I've always been incredibly unhappy with my weight, but it wasn't until my late teen years that I found sufficient motivation to do something about it. The first little bout of attempted weight loss (via boycotting food) lasting only nine days because virtually the only thing I consumed over that period was water. I had absolutely no energy...I could barely brush my teeth in the morning and as I had a job to go to six days a week, it just wasn't fated to last. That was about six months ago. Then, a little over two months ago, I got much-needed braces at the age of eighteen. I dreaded having metal all over my teeth and when they were finally on, I didn't talk to anyone for two and a half weeks. I also consumed nothing for four weeks save a small breakfast shake every morning. I started losing weight and people noticed...including my little sister, who was upset and angry that I wouldn't eat anything. She told pretty much anyone who would listen. So, to make her happy, I ate a couple of meals when we took our annual Christmas shopping trip to Chesapeake, VA. Those few meals snowballed and soon I was eating normally again.
In mid-January, though, I decided that I'd had enough and I formed a meal and exercise plan. I've done this before, but it never stuck due to lack of motivation. For some reason, it's worked this time. I went from 208 lbs (I think...ish) to 189.6 lbs as of yesterday. So excited! I still have 44.6 lbs left to go to reach my goal of 145 lbs, but I've got until mid-July to do that and I really think it's going to happen. It is going to happen. I know it is, because I need to be comfortable with the way I look when I go to LeakyCon 2011 on July 13 (which, now that I think about it, is probably my source of sudden motivation). But that's a post for another time. Anyway, update over.
Cheers!
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