Many of you know that I lost 70 pounds a few years ago after letting myself go in my late 20's & early 30's. I worked hard and went to Weight Watchers faithfully and went from 282 pounds to 212 pounds. Then I hit a plateau and I've been stuck at or around 212 for the past several years. At the beginning of this year, I was about 224.
I was reminded of a promise I made to myself to be in better shape by the time I hit 40 than I was at 30. I decided to make it one of my priorities this year to go the distance and get to my goal, which is somewhere in the lower 190's. With Jen's help, I've been eating better, watching my portions and counting calories (I needed a different tactic than Weight Watchers to get motivated again - same idea, different approach). And I got back down to 212, but that wasn't good enough.
So for the few weeks before we went to Mexico, I kicked it into high gear and finally broke through the wall and got to 210.4! That's the lowest weight I've been since I was in college.
I can't tell you how exciting that was, but disappointing that I got there right before a trip where I wanted to indulge. But Jen and I decided to eat what we wanted and just watch our portions, and it worked. I was able to keep off the weight on vacation and am now looking at getting out of the 210's in the next week or 2.
Part of the reason I'm blogging about this is accountability. When I was doing Weight Watchers, I would call a couple of close friends to tell them the results as soon as I left the meeting. Well, I've decided that this time around I'm going to post it to my blog, where I have to be accountable to everyone. So if you don't hear from me about once every 2 weeks or so about this, email me and ask me how I'm doing. I could use the encouragement and the reminders that people are watching.
-chadley
Photos: Me at 282, back in the early 2000's
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I'm so proud of you sweetie!
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