Sarah30
3 Month Update!
Aug 20, 2009
Hi Everyone!I just wanted to give my 3 month update. I am doing GREAT! I now weigh 185lbs! I haven't been under 190 lbs for over 10 years. I was SO excited to be under 190. Now I can't wait to be under 180, That would be a HUGE accomplishment for me because as far as I can remember, I have never seen the scale go under 180. I think ever since I was a teenager I weighed 180. I have SO much energy now. I am all over my house doing this or that. Before I hardly had the energy to get my house work done. I would get tired so fast that I had to take a break after every chore and lay down on my sofa. A week ago after I put the kids to bed, I just went to lay down on that sofa and take a breather. I realized, wow, I haven't laid down on this sofa in so long! I was happy and sad all at the same time. I started thinking, "Was I really THAT miserable??" Now that I think about it, yes I was pretty miserable, even though I was always showing everyone I was happy, smiling and laughing all the time, I was so miserable from the inside, I just didn't know it. I have read a lot of postings and blogs on this site. A lot of people have written "I was just watching my life pass by before, but NOW I am really LIVING life." I didn't get what that really meant before. Now I understand what they mean. I AM really living now, and SO enjoying it! I want to learn so much now. I have a new passion for cooking. Isn't THAT ironic, LOL. Even though most of the things I can't even eat, I just enjoying cooking and making new things now. I can drink better now, THANK GOD. I can now gulp down some water rather than sipping which I HATED. I do mostly protein but I eat some carbs too when I feel like it. Even sweets and desserts, I take a bite or two of, but very rarely. I don't really count calories/carbs/protein. I just get in whatever I can, mostly protein. I am HORRIBLE at taking my vitamins. I just can't remember to take them even though I have them sitting on my kitchen counter so I remember them. I do half a vitamin in the morning and half at night because when I take the whole thing it makes me nauseous. I can eat about 6 bites or so of food, sometimes less sometimes more. I still eat too fast and take big bites, but I chew very well. When I realize I have taken too big of a bite, I don't swallow the whole bite, I just swallow little by little. Its so hard to break this habit, but I am trying.
I know a lot of people have had relationship problems after they start loosing the weight. My relationship with my husband has improved A LOT. He is so loving the new, happier, more energetic, and lighter me. He just spoils me even more now, because I am so happy all the time. We never really had any problems before, it has just gotten even more better now. He is always complimenting me. I had this red dress that I hadn't worn in ages, and I just kept because I really liked it. One day when I tried it on, it actually fit and i was so ecstatic. That day I got ready real nice and put that dress on and when he got come and I came downstairs to greet him, the look on his face was just...priceless. He was just blown away by how much skinnier I Iooked in that dress. I guess he couldn't really tell I was loosing because I was just still wearing my same clothes, and they had become pretty baggy. I can fit into size 14 shirt, and size 16 pants now.Started with size 20s and 22s. I have a huge hanging stomach, which sadly, won't ever go away completely. My skin is getting pretty loose too, arms and thighs are getting a little saggy. I so need to start toning. Its just been hectic this summer, and I have 4 kids which keep me so busy. 2 of them start school next week, and then I will start to concentrate on toning and exercising more. I do walk a lot, almost everyday. Well I know this post is all jumbled up, but I think thats about it! Good luck to everyone on this journey! IT IS SO WORTH IT!!
