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lose 25 pounds (read all 2 entries…)
I really did it! 1 year ago

When I started working toward this goal four and a half months ago, I don’t think I really thought I could do it. But the weight on my driver’s licence really does actually match the number that showed up on my scale this morning! It took a lot of stubborn will (not to mention hours at the gym, treadmill, and exercise bike), but I did it and it feels so good to have a medically healthy weight. If anyone needs me, I will probably be out shopping for new clothes since practically nothing I have now fits me properly! :)



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I'm actually doing this! 1 year ago

When I first added this to my list of things, I really thought it was more of a dream. It is amazing, though, how great the power of adding/doing one thing at a time can be. When I started my weight loss goal two and half months ago, I did one thing: give up soda (it has now been 75 days since my last Coke/Dr Pepper/Mountain Dew). Three weeks later, I had lost 5 pounds. Then I started doing 30 minutes daily on my exercise bike. Then 45. Then 60. Then sometimes 90 minutes from time to time. Then I got some instruction from a personal trainer, and now I have added regular weight training to my routine. Fifty days into exercising 6 days/week, I have now lost a total of 18 pounds, only 7 away from my overall goal of 25. According to the BMI chart, I am only 4 pounds away from being back inside a healthy weight for my height. It feels so good to have made this much progress and for my goals, once thought outlandish, actually to be within reach.



lose 25 pounds (read all 2 entries…)
half way there! 1 year ago

After 52 days, I am half way to my goal of losing 25 pounds. I started by giving up soda, and I still can’t believe that I haven’t had a drop of Coke, Mountain Dew, or Dr Pepper in 52 days. About a month in, I started an exercise bike routine, and am now up to about 60 min a day. The more I lose, the more motivated I am to continue my progress. My hope is to make it to my goal of 170 lbs (the weight listed on my driver’s license) by the beginning of September. When I first started this journey in mid-March, I frankly doubted whether I could do it. But now I think I can. :)



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