One year, 90 lbs to lose!

Over the past couple of weeks, I have decided that I am tired of living my life as an overweight woman. I feel that I am dishonoring God by allowing food to have such control over me. I feel I am missing out on things that He has for me to do because I am too fat to do them comfortably. I feel that I am not being a good mom to my kids because my weight limits what I can do with them. I feel I am not being a good wife to my husband because I have "let myself go". And most of all, I feel that I am putting myself at risk of a premature death by not dealing with the health issues that go hand-in-hand with obesity. 

It is time to lose this weight, once and for all.

Today is my 14th wedding anniversary. By my 15th wedding anniversary on July 25, 2013, I want to be at my goal weight of 160 lbs. I am currently at 250 lbs. Which means I have 90 lbs to lose over the next year. 

Is this goal possible? Absolutely! I know it will be hard, and I know it will take some major changes to my current lifestyle, but I know that it is time. So I will do what I know to do.

I'm terrified of putting this out there, but I need the accountability that comes when people know where you are at, where you want to go, and what you are doing each step of the way. I'm terrified that I will fail... and I'm terrified that I will succeed.

I have no idea how to live any other way. I've always had this weight to hide behind; I've always had this ready-made excuse not to try, not to reach out, not to live. I'm scared what God may ask of me when my last self-defense mechanism is stripped away.

I'm scared to lose this weight, but I'm more scared NOT to. 

So here we go!

Starting Weight: 250 lbs.

Goal Weight: 160 lbs.

Weigh-in Day: Sundays

First Mini Goal: 5% body weight - 12.5 lbs lost, 237.5 lbs

Second Mini Goal: 10% body weight - 25 lbs lost, 225 lbs.

Third Mini Goal: Under 200 lbs 

Fourth Mini Goal: 175 lbs.

Overall Goal: 160 lbs.

Here are some current pictures of me taken during our family vacation at the lake a couple weeks ago. While there, I worried that the life jackets wouldn't fit me, I avoided riding the Sea Doo because I thought I was too fat, and I wouldn't jump in the lake or tube because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to climb the ladder to get back in the boat. By this time next year, I'd love to be able to do all those things are more!