My weight has been a challenge for as long as I can remember. I can look back, and remember being heavier than my peers in elementary school. I still remember them weighing us in fifth grade, and being embarrassed. Throughout my twenty-four years I have tried many different tactics to shed the weight, but nothing really worked except weight watchers. Unfortunately, I have signed up and quit too many times to count.
However, in August of 2010 my doctor called, and told me my cholesterol was 301mg/dL. For those of you that do not know what this number means, let me explain. A normal cholesterol number is less than 200 mg/dL, 200-239 mg.dL is borderline high, and 240 mg/dL or above is considered high. Because my cholesterol is this high I have more than twice the risk of coronary
heart disease as someone whose cholesterol is below 200 mg/dL. Finally, in July of 2011 I saw a specialist. She informed me that, because I am still young I do not need to go on medication at the present, but that I need to lose 30lbs. At the time she said this I weighed 154lbs. I am 5'4", so according to the Body Mass Index scale I was at 26.4. At this number I was overweight. So the goal of losing 30lbs was set, and I joined weight watchers July 2011.
By Christmas I had lost a little over 10lbs, and I was really proud of myself. My family and friends noticed, and I had started to notice not just in the clothes department, but also in my overall mood. However, I went home to visit family at Christmas, and something changed. Even after I got home I just lost the motivation that I had before the Holidays. I struggled with my weight throughout the spring, into summer, and now fall. I have not gain all the weight I lost I am still at 145lbs, but I still have 20lbs to go.
I am hoping that through this blog I can find the motivation to finish my goal of 20lbs. On Sunday I will be starting back with weight watchers as it worked to get the first 10lbs off. I know this journey is going to be long and rough, kind of like Odysseus's journey back home in The Odyssey. So here goes nothing...let the odyssey of weight loss begin!
I also found this simple and quick workout through Pinterest, and thought I should give it a try, so I am going to give it a go tomorrow and see if I like it or not. ( http://www.prevention.com/fitness/strength-training/no-squats-belly-butt-thighs-workout ) Let me know if there are any good, easy, quick workout that you like to do. I am always up to trying new things!!
Yesterday, I went to my local Weight Watchers and weighed myself. I was extremely nervous as I pulled off my shoes and stripped out of my jacket, but I was neither sad or happy about the number, which ended up being sort of a relief. I then proceeded to sit through the half hour meeting. As I sat through the meeting I remembered how much I missed my weekly routine of coming here, and knowing that I was making a change for the better. I don't know what it was. but sometime during that meeting something clicked for me. I can not pin point what the change was, but all I know is that I felt motivated and inspired. I also stuck to my daily 26 points throughout the day, even though I had lunch/dinner at Chipotle. Yipee!! 
