Wails and Scales (Friday, March 11, 2016)

Uggghhh! So incredibly frustrated! I bought myself a new, fancy scale that has all kinds of cool features because my current one isn't always consistent. Went through the scale's app set up, turned on my phone's Bluetooth, ready for my first weigh in and........ no reading. Stepped off, stepped on... nothing! I'm over its weight limit! UGH! I knew I was by a little, but I figured there would be some buffer. Guess not! New motivation: Lose the next 26 lbs so I can use my scale!

Fitbits, Tattoos, and Fat Arms (Tuesday, March 08, 2016)

I got my Fitbit Charge HR a few days ago and discovered that I either randomly die or the heart rate monitor doesn't like my wrist tattoo. I've tried several ways to wear it properly on my left wrist, but my tattoo always interferes. Unfortunately, my right arm is a little too rolley-polley to wear comfortably or sit right. In order to keep from randomly dying -- and to improve tracking -- I guess it'll ride the underside of my left wrist. Haha

Week One Review: Reaching Goals and Shedding Pounds (Tuesday, March 08, 2016)

Week One is officially in the books and what a week it's been! Overall, I've done well and I'm proud of myself! I got a Fitbit Charge HR so I can better track my activity and health. I've tracked all my food so I'm more aware of what I'm consuming. And I'm holding myself accountable! I've exceeded goals, I've fallen short of goals, but I've made progress and that's all that matters! The best part?! On my first weigh in, I've lost 7lbs! SEVEN! How amazing is that?! I can't wait for the coming weeks!

Goals, Goals, and More Goals! (Saturday, March 05, 2016)

Less than a week in and I'm already seeing progress! I've met my daily calorie goals three days in a row! I've met my water goal two days in a row! I exceeded my steps goal yesterday by over 25%! I sneaked a peek at my weigh in progress and I've lost 3lbs! I also got my Fitbit Charge HR today! It can only get better from here! *fist bump*

Day 3 -- The Pineapple Sabotage (Wednesday, March 02, 2016)

Who would have ever thought they'd be sabotaged by pineapple?! I make myself a smoothie just about every morning. This morning, I tossed in my typical frozen fruit -- it was a tropical kind of day -- so I decided to throw in a whole can of pineapple chunks, juice and all! I go on my merry way and off to work I go. I get to work and throw all of my smoothie ingredients into my tracker. It's looking good... until I add up the can of pineapple. How bad could it be? 350 calories bad, my friend! And that's the no sugar added variety! HOLY SMOKES! Let me tell you though, that was one yummy smoothie, even if it was 650+ calories! = Needless to say, no more full cans of pineapple are going in! Haha Lesson learned.

Step One... (Tuesday, March 01, 2016)

Today is the day I'm starting my journey to finally being healthy. My legs hurt. My ankles throb. My feet swell. My back aches. Something has to give. I weighed myself today for the first time in over a year. It was literally painful to read and accept that number. I never want to see that number again. At this point, I can barely walk 1650 steps a day. Tomorrow, I'll try to get 1651. It has to get better every day, right? I have to let go of all my past failures. All my past attempts. Just focus on today. Even though I only made it 1643 steps today, I feel good that I took the most important one: the first one. Bring it on, tomorrow!

The Road to Healthy Me

For the last 199 days, I've been working on being a new healthy me! There have been good day and there have been bad days, but to date, I have lost 91.4lbs!

Part of my journey to being healthy has been not allowing myself to be in denial about my weight. If I don't hide from it, I can't be in denial about it. In order to hold myself accountable, I'm open about it and tell people my number. I weigh in every Monday morning. This past Monday, I was 352.6lbs.

I unofficially started my road to healthy in late January/early February. I got serious about it on March 1 when I started weighing myself, logging my food, and counting the days. I've also been blogging on SparkPeople.com.

I want to have my blogs somewhere other than just Spark People so I've decided to move them all here.

Following this post will be a catch-up of all my posts over the last 199 days.

Ready or not, here they come...