I was going to go to my other, more private blog to talk about my 'get healthier' plan (I refuse to call this a diet). I didn't want to post numbers on here and be mortified by people who aren't my friends.
But what the hell? Screw them. It's just easier to keep one blog going. Talking numbers won't change a thing. It won't make me fatter than I am, it won't make me smaller than I am. They are what they are.
So. I started 6 weeks ago (Mid July). I weighed in at my heaviest weight ever. The scales tipped 112kgs. I was mortified. That was 1kg heavier than the day I had Samuel (he was 10lb3oz and I had polyhydramnios, so a LOT of excess fluid). I don't have a current photo. I avoid cameras like the plague. The worst thing about this weight is that since the 9 months I spent on Prednisone, my entire body shape changed. I was rounder, moon-faced. Humiliated.
I have lately begun to feel like I was getting older. Realising I'm not 23 anymore (sometimes I honestly forget I'm not 23, it's the age I feel, mentally). Realising I'm just 3 years from 40; a morbidly obese Type 2 (but insulin dependant) diabetic. I have debilitating, chronic pain throughout most of my body. My blood pressure is fine but I realised that at this point, that's just luck. There's no way my lifestyle (as well as health issues) will forever fail to have a catastrophic impact on my heart.
So it was time. I didn't set a date (I'm one of those people who has to set a 'date' for starting a 'diet' - giving myself a week or more for a final blowout). This time I just started immediately.
To keep track of my progress, I'm going to put my weight and weekly results on the blog. I think it'll help me look back and encourage me to keep going.
Day #1 - 112.5 kgs.
Week #1 - 2kgs lost - 110kgs.
Week #2 - 3kgs lost - 107kgs
Week #3 - 2.5kgs - 104.5kgs
Week #4 - 2kg gain - 106kgs
Week #5 - 3kgs lost - 103kgs
Week #6 - 2.5kgs lost -100.5kgs
I feel like I'm missing something here. I should have been writing it down all along, instead of relying on my terrible short term memory. But, that's an estimate.
I don't know if you want to be bored with the hows and whatnot? Let me know in the comments if that is remotely interesting to anyone. I don't want to turn my blog into a weight loss blog per say. But for now, a lot of my attention is on this effort.
