Weightloss WIN!

Dude, I so rock.

I know I said I was going to do a weightloss journal or some crap, but really, who has the time? I can't post more than once every couple of weeks, for crap's sake. Luckily, summer is coming soon, so I'll have more time to keep this bloggity thing updated.

Anyhoo, so I've been busy. Not like, making up stuff as an excuse to not post busy, but actually doing more STUFF busy. Because I've been exercising. Every single day, exercising. Getting to know the Chambers Creek Trail, exercising. ACTUALLY RUNNING (albeit slowly and only a little, I do have two herniated disks, here, people) exercising. I'm talking EVERY SINGLE DAY.

So what was it that facilitated all this exercising? Well, duh, people, I have two herniated disks, here. But besides that, well, here's what happened. I went to the neurosurgeon for the consult after my MRI at the end of March. He told me what was going on with my back and said that with my weight he wants to avoid surgery at all costs. And something about being only 30, and 20 years ahead of where I should be, blah blah blah I'm fat. So I asked him, "What should I do about diet and exercise?"

His response? "At this point your only option is probably surgical."

And this is a doctor, people.

So I decided to check out the surgery option. I went to a seminar with one of the best bariatric surgeons in the Northwest. His selling point? "Once you hit 100 pounds overweight, it's almost impossible to lose it and keep it off on your own."

My response? "Screw you."

So I started out slowly, just walking 20-30 minutes at school during my breaks. This was back in mid-April. I also did a ton of research on calorie intake, calories in foods I regularly eat, how much exercise I could do and should do, blah blah blah. In the past 2 months, I have worked up to walking 45 minutes every weekday, and an hour and a half every weekend day. It has been almost a month since I took a day off. I eat around 1500 calories a day, sometimes a little more. I allow myself treats every day - a piece of candy here, some ice cream there. I occasionally start to feel fatigued, and if that happens, I eat a couple hundred more calories that day and cut back the length or intensity of my walk.

And I've lost 35 pounds.

I feel so much better, I'm fitting into clothes I haven't worn in years, and I have a lot more energy to keep up the walking. My back only hurts if I overdo it (like yesterday when I did an hour and 40 minutes on the treadmill, including running for a quarter mile straight, OH MY GOD what was I thinking?).

Anyway, I've been working my ass off (quite literally). And I don't plan on quitting anytime soon. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but just the fact that I've found something that works (even if it takes a lot of work) is so liberating for me. And people have started to notice too, which is really cool.

So in a few months when it's really noticeable I might actually post pictures of me. We'll see. Anyway, yay me, and now I have to go run after my kids. Which I can do now - faster! :-)