SweetForSweets

So…I can no longer say I weigh 300 pounds! I weighed in today at 298. Super exciting. I was surprised to see that they said I am losing weight “too fast”. I feel like I’m crawling along through this process! I am trying to remind myself that I didn’t gain all this weight in a day (Thank God! Can you imagine waking up over 100 pounds heavier?) and I’m not going to lose it in a day either. I know it’s cliche, but I am really feeling much better. I’ve gone vegan, which not only has given me more energy and made me feel so much more healthy, but as an avid animal lover, I really feel good about it morally as well. I’ve also started exercising more. There is a big field and soccer complex behind my apartment so I’ve been taking my dogs on 15-30 minute walks once or twice a day. Also, I’ve started doing some yoga in the mornings. If you’ve never tried it, I HIGHLY recommend it. It is amazing. At my size I don’t really look as fluid or flexible as most people, but it is really relaxing and gets me going in the morning. Anyway, good luck to everyone out there! We can do it!

So it’s been a little bit. I finally weighed in this morning. I’ve lost 2 pounds! I put the exclamation point in there so I can try and get excited about that tiny number, which is just over 1% of what I want to lose. I have to cut myself a little slack, though. So far, I’ve actually still been following a somewhat vegan lifestyle. This is for health and moral reasons. This weekend, I let myself slip just a tad by allowing myself some corn with butter and fried onions at the Johnny Appleseed festival we had in my town. That evening, however, I went right back to eating right and I’ve been doing good since then. Also, last night my sister and her friend came over and tried to get me to eat greasy burgers from a local place with them, and I didn’t! I heard that she is feeling pretty sick this morning from all the grease, so I’m pretty glad I didn’t submit :). I’ve been pretty sick the past couple of days, so it’s been nearly impossible to exercise. I’m trying to stay strong, though, because in the past when hurdles like getting sick would come in my path, I would totally blow everything using that as an excuse. I really want things to work this time, as my clothes barely fit as it is and I don’t want to have to go buy yet another less flattering wardrobe. Well, everyone wish me luck and good luck to you all as well!

So it’s been about a week or so since I wanted to officially start ‘making positive changes’, but I actually started today. Hey, at least I started right? I’ve read a few books, “Half-Assed” and “Confessions of a Carb-Queen”. I am in the middle of “Skinny Bitch”. They are all inspiring, I highly recommend them. “Skinny Bitch” is kind of inspiring me to go vegan. I know, that’s a crazy change, right? But the way I see it, no matter what I do is going to have to be a lot different than what I’m doing now, so might as well save animals in the meantime, right? It truly is horrific the crap they do and the shit animals have to go through just to end up on our table. It’s ridiculous, and I feel like I’d be a hypocrite to now do anything about it. Anyway, so today I had some healthy vegan meals and I’m feeling ok. I just took the dogs (Buster-toy poodle and Cubby-schnoodle) for a long walk, so that was good too. I’m trying! Well, one day at a time!

So I am starting today. I am 22 years old, 307 pounds and it is time to stop being such a fatty and to stop letting food control my life. Wish me luck!