Monday, July 9, 2012
What Are You STILL Waiting On?
I just want to throw this out there. Don't wait for tomorrow, or next monday, or the new year, or WHATEVER day you have set in your head to take control of your health and your body. You have to start right now. Do you know what happens when you keep saying "tomorrow"? You'll wake up one day and you'll have lost decades of your life that have passed you by, and you're still saying the same thing. I know this is a fact, because that was me. Learn by my mistakes. Also, another common thing is, "well, I screwed up and ate ______ today, which messed up my whole plan, so I'll restart on _________." No. NO! That will turn into days, then weeks, then years. Do you see where I'm going with this? Start right this minute. Who cares if you went to a fast food restaurant for breakfast, make your NEXT meal a clean one. You will never regret that decision.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
This Is Gonna Be A Long One
There I go, abandoning my blog already! Quick update, I'm down a total of 26.1 lbs and I feel GREAT!!
I hope you're ready for some brutal honesty. I'm gonna give you a little background on how I became obese.
I've always had a weight problem, even a slight one as a little kid. I was called fat and many other "fat" names in middle school and high school. My highest weight was about 170 lbs. That wasn't fat. But I believed it. I can only assume that's where my binge eating stemmed from. When I got my first car, I started going to McDonald's all the time. I wasn't raised on fast food, and we rarely ate at restaurants. My mom cooked dinner almost every night. We did have cake, pie, donuts etc, but usually only on the weekends if we had company.
Fast forward to my first serious boyfriend from age 18-21. He was Cuban and his family made the best food I'd ever eaten. At some point, I would eat dinner at home, then go to his house some nights and eat dinner AGAIN. I have no clue why I did that, and I don't think I've ever told anyone that. My mother couldn't understand why I was gaining so much weight. I moved in with my first roommate and I had TOTAL freedom over what I did in my life. That meant eating whenever, and whatever I wanted. A few years later, I began eating in bed. Yes, IN BED. My drug of choice? Double Stuff Oreos, Cheez-Its, Nacho Doritos, bagels, and regular coke (not all at once, but those were my go to foods). That habit continued off and on for years. Eating all that horrible food right before going to sleep made me feel hungover in the morning and it took years for me to make that connection.
My highest weight was 372 lbs. Although that doesn't happen overnight, for some reason, I didn't realize it was happening. I know that sounds crazy, but I think other overweight people can identify with that. When I was in my 20s and 30s, it didn't really affect me physically that much. The ways it did affect me are monumental.
1. Having to always worry about if I'll fit into a seat somewhere.
2. Finding clothes that fit.
3. Trying to tie my shoes.
4. Having to get a seatbelt extender.
5. Not being able to run after my daughter when she was little.
6. Not being able to get down on the floor and play with my daughter when she was little.
7. Kids making fun of me to my daughter when she was little.
8. Not having self esteem, which leads to settling for things and situations in life.
9. Basically being a hermit.
Now that I'm older, I get a whole different set of consequences.
1. High blood pressure, and having to take medication for it.
2. Arthritis in my knees and having excruciating pain (this pain is completely gone now!)
3. A little bit of asthma (it only happens if I get a chest cold and in the winter if it gets really cold and dry)
4. Body aches everywhere.
5. It's hard to get around, even to the grocery store (this isn't the case anymore!)
I also had anxiety that would keep me up at night, because every single night I was afraid of dying from a heart attack and my daughter would find me dead. You would think all of these things would cause ANYONE to change, but until you're ready, and in that mindset to make the commitment to change, it just won't happen.
I still have a hard time tying my shoes and fitting into seats. However, I'm down 26.1 lbs, I'm eating clean, exercising and surrounding myself with people that have the same goals as me (I love my IG family SO much!). Things are getting better every single day.
If you are reading this and still struggling with binging or just trying to get healthier, I challenge you to eat clean for 2 weeks. Anyone can do something for 2 weeks. If you stick to it, you won't go back. And I can honestly say, it won't even take you 2 entire weeks to decide this is the right thing for you. It will happen within days because you will be amazed at how much better you feel. I can't say it enough, you owe it to yourself to make this change, and you deserve it.
I hope you're ready for some brutal honesty. I'm gonna give you a little background on how I became obese.
I've always had a weight problem, even a slight one as a little kid. I was called fat and many other "fat" names in middle school and high school. My highest weight was about 170 lbs. That wasn't fat. But I believed it. I can only assume that's where my binge eating stemmed from. When I got my first car, I started going to McDonald's all the time. I wasn't raised on fast food, and we rarely ate at restaurants. My mom cooked dinner almost every night. We did have cake, pie, donuts etc, but usually only on the weekends if we had company.
Fast forward to my first serious boyfriend from age 18-21. He was Cuban and his family made the best food I'd ever eaten. At some point, I would eat dinner at home, then go to his house some nights and eat dinner AGAIN. I have no clue why I did that, and I don't think I've ever told anyone that. My mother couldn't understand why I was gaining so much weight. I moved in with my first roommate and I had TOTAL freedom over what I did in my life. That meant eating whenever, and whatever I wanted. A few years later, I began eating in bed. Yes, IN BED. My drug of choice? Double Stuff Oreos, Cheez-Its, Nacho Doritos, bagels, and regular coke (not all at once, but those were my go to foods). That habit continued off and on for years. Eating all that horrible food right before going to sleep made me feel hungover in the morning and it took years for me to make that connection.
My highest weight was 372 lbs. Although that doesn't happen overnight, for some reason, I didn't realize it was happening. I know that sounds crazy, but I think other overweight people can identify with that. When I was in my 20s and 30s, it didn't really affect me physically that much. The ways it did affect me are monumental.
1. Having to always worry about if I'll fit into a seat somewhere.
2. Finding clothes that fit.
3. Trying to tie my shoes.
4. Having to get a seatbelt extender.
5. Not being able to run after my daughter when she was little.
6. Not being able to get down on the floor and play with my daughter when she was little.
7. Kids making fun of me to my daughter when she was little.
8. Not having self esteem, which leads to settling for things and situations in life.
9. Basically being a hermit.
Now that I'm older, I get a whole different set of consequences.
1. High blood pressure, and having to take medication for it.
2. Arthritis in my knees and having excruciating pain (this pain is completely gone now!)
3. A little bit of asthma (it only happens if I get a chest cold and in the winter if it gets really cold and dry)
4. Body aches everywhere.
5. It's hard to get around, even to the grocery store (this isn't the case anymore!)
I also had anxiety that would keep me up at night, because every single night I was afraid of dying from a heart attack and my daughter would find me dead. You would think all of these things would cause ANYONE to change, but until you're ready, and in that mindset to make the commitment to change, it just won't happen.
I still have a hard time tying my shoes and fitting into seats. However, I'm down 26.1 lbs, I'm eating clean, exercising and surrounding myself with people that have the same goals as me (I love my IG family SO much!). Things are getting better every single day.
If you are reading this and still struggling with binging or just trying to get healthier, I challenge you to eat clean for 2 weeks. Anyone can do something for 2 weeks. If you stick to it, you won't go back. And I can honestly say, it won't even take you 2 entire weeks to decide this is the right thing for you. It will happen within days because you will be amazed at how much better you feel. I can't say it enough, you owe it to yourself to make this change, and you deserve it.
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