1. All I keep seeing are the blogs where the people are ALREADY skinny. While I love to read all about the journey these people have been on to go from fat to fit, I would like to find one with someone who is just starting off on their journey to skinny.
2. I've been on my journey since, well, I've been on again off again ever since the birth of my 3rd child, Jillian, which was August 2013. I did a lot of running in the beginning, but also A LOT of eating. So, my weight never changed. In March of 2014, my brother got married. I wanted to lose weight fast, so I cut the carbs for a few weeks and lost my first 10 lbs. I've been able to keep it off, but I was back to my old eating habits. Finally, around the end of August/beginning of September 2014, my cousin had the brilliant idea to create an accountability group on Facebook where a few of my family members can record the workouts they did for the day and share words of encouragement with one another. This is where I came across the "Carb Addict Diet". I started this diet September 8th and I'm in love with it! *I have a completely different outlook on eating now. I used to eat all day long, everyday. With this diet, there is no snacking. All you get is 3 meals. This was a BIG change for me. But 6 weeks later, I've totally adjusted my eating habits...my mindset...everything! Most days, I only eat 2 meals...whether this is a healthy approach or not, I don't know. But what I do know is that it's working for me! So, for now, I'll stick with it.
3. I signed up for a MARATHON. Not a half, but the whole, 26.2 miles! I've never been more determined or more confident in my abilities. Not sure why? I'm not a very confident person. But, for whatever reason, I can only see myself successfully completing this 5+(maybe 6+ hopefully not 7+) hours of running. On another note, the only person I really talked to about it(aside from my sister who is also running the marathon and encouraged me to do so) is my husband. After all, the training will take TIME(which we don't really have any to begin with)! The #1 reason I don't want to share is because I don't want to hear people's doubts or negative comments. And, really, if I walked up to myself and told me that I was going to run a marathon in 6 months, I would have some serious doubts just by looking at me.(do you follow what I'm saying here?) Also, I don't want anybody to burst my confidence.
4. I want to wear cute, fashionable clothes...and look good in them. I am taking a HUGE leap of faith by getting rid of all (ok, honestly, it was MOST) of my summer clothes. WHY? Because I wholeheartedly believe that by next summer, those clothes will not fit! Worst case scenario...I get to buy a whole new wardrobe next summer...of the sizes that I just got rid of.
5. Here's a picture to show progress from my heaviest until now...about 20 lb difference.
That's all for now.
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