Today marks my loss of 61 pounds in a year. It was so difficult at first and now it's second nature. I was always the person with no willpower and I thought I might fail. I DID NOT fail :) I took control of my life and made changes that were necessary for me to be happy and healthy.
When you hear you need to lose 68 pounds to be healthy, normal even, it's daunting. Then as the pounds melt away the task seems so easy. All I did was go on a calorie counter free website and track my calories consumed and weight lost. I'm not saying it was easy to learn how many calories are in foods but now I know how many I consume at every meal, by heart. It was difficult in the beginning, trying to decide when and where i would spend those calories. Yes, calories to me are currency. I budget them wisely and only spend what I can afford that day.
I was always one of those people who said it was my genes that made me fat. No, it was my gluttonous behavior that made me fat. Now, I accept no excuses from anyone about why they cannot lose weight. Not that I'm heartless, because I was in their shoes, too. I wanted to blame some unknown demon for my 200 pound body. The demon was unmasked and it was me.
