active. Makes sense!
You are truely amazing, Jess. 
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