Back to My Old Loves...But in a Good Way

Apparently going public was just the jump start I needed. This past week has been full of great things. Before I get to these successes, I want to tell you about why I started this journey to a healthier me. As far back as I can remember I have been overweight and until I left home for college I had been okay with this fact. I had accepted that was who I was and didn't feel the need to do anything about it.

In fact the first time I lost any weight was as a sophomore in college and it was by accident, I never tried to loose the 20 lbs. I had a really busy year with little time for sitting around eating junk food and I was also pretty physically active, the weight just came off. Once I lost those 20 lbs I realized how good it felt to not carry that extra weight around and I was loving the idea of not putting it back on. I did great with keeping it off until I did a co-op after my junior year. For the most part it was a desk job, so I went from walking all over campus every day to sitting behind a desk for six months. Before I knew it the weight was coming back.

After returning to college the weight continued to come back until I had put the whole 20 lbs back on. Over the next couple of years I started to put even more weight on. I had tried to loose the weight a couple of times but hadn't been successful at keeping it off for long.

So what's different this time? This is the part where I tell you about those great things I mentioned earlier! So this time it all started when I had to face the realization that sucking it in wasn't going to cut it any longer to get my favorite jeans on - I needed bigger jeans. So, reluctantly, I went out and bought some new jeans. I packed away my old jeans, determined to wear them again because they were the most comfortable jeans I had ever owned and I loved them. Well folks, I am wearing those old jeans right now as I type!

Wearing these jeans was actually the second wonderful thing to happen. Trying the pants on was prompted by stepping on the scale and seeing that I had lost another 3 lbs. For those of you counting, I have hit the 10 lbs mark!

Once I had those old jeans on I remembered my favorite Harley Davidson belt that hadn't fit in quite a while. Now mind you, I couldn't even get the ends of this belt to touch when I had to buy bigger pants, but I went and got it out of the closet anyway. As I put the beloved belt through the loops of my old jeans I was mentally preparing myself that it wasn't going to fit. To my amazement, not only was I able to buckle the belt, I could breath and even sit down while wearing it!

As much as I love these old pants, I am so excited for the day I get to buy new jeans again, this time smaller ones - at least with my favorite belt all I will have to do is move down to the next notch!