Update and rant.

I'm doing well... April hasn't been the best month for me weight-loss-wise, but I'm okay with that. After busting my tail at the beginning of the month to finish up that weight loss competition (we placed 3rd, which did not come with a prize), I felt so burned out on diet and exercise that I relaxed a bit with my strictness. I kept up my healthy eating, but I've had a few cheats this month which is really unlike me. One of those cheats was really worth it, though, so that's okay. :)

Today in the grocery store, I overheard a conversation between and mother and her teenaged daughter that really bugged me. The girl was probably 14 years old... she was cute and seemed at a healthy weight to me. I don't know how they got into the conversation of the girl's weight, but I heard her mother tell her that they had an agreement about her weight that she wasn't keeping up with. The girl said "but you keep telling me that I'm fat." And the mom said "because you are." Because you are. It took everything in me not to say something to that mother. She could stand to lose weight herself, and here she was saying something so horrible to her daughter who obviously doesn't need to lose weight. The girl got angry and said to her mother, "I only weigh 100 pounds... are you not going to be happy until I'm 80 pounds? What do you want from me? To be anorexic?" The mom started telling her not to speak to her that way. The girl was upset... and I could tell that this wasn't the first conversation like this that they'd had.

I was a heavy child and my parents weren't so nice to me about it. They would tell me that I needed to lose weight and they would tell me to go on a diet. What does a 10 year old know about dieting? All a kid knows is about eating the food that is brought into their home... eating the food that is prepared by their parents. If parents wants their child to eat better, it is their responsibility to bring better foods into the home... to cook healthy meals and pack healthy lunches for their children. Children learn their eating habits from their parents. If parents want their children to exercise, they need to teach by example and exercise too. They need to plan activities where the family is being active together. My parents didn't understand this... neither does the mom at the grocery store... and neither do lots of other parents today. It's really sad.

1 Year Progress Pic...

I finally got around to taking my one-year progress picture. :) Yes, my head is cut off. Don't worry, though... you aren't missing much. You can see my face when I convince Oprah to have me on her show when I get to goal.





Oh, look... you get to see some chin. :) If you want to see the before pic, scroll though old posts and you'll find it. I don't want to post it again because... well... because I really hate seeing it.

So... one year, 135 pounds. It's a big accomplishment... it's over a third of my starting weight! Despite the fact that I wish I could be at goal yesterday, I am proud of myself. I think I've finally got things figured out after years and years of failed attempts to lose weight.

I appreciate all of the wonderfully sweet and supportive comments that I've been getting from everyone. It isn't necessary for you to say anything to me... but I do appreciate it very much when you do. :)

One Year...

Well, today was the one year anniversary of the day I started eating better and losing weight. It's really hard to believe that I've stuck with it for a whole year. In that time I've lost 135 pounds. That's 1/3 of my starting weight! One hundred and thirty five freakin' pounds!

I plan on taking one year progress pics... I just didn't get a chance to today. I hope to have some ready by the end of the week.

There is a week left in my county's weight loss competition. I received an email today that said that every person who loses over 12% of their starting weight for the competition will receive some sort of cash prize. I feel bummed because in order to hit that 12%, I'll need to lose 7 pounds this week. Seems impossible because I just lost 6.4 this week and I never have big loss weeks back to back anymore. I don't want to not try, but I don't know what to do to get that kind of loss. But I don't want to almost get there. I'm trying not to feel discouraged. :(