Life is good checks in after a month
Hello everyone! It has been an exciting month for me with little time blogging here and not a large weight loss, but I've surpassed yet another personal goal, so I call it a win. Yes, I'm down over 25 lbs!
Life is changing dramatically for me in beautiful and new ways. I released some intense anger around an abusive relationship with a former friend and literally felt like I lost 150 lbs of ugly gay man with one session with a new minister. It was amazingly liberating to release the anger and sadness around a friendship that was at one time very important to me. A friend of mine referred to the friendship as a sort of relationship and she was right. I had to close the door on that part of my past.
As soon as I did that I was reacquainted with a beautiful man who I've been dating now for the past 6 weeks (wow - that long already?). He's amazing, he treats me better than I've ever been treated before and he's HEALTHY bodywise. He works out daily, he watches what he eats and he was totally supportive of me when I told him I'm doing WW and sometimes need support.
We eat out alot, but I'm starting to cook at home for him more and we always eat well. It's nice to have support from a man who clearly adores me (and it's nice to look at a man who is in such great shape!). I am truly blessed. Damn, I'm blessed.
Last week I spent five days on the Northern CA coast with a girlfriend who now lives in TX. We did three hikes and ate great salads (I should become a vegetarian - it is so very healthy in so many ways!), had a little wine and really enjoyed ourselves during the heatwave they had up there. I've got great photos from our hikes and even great memories of hanging out with a wonderful friend who I've come to miss greatly since she moved back home 3 years ago.
This weekend is definately full of parties so I'll have to be careful. With the weight loss I've lost some daily points, so I need to focus on how to cut back a little every day. Party #1 I'm attending with a friend on WW and it is a sober party, so I should be fine (and I'm driving the 100 miles so I couldn't drink anyway). Party #2 is an engagement party for my best friend's son and there will be lots of kosher food and wine there for sure. That's where I'll have some extra fun with eating.
Monday I'll be hanging out with my old/soon-to-be new again roommate as we continue to go thru her parent's stacks and stacks of sheet music (I love to sing some of those old songs!). I told her she could move back in ON THE CONDITION that she join WW with me. I can't wait to start going to meetings with her and it will be nice to have yet another person in the house eating properly.
191 lbs. I feel really good about this weight and I'm excited to loose the next 6 to meet my next goal - the lowest I got when I did Jenny Craig all those years ago. I can do this. Yes I can!
Goals met:
217 - 212 5lbs gone
212-207 10lbs gone
207-202 15 lbs gone
201 back to where I was when I started JC
194 - 10% gone
191 - 26 lbs gone
I've learned that keeping track of the little goals makes a difference for me. Yeah - 201 was an odd goal to others around me, but to me it was a huge milestone because I had been at that weight before and I knew I could loose from there. 191 is another number I've been at before and I can go down from here. For me, looking at 140 or 150 as my ultimate goal feels too far away so I've learned to celebrate the personal goals.
Another goal this week was to start writing down my food intake again. I haven't written down my food in almost 3 months, so this is a good step for me. I also need to start exercising more so I can earn a few points back every day, but that is a bigger mountain that I'm not quite ready to climb yet. I'll get there. I'm sure of it.
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone. Be good to yourselves!