A year ago my job offered all their employees a chance to win a trip to Paris, they were creative, they named it a walk to Paris. (I work for one of the largest health systems in the tri-state area of New York) So can you imagine what we had to do? That's right walk, walk wearing a pedometer and sync it to the computer system once a week. All of the teams that met the goal a,Lunt of steps were entered into a drawing and one lucky team was sent to Paris. I was not one of lucky employees to go, but it still changed my life in that although I know it was an option, I was so blind and didn't want to admit the truth. The truth that I wasn't healthy and the even scarier truth that the ugly disease that haunts both maternal and paternal sides of my family would actually hit me. What you ask? They made us get our sugar & cholesterol checked, my sugar. . . ..yeah it's high. High for a person that has diabetes running on both sides of the family. It really opened my eyes, I took a trip to my dad's endocrinologist (he also treats one of his siblings and treated my grandmother before she died) only to find out that she classifies me as a pre-diabetic. It worried me, but for some reason it didn't scare me enough to change anything. Yeah I took the medicines they prescribed for a while but then I just said forget it, I didn't care. That was up until this past December when I was once again told that my sugar level is still high. It gave me the wake up call I needed.
The week before Christmas (I know you're saying who the hell starts a diet the week before Christmas - but if I didn't do it then, I wouldn't have done it at all) I started on weight watchers, here I am eight weeks into the program and I'm 9.2lbs lighter! I track my points on the e-tools and go to weight watchers every Saturday morning to weigh myself in! Now I am not going to say that all that weight lost was strictly from weight watchers, because that's not true. This is taking more the a little food intake changing. I've been hitting the gym 3 to 4 times a week, for at least two hours a day. I was also I don't know if its blessed or cursed but given a medication that is helping to control my sugar as well as be an appetite suppressant. The ironic part is, with weight watchers you are limiting the things you eat by making them equal out to a point value, they say its very important to eat all of your daily points, it's kind of hard to do while taking an appetite suppressant, but boy oh boy does it give me a reason at the end of some nights to indulge in a weight way hers ice cream or a pudding snack just to use up those points!
I have a long struggle a head of me, but I have been blessed with an amazing support group. Both within my family, my friends and the amazing man that loves me no matter what size I am. But with them at my side and Anthony pushing me every step of the way to continue this journey so that I am able to get to that point that I know true happiness I know I can't go wrong. Weight loss, weight gains, I'm reading for them all because I'm determined to be happy within my own skin for once and for all. There is no looking back now!
So with all of this written out, here's the point of it. I am going to start posting my progress on my blog. Why you ask? It's simple, I have stumbled across a few ladies on bloodspot as well as Instagram that are helping me to succeed, they're being my inspiration and I hope that if someone stumbles across here, that maybe just maybe I can do the same for them. Here are my goals, any inspiration or thoughtful words are appreciated!
Starting Weight: 181lbs
Current Weight: 172.8
Ultimate Goal Weight: 120-125
First Mini Goal Weight: 171 lbs
Second Mini Goal Weight: 161 lbs
Third Mini Goal Weight: 141 lbs
Fourth Mini Goal Weight: 131 lbs
If you're truly interest start checking back. Each Saturday I will be posting a weight update post!
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