A very good friend of mine lost 150 pounds last year. She used to weigh over 300 pounds. She did it all the natural way. Tracking all of her calories and intense exercising. She would walk a half hour to the gym, spend two hours working out, then walk a half hour back to her house. It only took her 9 months to lose a massive amount of weight. A couple of years ago she refused to post any pictures of herself on Facebook. Now she posts full body pictures all the time and she looks fabulous! I am jealous.
Anyway, I asked her what made her finally get motivated to lose the weight, after years and years of complaining she was fat and miserable. She told me that one day it would just click for me. She told me that for her she had a huge wake up call. I can't recall what her wake up call was at the moment, but it finally motivated her to get moving and finally get healthy. Well after starting and stopping my diet several times over the last year, I think I have finally had my wake up call in the Kohl's dressing room on Saturday, when I was attempting to zip up a pair of size 16 jeans and they were tight.
This is the absolute fattest I have ever been in my life. I am now officially plus sized. My worst nightmare. I think things have finally "clicked" for me, like my good friend said happened to her. This is my wake up call. I started back on Weight Watchers yesterday, and so far haven't cheated or even been tempted to cheat at all. I don't think I will cheat from this point on either. I am officially obese, plus sized, and unhealthy. I am going to vow to lose all of this weight, no matter how long it takes for me. Of course my friend, who is a stay at home mom of a teenage easy child, had all the time in the world to work out several hours a day. I don't have that time, but I do have time to do my half hour brisk walks after work and more on the weekends. It may take me a lot longer than my friend did to lose the weight, but I am not giving up now.
