It's only been two weeks since I finished daily blogging my one year weight loss journey. As you know, I'm still posting a weekly weigh in until I hit my goal of two hundred pounds. It's crazy to think about what has changed over the course of a year. I am daily running nearly three and a half miles. I rarely have unhealthy food, and my portions are so much less than they used to be. I have developed (by God's grace) a lifestyle of self-control. Here is what I wrote about self-control in my post exactly one year ago:
Self-control can't be blamed on others or situations. It is a direct choice of the individual. I would find a million reasons to justify what I was doing when I was overeating. I would say, "I've had a terrible day," or "I'm so stressed." I might even think, "there might be traffic on the way home and I am so hungry. I'll just get a little something to tide me over." It was very easy to place the reason for my lack of self-control on something else... I would be tired, stressed, mad, sad, frustrated, upset about something, and on and on and on.
I go on to talk about how my lack of self-control was like "blinders" when I would stop to get food on my way home from work. The gluttony I was fighting was winning because I wasn't practicing self-control. I don't know if you remember, but before I started this journey, I would stop and eat 2500 calories or more of fast food. I'm so grateful to be past that thinking. My hope and prayer is that that lifestyle will never return.
My weigh in today was good. It wasn't quite what I wanted it to be, but any time I'm going down in weight, I really shouldn't complain. When I stepped onto the scale the result was 2.6 lbs. lost. This brings my total weight loss to 150.4 lbs., with a current weight of 215.8 lbs. I'm excited to still be losing, and 2.6 lbs. is a successful week, especially this far along. I really want to get through these last lbs. as quickly (but safely) as I can. I wanted to be finished by my birthday next month, but that doesn't seem feasible or healthy. So I'm going to work as hard as I can to hit my goal a few weeks before Thanksgiving. Even if it takes longer than that, I am not going to worry. I will just keep moving forward until I lose my butter half.
My calories were pretty good today. I did allow myself a few treats that I normally wouldn't eat. I had a tiny bit of ice cream with a Golden Oreo, and a little bit of candy too. I stayed within my calorie goal, but I'll need to be more disciplined for the rest of the week. I had another good run this morning. I actually woke up later than I meant to, and didn't really feel like running. I went out and didn't intend to run very fast, but ended up running my fastest time yet!
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