Nothing to lose.... but weight!

I have been overweight my whole life and have hated every moment of it.  I have tried to "embrace it" and accept that that is who I am, but that is not who I am.  I don't want to wear XL clothes, I don't want to wear one piece swimsuits, I don't want any of those problems.  Thankfully, I am healthy, very healthy, but that may not always be the case.  I have tried all forms of dieting, nothing worked, I couldn't stick to it, it wasn't fun.  I am young!  I didn't want to be eating my Nutri System meal while my friends were ordering pizza, it was miserable.  I had talked with doctors, they didn't want to help either.  Everbody looked at me like I had the answers to my weight problems and didn't know why I was asking them or maybe I could "stop by the nutrition clinic on my way out."  BULLSHIT!  In December 2011/January 2012, I heard some success stories and read blogs of others who had lost weight and I became DETERMINED.  I made my own meal plans and decided what I needed to cut out (pop being the hardest) as well as deciding what I was going to do for exercise and how often.  I had a lot of support from some family members who were living in town at the time and my ex boyfriend.  They worked out with me 5-6 days a week.  I used the MYFITNESSPAL on my iphone to track Calories and the NIKEPLUS app on my phone to work out with.

I began making all kinds of meals and snacks that were healthier choices and stuck to only drinking water or flavored sparkling water.

I weigh in on Thursday mornings and I was keeping track of my weight loss monthly on Facebook, it was good to hear the encouragement from friends on there.  I have lost 65 pounds in 6 months and am looking forward to another 65 pounds in the next 6 months.  Currently, I am competing with two other girls at my work to see who can lose the most weight which keeps it interesting.  I also have also made sure I reward myself when I get to a certain amount like lose 25 pounds get a pedicure, lose 50 get massages, lose 75, I can start tanning :)  It isn't the fastest process and who knows what I will look like when it is all said and done but I want a skinny body I am proud of and I will get it!