Another impressive milestone, if I don't say so myself LOL, this morning was my monthly measurement day at the gym with my trainer. I am so proud to say that in the last month I now have 24 lbs lost, 11+ additional inches are now GONE from my body, and my BMI went down 3.8 points since March 22nd! I have also, and more importantly, dropped my A1C from a dangerous 10.6 to a manageable 7.4 (A1C is a diabetes test that checks your sugars for approx. 3 months)!! I swear I am not trying to be a braggart, I am just so happy and this excitement is hard to contain!
Now, after all of the good news; there are some things that I want to say that may not be considered very positive, but bear with me. Now that I have been on this "journey" (sorry, I know it sounds cheesy as hell, but I don't know what else to call it) for a little while, one of the things I have noticed is, whenever people find out how much weight I have lost, they automatically ask how I am doing it. I totally understand, everyone is so different and I am always curious of other's techniques too! But whenever I respond...they seem genuinely shocked when I say it is from lots of working out and eating better. I think most of them expect me to say it is some "magic pill" or something. Which by the way, does not exist! If it did, I would have done anything to buy it! But the truth is, the "calories out vs calories in" idea isn't anything new, it is not brain surgery, and it has been proven time and time again! I have known that this is the ONLY way to effectively lose weight and keep it off all along, but I just never wanted to apply it in the past. Also, whenever people say things like "Oh, I just don't have time to work out and get healthy" I just want to roll my eyes. Do you think I have oodles of extra time in my life that made this process easy-peasy? Nope. It is WORK...Period. I don't love prepping food, I don't always love waking up at 5:30 am to go to the gym...but I do these things because seeing results feels wonderful. Getting into better shape feels wonderful. Seeing pictures of myself and not wanting to cry feels wonderful. Lowering my A1C feels wonderful...I could keep going and going. Excuses are what made me so fat and unhealthy and excuses are not going to help me feel better or help me to achieve my goals! If others want to kid themselves, that is fine...but I refuse to anymore. These "I don't have the time" people need to check to see where their own priorities land because it is either important to them or it is not. I just wish those types would stop raining on my parade though, because I am trying hard to make this a lasting lifestyle change!
I am sorry if the last message sounded too harsh, it is just something that bugs me and I needed to get it off my chest.
I also wanted to share some random pictures with you. Hope you have a wonderful day!
~Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease! <3
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So, this was one of the more difficult things that I have had to deal with since I started exercising and eating healthier. While working at a bakery, these were the "giveaways" that I had to stare at most of the afternoon, and OMG raspberry and white chocolate are my favorite types of cupcakes!! Ugh. I chose instead to eat a small banana. Proud doesn't even begin to cover it lol!
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The left hand side is from 5 years ago and of course the right one is the current picture.
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The left picture is from 2009, the night before my bridal shower, and the right one is current.
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Enjoying my new bike on the rail trail. Isn't she pretty?? I still need to give her a name!
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Wanna see my food logs?
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