Kelly - halfway there... I think.

Hi, I'm Kelly. :)

Short version of my back story: in 2008 I reached my highest weight of 232#, and my boyfriend at the time was well over 300# (our scale only went up to 300 and he maxed it out). We actually had a discussion over chicken Alfredo about how we needed to change the way we were eating and get our asses into shape. We learned a lot in those first 2 years but we didn't lose too much weight, because we would always "fall off the wagon" and then have to "get back on track" I'd lose 10 or 15 pounds, feel really good, then eat total crap and think that it wouldn't come back, but it did... usually with friends. So I've been in a constant state of "trying to lose" for YEARS. Earlier this year i had managed to lose over 50# and then something went wrong in my head and i lost my drive.

It started with emergency gall bladder surgery at the beginning of February that put me on my butt for 6 weeks. i gained about 8#. Then at the end of march i was told that the job i had been training for and working for was filled by an outside applicant. I was CRUSHED. This also happened to be about a month before i got married and went on my honeymoon, and the stress of losing that job, and the preparations for the trip sent me another 10# up the scale. Then i got back from the honeymoon, tried to get over the job thing, but i couldn't seem to get my groove back, and by this time i was really enjoying the HIGH from comfort and stress eating. I've been consistently weighing myself every Friday morning for the last 2 months and i am maintaining between 193-197#. The lowest i had made it before i started re-gaining was 178#.

I know I can do better.

After all the things I've tried to make losing weight easier, I've figured out that what works for me is cutting my calorie intake to between 1200-1500 per day, and exercising at least 5 days a week. Walking totally counts, but i also run intervals, hike, and do yoga. I only "cheat" on weigh in day, but i track every bite and i also do my one of my biggest workouts of the week on that day. I use an AP on my phone to track my food that talks to my step counter gadget that i bought a week ago, and tomorrow is my first weigh in after tracking all week, and trying to walk my 10,000 steps a day. I will report it, and every weigh in on Friday's here from now on.

I'm looking forward to being DONE "TRYING" to lose weight.