So I seem to really be getting into this blogging thing. I thought I'd post a little more about me, focussing on something other than my weight loss. It's a big part of my life right now, but it's not everything!!
I'm married (for 2 1/2 years) and have 3 cats. We're not planning on kids so they're our babies. I'm a lawyer and practice insurance defence litigation at a medium sized firm in Toronto.
I've been living in Toronto for 8 1/2 years and grew up in Nova Scotia. My parents and sister still live in the Maritimes. My sister, Melanie, is 4 years younger than me and is married with a cat and a dog. She lives in Moncton, NB. My parents live in Truro, NS for 7 months of the year and in Florida for the rest of the year. I get very envious of them around the middle of February.
My interests include wine, travel, reading and surfing the net (and now blogging).
I haven't travelled extensively - mainly to the Caribbean and the US. I've never been to Europe but badly want to go one of these days. Our first Europe trip will probably be a wine tour through Italy, or maybe a Mediterranean cruise.
I've travelled a lot in the Caribbean, mostly with my parents when I was a teenager. I love crusing and have been on 9 of them. We're going on our next one in March, and I'm going to wear a bikini for the first time in years. We're going on another one next Christmas with my parents and sister and brother in law.
My favorite trip we've taken was to California for our first anniversary. We travelled with another couple and flew into LA and over the span of 2 weeks, drove up the coast to San Francisco, making a detour through the Napa and Sonoma Valley. We met up with another couple in Napa and spent a few days with them. The trip was truly fantastic and we can't wait to do it again... maybe for our 10th anniversary.
I don't have much else to say now so I guess that's it for today!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
November 28, 2006 - Before & After
This is a picture of me at my absolute heaviest ever - 203 pounds. It was taken at Christmas 2005.
This was taken on our cruise in March 2006 - I think I was about 195 pounds at the time.
This is me 3 weeks ago - at 145 pounds. I even LOOK happier now!!There will be more to come soon, once I get to my goal of 130 (only 10.2 pounds from that now).
My first post
This is officially my first ever blog-post. I'm doing it because I think I have a lot of usual information and advice to share with people, given what I've accomplished in the last 8 months. I'm excited to start sharing my thoughts with others who are in a similar situation as I was a year ago. I wish I'd discovered this months ago, as I would have loved to have let everyone "watch" from the beginning, but hopefully I can still be a source of support and motivation for someone else.
A year ago today, I was 33 years old and 203 pounds (I'm 5'3" tall). I was limited to shopping at stores like Addition-Elle and Penningtons. I bought clothes to hide my body - I didn't buy things because they looked good; I bought them because they made me look "less fat." I had severe plantar fascitis - I could wear high heels for more than 5 minutes without excruciating pain. Even in running shoes, walking for more than 20 minutes was painful.
I've had weight issues my entire life. My family was never really into exercise and I was never encouraged to get a lot of exercise when I was young. Since I was a teenager, I've gained and lost weight more times than I can count. Last winter, though, I hit an all-time high - 203 pounds. Even then, I wasn't able to do anything about it - I just ate more and got more and more depressed over how I looked and felt.
My husband and I went on a cruise in March and something changed for me. We went snorkelling in St. Thomas and after we finished, we had to climb a short ladder to get back onto the sailboat we'd travelled in to the snorkelling site. I didn't think I was going to be able to do it. I was so big and so out of shape that I was honestly scared that I was going to simply be incapable of climbing that ladder. And the thought of my husband seeing that (along with the 2 friends and 3 other people we were with) sent me to a new level of humiliation.
The day we got back from the cruise, I re-committed to following Weight Watchers. I'd been a member for about 2 1/2 years at that point and had followed the program sporadically. I'd lose 10 pounds, gain 10 pounds, lose 5 pounds, gain 5 pounds, but hadn't really had a lot of success. But this time something had changed. Not only did I start following the program, I re-joined a gym and started seeing a trainer.
It's been a long 8 months, but I'm now down to 140 pounds and I'm in better shape than I've been in 10 years. I love the new me! I can buy clothes in any store I want and look good in them! I now buy clothes because they flatter my body, not because they hide it. I bought a pair of size 8 pants yesterday!! I can wear high heels again and not be in constant pain. My husband also loves the new me. He's always been in great shape and I hated not being able to do things with him like going for hikes or long walks.
I still have a few pounds left to go, but I consider myself a success story already. As I said above, I would love to be able to help anyone who's in a similar situation. I had a great support system on the Weight Watchers message boards throughout my journey but I know that not everyone has that.
A year ago today, I was 33 years old and 203 pounds (I'm 5'3" tall). I was limited to shopping at stores like Addition-Elle and Penningtons. I bought clothes to hide my body - I didn't buy things because they looked good; I bought them because they made me look "less fat." I had severe plantar fascitis - I could wear high heels for more than 5 minutes without excruciating pain. Even in running shoes, walking for more than 20 minutes was painful.
I've had weight issues my entire life. My family was never really into exercise and I was never encouraged to get a lot of exercise when I was young. Since I was a teenager, I've gained and lost weight more times than I can count. Last winter, though, I hit an all-time high - 203 pounds. Even then, I wasn't able to do anything about it - I just ate more and got more and more depressed over how I looked and felt.
My husband and I went on a cruise in March and something changed for me. We went snorkelling in St. Thomas and after we finished, we had to climb a short ladder to get back onto the sailboat we'd travelled in to the snorkelling site. I didn't think I was going to be able to do it. I was so big and so out of shape that I was honestly scared that I was going to simply be incapable of climbing that ladder. And the thought of my husband seeing that (along with the 2 friends and 3 other people we were with) sent me to a new level of humiliation.
The day we got back from the cruise, I re-committed to following Weight Watchers. I'd been a member for about 2 1/2 years at that point and had followed the program sporadically. I'd lose 10 pounds, gain 10 pounds, lose 5 pounds, gain 5 pounds, but hadn't really had a lot of success. But this time something had changed. Not only did I start following the program, I re-joined a gym and started seeing a trainer.
It's been a long 8 months, but I'm now down to 140 pounds and I'm in better shape than I've been in 10 years. I love the new me! I can buy clothes in any store I want and look good in them! I now buy clothes because they flatter my body, not because they hide it. I bought a pair of size 8 pants yesterday!! I can wear high heels again and not be in constant pain. My husband also loves the new me. He's always been in great shape and I hated not being able to do things with him like going for hikes or long walks.
I still have a few pounds left to go, but I consider myself a success story already. As I said above, I would love to be able to help anyone who's in a similar situation. I had a great support system on the Weight Watchers message boards throughout my journey but I know that not everyone has that.
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