First Post
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM filed under General postings
I am new here- I have researched weight loss support groups online and this seems to have a lot of tools I need. I belonged to another site quite a few years back and it worked great - I felt more motivated to keep going with my diet and exercise when I was blogging my journey. I lost up to 90 lbs in approximately 1 year. However this past year I gained 30 of it back (29 to be exact). Very depressing, but understandable given life circumstances. All I can do now is get back on track and try my best to stay there. I maintained my weight loss for well over a year so I know I can do this. I just need to get started!
I will not howver start until after this week! I am in the process of making sugar loaded Christmas cookies! I lan to send most of these out to family and friends, but I know I will consume my share! I thought anout not baking them, but my kids did not even have a tree last year. So this year we have a tree and of course cookies! :)
Anyway I lost weight going the all natural way - back to how people used to eat before manufacturing. I get most of my food from a farm. We do crazy things like drink raw milk and eat raw yogurt. I was about 250 lbs 2 years ago and dropped to 160 and stayed there for well oer 12 months. I am now 188 - was at 190 a few weeks ago. My ultimate goal is 140 lbs - maybe 145 - will depend on how I feel when I get to that point.
My problem is I consume too many processed sugary foods. I have an addiction to sugar and will do my best to go cold turkey from sugar after next week. I will even stop drinking coffee. I was off coffee for over 2 months this year and felt great. But going back to working nights, I started drinking it again and of course adding yummy coffee creamer! UGH! It starts to spiral out of control and now I am nearly 30 lbs heavier.
So my goal is to go completely all natural - no processed foods or drinks at all! When I did this 2 years ago I remember starting to like things I never liked before because my taste buds started coming alive again! I want to get back to that point. I also want my clothes to stop feeling tight again! LOL!
So that is it in a nutchell - will be back every few days to update. I also plan to start walking more - the best I can do for now exercise wise.
