- Lose 83 pounds and 11" in your waist,
- Be at a weight and size that you haven't seen since you were 14,
- Happily be eating an extremely healthy, whole-food diet,
- Be shopping exclusively in regular sizes,
- Be saying "I'm off for a 7-9 mile walk" on a regular basis,
- Be able to complete long walks at an average pace of 4.4 mph,
- Work out 5-6 days a week consistently,
- Not crave chocolate/sweets/chips/salt/Reese's PB Cups/cheese (hey, I'm a native Wisconsinite!),
- At times have more energy than you know what to do with,
- Not need a nap 4-5 days a week,
- Be more worried about running out of workout clothes than work clothes before you can do laundry again,
- Be training for a half marathon,
- Be the first walker to cross the finish line at a 5 mile race,
- Realize that you are an endurance-workout person - not a sprinter,
- Eat plain yogurt happily,
- Count your calories religiously,
- Have Celiac Disease and Fibromyalgia, and be able to control your Fibro by exercise, healthy foods, and overall a healthy lifestyle,"
How far I have come on my journey really hit me today. I was in Target milling around the clearance racks and found myself wandering into the plus-size area. At that point, I realized that I was among a sea of clothes that wouldn't fit and promptly got myself back to the land of regular sizes.
I think when you work so hard on a daily basis and for so long, you kind of forget what's going on. The changes happen so slowly that it almost doesn't feel like anything is changing. It's so weird for me to have someone come up to me and say that I look good because I don't see that big of a change unless I put on old clothes. Even then, I have a hard time believing that I used to fit into those clothes.
I started this journey by making small changes here and there. Adding a little more healthy food everyday, taking out some unhealthy stuff, cutting back on habits, working out a little more, etc. All this has added up to such an amazing experience and I am so grateful for where I am today. I still have a little ways to go but as long as I can keep my head in the game, I'll get there.
Thank you to all of you who have supported me in the past two years!
2 comments:
Congratulations! You have worked so hard, and you deserve this happiness!
Let me know when you've chosen a half marathon- I will surely think about you on your big day!
Thank you so much, Heidi!
I did chose a half (I'll be walking it) - I'll be doing the Green Bay Cellcom on May 20th. I'm so excited! I plan to post something on this + my training plan and whatnot this weekend. I have been getting a lot e-mails with questions about why I chose this distance, why I'm walking, how I chose the half, etc.! :)
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