Ok enough of that.
I have been waiting to write till I felt some type of inspiration but it aint coming so I'm just gonna do my normal babbling rambling mess and have fun.
In all seriousness, 2011 was a heck of a year. I started the year living in my ex boyfriends house with not a dime to my name, no job, no way of feeding my daughter, dealing with some serious depression issues. I moved back in with my parents, drew unemployment and was 225 pounds. I found what I thought was going to be an amazing job but I ended up getting passed over at the last minute which pushed me deeper into depression. Instead of letting it get me down though, I decided to take charge. I joined weight watchers. I applied for EVERY job that I thought I was even remotely close to being qualified for, and I spent every unemployed second loving my sweet baby girl as much as I possibly could. In February I looked at myself in the mirror and just had no clue who was staring back at me. I have always been heavy and have always had some depression issues, but the thing staring back me was unrecognizable. She was a size 20, had no desire to dress, fix her hair, hell even shower or brush her teeth half the time. She stood in the kitchen mindlessly shoving everything in her mouth that she could and rarely moved from the couch, unless it was to go to the computer. Anyway, I was sick of her so I did something about it!
It was crazy how easy it was once I got my mind right. Within about 2 months I had dropped 20 pounds and already felt like a new person! The decision to do it the right way, rather than follow previous trends of weight loss pills and fad diets takes the credit for that one. Fueling your body with the right nutrients and giving it the movement it wants is amazingly simply and does amazing things...yes I know overuse of the word, hell who cares. It's my blog damn it. Anyway, living with my parents made that easy....they bought the groceries so I could afford to make big healthy nutritious meals and loved doing it.
Then may came and I FINALLY got a job....not the dream job I wanted but it was a paycheck and allowed me to move back to NWA with my boyfriend at the time. I moved back in and went to work and things settled down for a little bit. I gradually stopped losing the weight though and started putting it back on. I was beginning to feel unhappy and useless again. I know now it was just that we aren't right for each other, but there are other posts about it so I wont go into it.
In October I decided I had had enough and left him. Since I left in October I dropped another 15 pounds and have become so much happier it's almost sad. Sad because I wasted so much time being miserable and feeling useless. Anyway, the finances have been rough and my eating hasn't been as good as it could be but I do fine. I joined a gym, go semi regularly and overall my confidence levels have gone through the roof! I didddd have to give away my dogs and if any of you know ho wI love my dogs you know how hard this is for me but it's for the better. Anyway, I know this post is getting stupid at this point so I will just move on to my resolutions!
I don't usually like making these cause no one sticks to them but my resolution last year was to drop 50 pounds and since I dropped 56 I am thinking I can do this again! So here goes
1. Make my goal weight (150) and maintain it- 20 pounds.....20 FREAKING POUNDS!!! AHHH!!!!! This is entirely too exciting for me. Last year the fact that I needed to lose 75 pounds seemed like a daunting impossible task, now here I am 20 little pounds from being exactly where I need to be! I know the last 20 will be the hardest but I am ready to do it. I have made this a lifestyle change so I know it will happen.
2. Try a new clean eating lifestlye. This one falls a little close to the fad diet realm but at the same time it's REALLY close to how I already eat as it is. Lots of fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans, etc....I rarely buy processed foods. I know there is more to clean eating and have some research to do but I think I can at least give it a good try! I am going to try to cut back on meat and dairy...not out just back. We'll see.
3. I want to learn a new interesting subject- I chose astrology. I love it and want to know everything there is so to know about it! This one is just for fun..we all need a little fun!
4 Pay OFF credit card debt. Self explanatory
5. Go on a vacation. Ok so not REALLY a resolution, but a goal to strive towards anyway...saving the money for it and actually taking the time off of work to do it will probably be harder than losing 20 pounds!
I am SO proud of you!!!!!
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