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My journey from fat to fit! |
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I’ve been trying to lose fat and get fit for a long time. This will be my blog about my fitness journey! When a lot of people go from extremely fat to healthy and fit, they usually leave a lot out of their story. For instance, in online articles someone might have one paragraph describing when they were 300 pounds and sneaking fast food on their way home before eating a regular dinner with their family, then in the next paragraph they’re out running 5K’s and 10K’s. I want to show the fitness journey from beginning to end, with a lot of details and the philosophical outlook I’ve come up with on my own to guide me on my fitness journey. Hopefully, my experience can help others. |
| I have an injury on my left ankle, I used the first aid kit and put a bandaid on it. I’ve been taking some days off to let it heal, so I haven’t been going on my walks. I’m going to my sister’s for 11 days on June 29th, I’m going to watch their house while they’re away on vacation. My weight has been going up since I stopped walking, but I’m still in the 280s. I plan on walking again when I’m at my sister’s house. |
| I hit the high 280s on Saturday. I weighed 300 pounds on April 13th. Progress like this is tentative, because one week of binge eating can take me back to where I was before. That is what happened in March, when I went from around 286 to the high 290s because I bought $40 of junk food at Walmart. Walking an hour before breakfast seems to be working really well, that might be an important variable to consider. Last summer I didn’t do hardly any walking, and I went from 259 pounds in April 2024 to the 290s in September 2024. Another thing is eating home cooked Pinto beans mixed with brown rice and quinoa, in two burritos made with carb balance tortillas from Costco. I don’t eat more than two of those tortillas a day, the rest of the brown rice and beans I eat from a bowl. I ordered some Chía seeds and they arrived. I tried two tablespoons in my oatmeal Saturday morning with two tablespoons of powdered peanut butter and they tasted great! I ended up cutting out the Chia seeds because I felt they had too much fat. I ate ground turkey with onions and sugar free barbecue sauce, with two carb balance tortillas for dinner Thursday night, and Friday morning I was 284.2 pounds, I’m at my lowest weight of the year so far! |
| Losing weight is like playing tug of war. You gain some ground, then lose it all and go back to where you started. Over and over again, this process repeats itself. I think the key is to set boundaries, and not allow yourself to go above a certain weight after losing ground. So if I start at 290 and my record low is 259 pounds and I get down to 235, then I shouldn’t allow myself to get above 249. Every time I lose weight and gain some back, I need to set a boundary like this. This is the only way to make progress, because losing some ground is inevitable. I’ve bumped it up to an hour of walking before breakfast, I can really feel the difference compared to walking for 40 minutes in the morning before breakfast. My weight has remained stable for too long, so I’m cutting out guacamole and ordering Chia seeds to put in my oatmeal instead. That should also save me some money. I was going to skip my walk on Thursday, but changed my mind and decided to go. I wonder how long it will take to see results? Here is my weight loss plan: June 2025: -4 pounds 288 by the end of June July 2025: -4 pounds 284 by the end of July August 2025: -4 pounds 280 by the end of August September 2025: -4 pounds 276 by the end of September October 2025: -4 pounds 272 by the end of October November 2025: -6 pounds 266 by the end of November December 2025: -6 pounds 260 by the end of December January 2026: -8 pounds 252 by the end of January February 2026: -8 pounds 244 by the end of February March 2026: -8 pounds 236 by the end of March I hope to stick to this template! |
| I’ve lost 5 pounds over the past two weeks, so I’m doing better. I discovered a new way to make eggs, I cook diced cabbage and onions with a tablespoon of avocado oil and a quarter cup of water in a skillet with the lid on, then add three scrambled eggs. I use Italian seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder. I heat up two carb balance tortillas and use a 2.5 ounce container of guacamole, half in each burrito. I’ve been maintaining my walking schedule, I walked for 960 minutes during the month of May. Yesterday I bumped it up from 40 minutes to 50 minutes. I walk before breakfast, so I’ve been striving to go to bed earlier because I can’t walk when the weather is too hot, so I leave no later than 7:30 a.m. I listen to the radio with headphones using my cellular phone while I walk. |
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has oddly set off a motivating dopamine reaction that gets me going. Weights I can do at the house when I wake up or before bed. I'd like to be able to walk more, but my schedule is not that wide open where I can walk consistently. Right now I'm fighting a touch of a cold that's settled in my throat/sinus area so weights are good for me now. I'm also tracking on Weight Watchers since I started last DEC. While, I'm happy with my tracking habits, I do need to focus on more zero or 1 point foods. I agree - getting in shape is 90% diet. Sending you good vibes for meeting your goals. 
