One Year

I can't believe its been one year since I started my healthy living plan. There has been many ups and downs but I don't regret it. I weighed 247.6 when i started and 172.8 this morning. That is a total weight loss of 74.8 pounds. You can't beat that with a stick! I certainly am much better off both physically and mentally than I was last year. Now I just have to stay focused and not slowly slidding back up. Everyone gets bored of dieting and exercise. It is important to find ways to keep it fresh. I feel like I am in a dangerous place right now because I have found myself making excuses not to exercise or eat right. Losing weight is only half the battle. Keeping it off is an ongoing fight. While I am doing better than I was over the holidays, I am not doing as good as I should. I have been journaling my calories and its mostly on the high side from 1700 to 2200 a day. With exercise I may not gain but I certainly wont lose. I need to work on my attitude the most. I think I need to start taking vitamin D again because I am starting to feel a little depressed. The lack of sunlight in the winter really gets to me.

I know that I still have not reached my goal, but I need to appreciate all my hard work over the last year. That is actually quite an accomplishment. When I think about the stomach problems and all the aches and pains I used to have every day. Yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself.