Day 1 - As of today I am 272.2 pounds. Covid has not been easy to deal with as a business owner and life has been stressful. The gym closed and I dealt with a lot at work. So I have gained a ridiculous amount of weight!
Last month, October, being my Anniversary, Birthday and Halloween month and this past weekend being my scrapbook retreat has not helped, I know I am past due to get back on track and desperately need to do so!
I am currently scrapbooking pictures from 2013 and I was much thinner back then. Seeing this encouraged me to get back to a better place health wise.
So today, I take the first step to tying once again to find what works for me. My new tactic is to watch my diet carefully for 8 days and have one "Free Day" to eat a favorite food or two. But I'm actually putting it on the calendar so when I crave I will remind myself that I only have so many days until my "Free Day". I picked the 9th day to start because it's over a week but shorter then 2 weeks which I think will be manageable to start. I want to be reasonable and create a plan I can live with and holidays are a time I would like to enjoy good food. Thanksgiving lines up just right with my second free day. I will not weigh myself until my free days as well.
Once the holidays are passed, I hope to increase my time between free days to up to 12 days. These free days will be the light and the end of the tunnel in my mind. I think too many times I say to myself, I will treat myself thinking it wasn't that long ago since I had done so, when in all actuality I treat myself more often then I realize!
I have been going back to the gym for awhile now and that has helped my joints and flexibility, but my real problem is my food intake, so I am going to really focus on that carefully for the next 8 days! I have my fingers crossed that weight loss will follow. But I will keep track of my clothes and how they fit as well, knowing that weight loss doesn't always appear on the scale as quickly as we all would like.
Onward....
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