It's been a year almost to the day since I've written here. You can see that I have so much time on my hands. The last year has been a fast paced one. I have lost 20lbs, gained 5lbs. Graduated from college and found a full time job as an e-publishing assistant. I consider myself very lucky to have done all that in this economy and with what time I have.
Once Thanksgiving hit, and I was at my all time low in weight, I started putting on the evil 5. Christmas, my birthday, New Years turned to Valentine's turned to Spring Break hell. But now I'm losing again, and I'm more than thrilled. All it took was a little motivation.
Thin is the New Happy by Val Frankel. I have to say something about this book. I loved it. But I do believe that Val Frankel was going for the idea of being comfortable in your own skin and owning your self-image. What it did for me, however, was make me realize how unhappy I was, and how little I was doing about it. So, I read the book in just a few days while working out at the gym. The weight is finally coming off. It's all about consistency and repetition.
I've been carrying anywhere between 50-90lbs of weight on my shoulders since I was 11 years old. So to see that I'm 40 away from my goal is amazing. Forty seems like a lot to wade through, but it seems much more attainable now that I know I can do it, and that I have the motivation staring me in the face. I can't wait to shed the pounds and pour into a bikini. It may not be this summer, but it will be next, and I will look good on my 23rd birthday.