An Overview of 2013!

As we all know, we start off the New Year with all these get fit, get skinny, lose weight, and be healthy resolutions, as did I January of 2013 and it was a bit of a struggle. I wasn't as focused as I had wished I had been, but 6 months into the year around June 2013 I made my weight a priority to focus on!

I am not where I want to be, I am not done, but I've made progress! I set a goal to at least lose 25 pounds by the time the New Year hit, and I actually reached my goal!!! I am down 27.8 pounds total and as promised months ago when I hit 25 pounds lost, I would start to post my actual weight instead of pounds lost. I guess losing 25 pounds was it for me me! I knew if I lost these 25 pounds that I would be back at the weight I was when I met TRE- that's his name- I'll no longer refer to him as the ex, or the boyfriend, or the guy who I have no idea where things are going with. In that department, in "LOVE", I just sort of wing it because I'm not really good at it, but that's a topic for another day.

I'm no longer ashamed. I am currently 226.4 pounds and working on continuing to lower this number. I actually weighed 228 pounds when I met Tre 3 years ago. I'm not going to sit here and continue to make excuses for myself. I gained weight because I LET MYSELF! I'm not going to blame my anxiety, depression, or stress. I let myself go. Maybe those things aided in the process, but I am the one that is in control of my own life and what goes in my mouth knowing the amount of calories it has- it's no ones fault but my own. I made the choice to take Zoloft for a year because I thought that was what was best at the time, and of course SSRI drugs have the side effects to gain a significant amount of weight- I knew this, and aided in my lack of caring. But ultimately the decision was mine to become what I was.  I no longer want to be this overweight, unhealthy person.

I have an elliptical now, and thrilled because I'll be using it everyday! If I could lose another 25 pounds in the next six months I would be pretty happy and that's another goal of mine. Baby steps of course, the healthier I lose the weight, the better off I will be. I'm only human, I enjoy eating, now I just have to find a way to enjoy working out. The rest has yet to come but from now on I will do my best to at least track my progress and life weekly since I don't really blog daily anymore, and lately in the last 3 or 4 months it's been pretty sparingly.

Hope you all have been doing wonderful and continuing to LOSE!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!