As part of my summer makeover , I want to slim down NOT just body-wise, but also neuroses-wise, spendthrift-wise, and clutter-wise. This afternoon, with my newfound energy, I continued some of the living room decluttering that began Friday. It's really, really bad at my place. We live a huge space, yes, but we fill it. Both hubby and I are packrats, though mine is definitely a more pathological thing. :P So, at the bottom of one pile, I found calendars from 2007. Yeah. They'd been dumped there January 1 of 2008. Two and a half-years ago.
But it was a nice discovery. The Jan 1 weigh-in for 2007 was 289 lbs. That's 24 more pounds than I am now.
The ending weight for 2007 wasn't logged on 12/31. My last weigh-in logged for that year was on December 22nd, and it was 274.8. So, in 2007, the year I started this blog in May at a weight of 289.0 (the very same weight in which I began the year), I ended 14+ pounds lighter than I started that year. Blogging helped.
I will add that blogging (no matter how inconsistently or how often I took extended weeks-long breaks) has kept me accountable to some degree. I have not gotten to 289 again. This never happened in my pre-blogging days. I always regained what I lost and then some. I'd lost up to 30+ pounds in the past and started regaining sometimes the very same year.
Blogging has given me some strength to hang on (last year during a more maintenance type of phase), and to lose, so that I'm a tick away from having lost 35 pounds from my highest weight in 2004, and am 25 pounds down from my starting-blog weight. Three years and one month after starting this blog, I have not gotten back up or beyond my high weight.
If you ever thought about starting a blog to help you lose weight, I recommend it. I'm not at goal, not after three years, but I am doing better than I have before, because there's always this little presence in my head: the community of fatfighters whom I follow and who follow me. We are a support group. And when I drop out of sight cause life gets weird or I get depressed, I still want to come on and lurk and see how you guys are doing, even if I'm not doing so well. And eventually, wanting to hang with you again BRINGS ME BACK.
It's worth it. It is.
Do it.
And the more accountable you are--probably the better it will be for you. Put your numbers out there. Tell us when you fall. Tell us what helped you get back up. Help someone else back up. Put up a body shot. Be honest. Be angry. Be yourself.
So that even when you have a hard time losing, you can just HANG ON until you can lose (and win) again.
Glad I found those calendars. I feel better about today just seeing a bit of yesterday...
Happy Sunday (again)....
4 comments:
Cant agree more with everything you say. Fantastic
We were doing the same thing today. It was an awesome feeling getting rid of more clothes that were too big and all of the other random clutter that was in our room. We aren't quite done, but major progress was made.
I spent a big chunk of Saturday night decluttering John's toys ... knowing, of course, that he would end up getting some more for his birthday Sunday. Of course I had no idea just how MUCH more he was going to get so I have a feeling that more decluttering will be done on my next night off! And then I'll start attacking my bedroom ... which terrifies me to no end! LOL!
This is your first post that I've read and already can tell I'm going to love it! I love that you're working on improving more than just one thing and can't wait to read more :)
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