Yay, time for my intro!
Okay, so this is me:
I'm the one in the baseball hat.
My reasons for wanting to lose weight are, simply, to be in a healthier position. For my weight, I am actually quite healthy. My cholesterol and blood pressure are fine. I'm not diabetic. I can run if I need to (usually to catch a bus) and my joints work just fine.
However, I work at an assisted living facility as a CNA (which is probably why I'm healthy for my weight
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many of our residents are overweight. One resident who recently moved out was so large that she required the help of three people to get up if she fell down (which happened fairly regularly). There are a couple others who are still here who are like that. I've seen many of our residents go from being able bodied and walking to riding in scooters as their joints degrade under their weight. I don't want to be like that. At my old facility, there was one woman who needed the help of three people just to roll over in bed. All the CNAs would be like "Dang, I have ___ today. This is going to suck." Except me, because all I could think about was "That could be me in forty years".
So, my goal is to not be the fat old lady in the nursing home who needs the help of three people to get off the floor or, worse, just to turn over in bed. Yes, it's a very long-term goal, I know.
Anyway, I'm 5'9" or so and currently weigh 308.4 (or, I did yesterday). Ideally, I'd like to get down to the 150-175 range. This is going to take a very long time, as that means I'd be losing about half of my body weight. I'd like to be able to shop at stores that don't only sell clothes that make me look like a couch or a hideous painting.
My biggest problems are poor impulse control, emotional eating, and a general love of food. I'm a bit of a hedonist, to be honest. I also work a very crazy schedule and don't particularly like working out, but I do like my Wii Active.
My top three vices when it comes to food are as follows:
Italian beef. It's a Chicago thing. I like mine without peppers, and with melted mozzarella or provolone on top, with the bread dipped.
Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza. Specifically, sausage with buttercrust.
Baking. I LOVE to bake. It makes me happy
And yes, those are both things I was making at some point. The first is a chocolate and peanut butter cake and the second is a bunch of cookies (and some chocolate covered marshmallows, since I had extra chocolate).
I have other vices, but those are the biggest.
I've lost about 7 pounds in the last few weeks and I'm not quite sure how, to be honest. I think it's because I haven't been drinking as much pop (or soda, if you prefer) lately as I used to. I've been sticking with water.
Starting November 1, I plan to start really working on my weight. I've been doing a little of it (cutting down on soda, or not drinking any at all, as well as watching portion sizes), but not really enough. At this point, I'm just going to wait until I get back from my trip, since I leave in two weeks and then that following weekend, a friend will be here from out of town and I promised to take her for an Italian beef
But yeah, starting 11/1, I'm going to make an effort to use my Wii Active, as well as ride the stationary bike we have in the house. I'm planning on continuing to watch portion sizes, as I seriously do love food too much to cut anything out besides soda. You should hear my uncle and I bicker about bread. Oh my god I love bread. He hates it because he thinks it makes him fat. I've also been trying to take the stairs at work instead of the elevator, but that's not always possible.
So... Yeah.
Yay!
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It's ridiculous, don't know how I let myself get to this point, but something needs to be done!
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