Baby Steps.

The last post I wrote, I wrote about the fact that I need to lose weight. Ironically, I was eating ice cream as I wrote it. Since that post, I've been working on my eating habits. I'm having a hard time kicking the sweets but I did kick the daily soda and daily energy drink. I've cut back on that but I started drinking iced tea again. Win some, lose some I suppose. I'm trying to be more active but my energy levels are so low that I'm ready to crash into my bed by 8 pm.

My starting weight was 350 pounds. (I was pretty close with that estimate. I weighed in at 351.4.) I weighed myself this past weekend. The scale told me 343.2. (That's an 8.2-pound difference in just about two weeks!) My next weigh-in will be on the 30th of this month. I have 13 days left. In the next 13 days, I'm going to work on portion control and my tendency to eat when I'm bored.

I'm also going to TRY to add about 20 minutes of some form of a work out each day. Like the title states, baby steps. I'll get to my goal eventually.

May 13th.
343.2 lbs
22/24/3x

My next weigh-in will be May 30th for sure.

Uncommitted or Just Plain Ironic?

I am an overweight woman. Actually, I'm morbidly obese by doctors' standards (and by my own standards). I am six feet tall and I weigh somewhere around 350 pounds. I'm in between a size 20, 22, and 24 depending on brand/cut/etc. I'm not happy with how I look and I want to lose weight. Ideally, I'd like to weigh in somewhere around 175 - 185 pounds. It would be a HUGE difference for me and I know there would be many health benefits to losing the weight.

However...

I am typing this post while eating a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream covered in magic shell fudge and sprinkles. It could be classified as completely ironic but I know the truth. I'm uncommitted. I have a hard time putting down the sweets and sodas. I love chocolate. I love Mountain Dew. I'm a sucker for all the bad carbs (*cough*spaghetti is my favorite meal ever*cough*). I also eat pizza rolls like my life depends on it.

I know it's bad. I also know I should stop. I'm stuck between needing to and not 100% wanting to. I'm going to start slow. Cut portions down and amount of meals/snacks. Then I'll slowly start taking away sweets, sodas, certain foods, etc. I'll use my blog as a way to keep track of my progress. That way I'll feel the need to stick to it. (I hope...)

So:

April 30th.
350 lbs.
Size 20/22/24/3x

I'll weigh myself on May 30th and see if I made any progress. Wish me luck!