May, Where Did You Go?

I can't believe it's almost June and I've only blogged once in May! Of course, I think I only blogged 2 or 3 times in April, too. Goodness.

Life has been crazy. As you know, the hubs and I bought a house (yay!), and we move this weekend. Naturally the past month has been crammed full of house stuff, from inspections to insurance to closing to painting to cleaning and-of course-packing! I am SO ready to just be in our home and be able to relax again.

I have no idea what my current weight is because my scale is in a box, but on Sunday my weight was 169.8. That's right-160s, here I come! I honestly don't know the last time my weight was in the 160s, but it was at LEAST 10 years ago. It is so exciting to be so close to my goal, and yet I have not made much effort the past week or so. I was doing great with 30 Day Shred and feeling like I was ready to move on to level 2, but then I didn't workout at all since last Thursday! That's not to say that I haven't been active because I did paint over the weekend and have been packing some, but that's not the hardcore physical exertion I need in order to drop these last pounds.

After we are all settled in our house, it is my plan to make a plan for the rest of the summer-the Get to Goal Challenge, if you will. As soon as I figure out just what the plan is, rest assured I'll fill you in on all the details.

I hope you are all doing well! I miss my bloggy friends!

Let the Light Shine

When I weighed in on Wednesday, the scale showed a gain of 3 pounds. 3 pounds in one week. So instead of having only 9 pounds to lose to get to my final goal, I have 12.

I wasn't going to blog about this, and I had a good reason not to. It's not like I have been blogging regularly, so why interrupt my non-blogging with a post about how I've gained weight? It would just be embarrassing. And depressing. And humiliating.

But you know what? Not blogging about it doesn't make the gain go away. It doesn't change the fact that my eating habits have been far from stellar and my workouts have been few and far between. Not blogging about it may allow me to hide it from others, but I certainly can't hide it from myself.

The irony is that on the same day I realized I gained 3 pounds, I was selected to be SparkPeople's Motivator of the Day. I had all of these wonderful, encouraging comments from SparkPeople users on my page, telling me how inspiring and amazing I am, while inside I felt like anything but inspiring and amazing. I was tempted not to update my weight loss ticker on the site so it would still show a mere 9 pounds to lose to get to goal, but I opted for honesty. I didn't get this far by lying to myself, by hiding the truth. In fact, I got to 261 pounds by lying to myself and hiding the truth. Back then, I didn't tell ANYONE how much I weighed, not even my husband (until I was ready to lose the weight); I didn't let people see how much I really ate; I didn't want people to know what size clothing I really wore. What is pathetic is that it's not as though my obesity was not obvious. My size belied all the things I was trying to hide, and yet I lived with the delusion that I was someone who really wasn't THAT big. It was only when I faced the facts and saw my size as the danger to my health and life that it was that I was able to change. And it is only when I bring the truth into the light that the darkness disappears.

So yes, I gained 3 pounds. Yes, I made poor choices. But I am not giving up without a fight. I am not giving in.

I'm letting the light shine.