…..I didn’t gain weight

Yesterday I told you about how a friend used to insist that I had lost weight and when I weighed myself I would discover that I had actually gained weight. This week I received similar compliments from numerous friends and I was afraid to get on those scales. If I had been exercising regularly and watching my calorie input I wouldn’t have worried, in fact, I would have been weighing myself regularly looking forward to seeing how much weight I had lost.

Today I stepped on the scales and discovered I hadn’t lost any more weight (not a surprise) but I also hadn’t gained any weight. I’m still down 32 pounds.

I’ve learned a couple of things about myself. First and foremost I’ve discovered that I can eat carbs and not immediately gain weight. A couple slices of bread, a little pasta and even an occasional sweet isn’t going to put all my weight back on. Basically the way I’ve been eating has been a maintenance diet.

The problem is that I’m not satisfied with the weight that I carry now. I’m still overweight and am still considered obese. I hate that word. I feel better than I have in years but I know that I can do better. It’s time to start anew.

Tomorrow I’ll start the school day coaching soccer and at the end of it I’ll be out running with the girls who are in Girls on the Run. I’m going to stop into the gym on the way home and make an appointment with a personal trainer. In the morning I will have a high protein breakfast with lots of vegetables and lunch will be a large salad with chicken. Dinner will be more vegetables and a protein. I need to drink more water, so I will keep a water bottle close at hand all day. My good friend, D, told me today that she used to keep a one litre water bottle by her desk and made a daily vow to herself that she wouldn’t go home until she had finished all the water from that bottle.

I feel like I am starting all over again, except this time I’m starting 32 pounds lighter. I know I can do it. I will do it. I am doing it.

Taken in February at the weight I am now. My mid-way before picture.

Cheers!