One Year Later

I'm just amazed at how quickly time has flown... today is my one year diet-versary! My journey started after having spent a week in Florida with my family for the Christmas holiday. I was so excited to get home, unload the memory card and review the hundreds of pictures I had taken during my vacation. But I found myself in tears as I photoshopped the fat from my body. The camera was showing the real me, the obese me, and I was so embarrassed that I was manipulating the truth. It was the breaking point for me, things had to change.

A month later I took my first steps towards healthy living. Of course they were baby steps but they were in the right direction and week after week I found it got easier, I was even enjoying myself. I used MyFoodDiary to track my progress, I realized I didn't need to eat such large portions, I fell in love with fresh vegetables, I taught myself how to run and I even purchased a gym membership. I now felt fresh, healthy and energized, to top it all off I needed a whole new wardrobe because during that time frame I had gone from a size 14 to a size 10! I had lost 26 pounds and 19.5 inches!

Some days I wake in the morning, step on the scale and half expect my weight to be back to 170, like this whole thing was a dream. But I look down and see 147 pounds and my heart skips a beat because it's real. With each pound lost I get closer to my goal, I still have another 12 pounds left but I know that I'll reach it soon enough and once there I've promised myself to maintain my healthy weight for the rest of my life because this isn't just a diet, its a lifestyle change. So here's to a lifetime of a healthier me and a happy diet-versary.