I can't believe it has been this long since I have updated, I am more so motivated because I have been reading two particularly amazing blogs recommended to me by my BFF Steph! They are:
This girl is my hero! She just finished
a marathon and her blog is fulll of healthy snacks/
food options as well as just being down right addicting
to read. Last night Steph and I found ourselves scouring
down the aisled at Earth Fare screaming "OMG MEGHANN
EATS THESE?!?!?!?!?!" Good times. Check it out! Bookmark it
....it will become your daily obsession! :-)
A fellow SPIN instructor (<3)>
so many good ideas from her and she too updates frequently! Check it out!
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That being said let me quickly go through my fatty days and get to the present! So I weighed 308 pounds and decided it was time for a change, I knew it wasnt going to be easy...but then again, neither was putting all the weight on in the first place. I had read about fad diets many many times and none of them had ever worked for me. I tried low carb....no card.....cabbage soup (wtf?) and everything else you could possible imagine. Finally I decided the only way I was going to lose weight and not drive myself crazy was just to simply cut my calories back and exercise. I started out doing 1500 calories per day. I know this probably wasnt very healthy...but hey...neither was being 308 pounds. I was so heavy that literally the only exercise I could do was walk on the treadmill.
One month had passed and I had lost 20 pounds! I was ecstatic! It had worked, which to me was unbelievable. That right there was means enough for me to continue with the plan and I kept taking the weight off little by little. What amazed me is how quickly my body was able to adapt and modify to meet new exercise techniques. Before I knew it I was able to start working on the incline on the treadmill, and increasing my speed. I also started working on the Elliptical more and more.
I kept taking the weight off and am proud to say that today I am a HAPPY 185 pounds! 123 pounds lost, which is still hard to believe as I type it out.
It's so odd to me to compare an average day in my life from now and back when I was Roseanne size. Here I am now teaching *6* spin classes a week and running up to 5 and 6 miles at a time. My body has just completely changed for the better and I can say with 110% certainty that I am the happiest/healthiest I have ever been.
Thats my big schpeal on the whole weight loss thing, but I figured it was semi important for people to know as they read this blog. I want people to know that if I can do it, ANYONE can do it. You always hear that and think "yea right." But I am telling you, YOU CAN!
Well. I am still drenched from my 9:30 spin class and now I am off for a lunch date! I shall update tonight!
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