For those of you that aren't friends with me on Facebook, and that have been waiting on an update, the news is, I lost 2.6 lbs last week. That brings my total lost to 45.2 lbs lost in 11 weeks! I officially got my 10% charm at our Weight Watcher meeting last Thursday. Sitting here thinking about that, just staggers me! I've lost the equivalent of two car tires! I've lost the weight of nine 5 lb. bags of sugar! A 5 year old kid! A 15 foot canoe weighs that much! So, I guess now when people ask me, "How much have you lost now?" I can tell them I lost a 15 foot canoe!
It astonishes me how almost 3 months ago, I was sitting around the house wishing I could do something about being obese to actually doing something about it. I would've never dreamed I'd go to a gym, let alone going five nights a week.
I sat around for years wishing I could lose weight. I sat around on the couch, when I should've been out creating memories for my family. When I see pictures of families out doing things with their kids, I am regretful that my being obese is what my kids will remember about me. Times when I didn't want to go out cause I was tired or out of energy. I missed out on the chance to create some great memories with my boys. Now, don't get me wrong, I did get up and go to a lot of their ball games and band concerts. My boys know how much I love them, but it's the other things that I could've done differently. Instead of me just sitting watching them play on a playground, to actually getting to play with them. It's thoughts like that one, that make me feel regretful for the choices I made for almost 30 years.
The bright side in all of this, is by me getting healthy, I am extending the time I can make memories for my grand-children. Not that there are any on the way, but the hope of them warms my heart.
I told you many times of how I can get around a lot better and can breathe much better too! I've gradually increased my weights on my exercises now, and I'm getting stronger too. When I first started doing leg presses I could only lift around 120lbs. I now regularly lift around 400 each leg day. Thankfully leg day is only once a week, but last week I did my personal record of 500lbs for one lift! Every time I do that exercise it seems really tough, but the reality of it is I do that everyday. Every time I step up a step, or every time I climb a ladder, I am constantly lifting 400 lbs. To me, I knew I was fat, I just never realized I was heavy. When you sit down in that machine, and you unlock the weights, the realization will slap like a mad mother at Walmart. It was the first time I actually felt what 400 lbs. felt like on my legs. You quickly understand why your knees hurt, your ankles are swollen and you feel so tired all the time. My body is worn out from carrying a full oil drum all day. I've still got a long way to goal, but by the time I'm finished I hope than when people ask me how much I lost, that I can proudly exclaim, "I lost a manhole cover!"
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