Well… It’s now September 13th… which means I’ve been on this “journey” for 166 days. I’ve lost 25lbs. Many inches. 5 pant sizes. I was wearing women’s large and now it’s mediums and smalls. More physically fit. And achieved a better mindset. I’ve created a habit of exercising 5-6 days a week, and enjoy it. I’m still using Nutrisystem as my staple, but moving away from it slowly to see how I do on my own. I’m sad that most of my friends and family do not share the interest and enjoyment out of healthier living. I feel so excited out new workouts, achievements, foods… and I can tell that they really don’t want to hear about it. The only reason I can see is that they wish that they had excitement that I did but they don’t and are unhappy with themselves. I know skinny girls who think they are flabby but won’t do anything about it… and I’m thinking to myself, why the hell not? They would see results much quicker than those of us who start off overweight.
I did not enjoy exercise previously. EVER. Now I love my workouts. I started off walking those first couple of months… but it got so damn hot out that I didn’t enjoy it. So I started doing the Ten Minute trainer videos that I used before my wedding. It helped me get into working out, I’m glad that I had them because I had purchased the Brazil Butt Lift videos and man oh man they were too hard! But after doing the trainer videos for two months I started the Brazil schedule.
Now I’ve moved on to Chalean Extreme. Almost done with the first month and going to start the next phase this coming week. I absolutely love weight training. I over extended on my budget and purchased the Bowflex Select-tech dumbells. I HAD to have them. lol. Worth every penny. I started off using very light weights because I had never used anything over 3lbs. Currently my lightest weight is 7.5lbs and my heaviest is 15lbs.
My progress did encourage my best friend to start living healthier. She’s always been small, but she has become less active and does not know how to eat well. I was disappointed that she didn’t talk to me about it first, but she bought the 21 day fix. That program is not highly rated in my eyes, but I think it was just what she needed to give her the push in the right direction. It’s kind of funny to me, that she seems a lil butt hurt that I was starting to wear the same size clothes as her and that I was only 5lbs heavier. Sometimes it’s hard for people to be happy for you when they start to see their own imperfections because of your changes.
I’m no longer the fat friend.
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