Starting weight 178.6- today 147.6. Original fat mass pounds 65.9- today 35.6. Body fat originally 36.9% today 24.1%. Do you know what this means???? I am no longer in the obese category or unhealthy range on that stupid chart!!! That is what this is about...this is not about being "skinny" this is about being healthy! I can say that I am healthy and the numbers prove it!!! I was the "Fittest Loser" at my gym for the second time! WOOT WOOT!! TIME FOR SOME NEW CLOTHES!! This is by far the greatest birthday present I could have ever given myself. I am about to be 28 and I have a long life ahead of me...what a better present then to start year 28 the healthiest I have ever been. I am healthier and happier than ever. I have the greatest friends and support system a girl could ever want or need! This has been a week to remember...I ran a 5k last Saturday and smashed my old PR. Not only am I in a new decade with my weight the 140's but I am in a new place with running. I am in the 23 minute zone :-) Yes, you read that right I ran my last 5k in 23:19!!
What is next you may ask....well I am asking myself that as well. I would like to figure out what number I should be at and maintain within about 5 lbs, this means I have, I think 7-10lbs left to lose then I can begin to figure out how to maintain that. I know that I have made healthy new habits but now I need to learn to maintain them. Food has been a crutch of mine for years and the fear of coming back to that moment is very real...I know I can do this- it will take more time, patients, and healthy life choices! That's the answer key to this journey...I am not making moment long choices, I am making life long decisions to be the healthiest and fittest me I can create. I am going to stumble (I have), I am going to freak out (I do), I am going to cry (I have), but what I won't do is allow myself to give up, lose, or quit! I will NOT go back to that person that hid under 88 pounds of fat and hid behind others!! I will be me....I will be strong...I will give 110%...I will push myself.....I will surround myself by people who love me for me and want all of these things for me!
This girl is gone...
Love it!!!! So Proud of you Steph. Way to take control & get your Life back! You are AMAZING!!!! <3
ReplyDeletecongratulations! You don't know me. My name is Rolo Miles and we go to the same gym. I was upset when I didn't place in the top three of the fittest loser. I was down 25 pounds in 7 percent body fat. I thought that was good enough. that was, of course,until I just read your blog. you are amazing. Keep up the good work.
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