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Half Way There
Today is Day 4 of Induction for me. I put together a ticker, and was surprised when I looked at it to see that I'm half-way there to achieving my goal weight. My journey started with Curves Weight Management program in 2004. I think I weighed more than 238 at one time, but that's what I was when I started Curves. I did their 6-week focus program 4 different times, giving up all kinds of comfort foods, and developing better habits like eating consistently throughout the day.
It was March 2007 when I decided to try the Atkins approach. I lost 22 pounds rather quickly and kept it off for a year, until in April 2008 I had a change in routine and starting gaining the weight back. I wasn't weighing myself but I could tell my how my jeans felt.
I've said some of this before but, doing Induction, reading and studying the DANDR, finding new good recipes, checking into this site and reading the successes and challenges of others, is making me reflect on my own journey. Like many whose comments I've read here, my weight was never much of a problem until I got pregnant and carried the baby to term at age 40. I developed pre-eclampsia and put on 40 pounds with the pregnancy, and had a diabetic state for several months. Developed some other health problems, and long story short, found myself obese.
To see this ticker today showing me that I'm half-way there, it brings tears to my eyes. There was a time in those years after my son's short life that I was just about resigned to being fat for the rest of my life. I knew in my heart I was not meant to be fat but I just could not bring myself around to a healthier way. I think some of it was grieving and some of it was a low self esteem that had plagued me since I was a teenager. So it has been a journey of several years, but seeing this ticker shows me that all my small victories have added up to something big.
I'll be 52 years old in a month, and by the time I'm 53 I want to be at my goal weight. Not sure exactly what that is right now, I'll know it when I see it. Maybe it's 150, maybe it's 145. We'll see. My blood pressure, blood sugar, those numbers have deemed me "pre-diabetic" for a few years now. I am not going there.
These 4 days have shown me that I can do it. I expect there's going to be some challenges; I have a slight headache right now that may be from the effects of Induction, I rarely have a headache. It's a small price to pay, and it's a temporary price. I've paid lots higher.
I'm committing to this Atkins approach as a way of life. I want to again take those long competitive bike rides without my a$$ hanging off the seat. I want to hike again and not complain my knees are hurting. I want to fit into my wet suit so my surfer husband can teach me to surf. I want to sit in my kayak and not have my hips and thighs take up all the available space. I want to golf 9 holes without being winded.
And I'm half-way there, you all, I'm half-way there!
It was March 2007 when I decided to try the Atkins approach. I lost 22 pounds rather quickly and kept it off for a year, until in April 2008 I had a change in routine and starting gaining the weight back. I wasn't weighing myself but I could tell my how my jeans felt.
I've said some of this before but, doing Induction, reading and studying the DANDR, finding new good recipes, checking into this site and reading the successes and challenges of others, is making me reflect on my own journey. Like many whose comments I've read here, my weight was never much of a problem until I got pregnant and carried the baby to term at age 40. I developed pre-eclampsia and put on 40 pounds with the pregnancy, and had a diabetic state for several months. Developed some other health problems, and long story short, found myself obese.
To see this ticker today showing me that I'm half-way there, it brings tears to my eyes. There was a time in those years after my son's short life that I was just about resigned to being fat for the rest of my life. I knew in my heart I was not meant to be fat but I just could not bring myself around to a healthier way. I think some of it was grieving and some of it was a low self esteem that had plagued me since I was a teenager. So it has been a journey of several years, but seeing this ticker shows me that all my small victories have added up to something big.
I'll be 52 years old in a month, and by the time I'm 53 I want to be at my goal weight. Not sure exactly what that is right now, I'll know it when I see it. Maybe it's 150, maybe it's 145. We'll see. My blood pressure, blood sugar, those numbers have deemed me "pre-diabetic" for a few years now. I am not going there.
These 4 days have shown me that I can do it. I expect there's going to be some challenges; I have a slight headache right now that may be from the effects of Induction, I rarely have a headache. It's a small price to pay, and it's a temporary price. I've paid lots higher.
I'm committing to this Atkins approach as a way of life. I want to again take those long competitive bike rides without my a$$ hanging off the seat. I want to hike again and not complain my knees are hurting. I want to fit into my wet suit so my surfer husband can teach me to surf. I want to sit in my kayak and not have my hips and thighs take up all the available space. I want to golf 9 holes without being winded.
And I'm half-way there, you all, I'm half-way there!
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