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I am getting excitingly close to leaving the 50’s and entering the 40’s.
I decided to take a look at my weight loss to date and figured-out that I am getting close to a 50 lb landmark.
It depends on which number I choose to look at, which is complicated a bit by the pregnancy/birth of my son.
Here’s my chart from Lose It:
My son was born October 17, 2013 and while still pregnant I had last weighed-in at 315 lbs.
After he was born, I got down to 283.5 on November 14th, 2013, but as you can see it went up from there for a while.
There’s a weird spike to 295 on March 25, 2014, but since there’s a previous mark that is 292.6 on January 2, 2014, I choose to pick an average there of 293 and just say that on January 1, 2014 I was 293 lbs.
With that little explanation, here’s a quick synopsis:
Jan. 1, 2014 (293 lbs) to Jan. 1, 2015 (280 lbs) = 13 lbs lost
Jan. 1, 2015 (280 lbs) to Jan. 1, 2016 (276 lbs) = 4 lbs lost
Jan. 1, 2016 (276 lbs) to Aug. 10, 2016 (250.4 lbs) = 25.6 lbs lost
Total lbs lost = 42.6
Getting so close to 50 lbs down.
I love this graph because it reflects a journey that hasn’t been easy, but I look it and see that I have never given-up. I look at it and I see hard work, perseverance, lessons learned, changes made, struggles, victories, tears of joy, tears of shame and, most beautifully, the creation and birth of my son.
To look at this chart is to see my life-the spikes represent times when life was difficult, dark times when I struggled to get out of bed in the morning and to eat anything other than toast, chips, chocolate and cookies. You can see times when the clouds seem to have parted and I go ‘great guns’ and drop a bit, only to rebound and hit another spike.
But, the general trend has been downwards and recently, the trend is pretty impressive. I have, clearly, learned a lot through my journey.
This morning I am feeling encouraged. I feel strengthened and validated in my pursuit of health.
I am not perfect. But, when I look at my life in lbs, I see a warrior who refuses to be defeated and is constantly honing her skills as she levels up and prepares to, once and for all, take down the big boss.
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