it's that time of year again, my friends. the best week of the year, my favorite week of the year, just concluded. the most life changing week, that ultimately started my weight loss journey, ended about 96 hours ago. not that i'm counting or anything...
i first off should apologize for failing at keeping up on blogging. between working 2 jobs, trying to sleep, and attempting to have a social life, i'm a busy bee. but i love it and wouldn't change it for anything.
most of you have heard some bits and pieces of the story of my weight loss journey. now that the year mark has passed, i figured it would be a good time to tell my story.
senior year in high school i learned of my intolerance to wheat/gluten and dairy. me, being the food lover that i was, refused to give up my pizza, hamburgers, quesadillas, and fast food. food was the only thing that had been at my side through all of my struggles. pun intended. i had been trying to stop eating gluten/wheat and dairy because it made me feel....bad. but i couldn't give it up because i was to stubborn. this was a struggle that i fought with all through freshman year in college when i gained the freshman 30. yikes. fast forward to june 28, 2010 when i arrived at camp twin lakes for a 6 day adventure of being a counselor at camp twitch and shout, aka my tourette's camp. most of you have heard about this camp and know how much i love it. it was that day, june 28, 2010, that i decided gluten/wheat and dairy [and mostly their side-effects] would take away from me being the best counselor i could. plus, camp cuisine in the south is not the best and i figured "what better time than the present?" so i decided over my last supper [which was a large plate of pizza] that my obsession with food that made me sick [and would make my cabin mates HATE me] would need to end now. because i figured it was now or never. and i was right. the entire week at camp i didn't eat gluten, wheat, or dairy. AND I FELT SO FREAKING GOOD! i lived off of celiac cereal, peanut butter & bananas, and apples for the entire week. and it paid off, because i lost 10 pounds in 6 days. so when i refer to camp twitch and shout as my favorite week of the year, you can now kind of understand why. it wasn't just because i met some of the most amazing, incredible, inspiring people EVER, but because it was when i finally gained control of my life and decided that i needed to change. because i honestly don't know where my life would be if i hadn't changed..
i thought it would be fun to do a little question and answer game with previous favorites and current favorites. let's see if your minds are blown as much as mine is.
june 28, 2010
weight : 212 pounds
favorite food : baja fresh chicken quesadilla with extra cheese. calories : 1,600
estimated calories consumed daily : 3,400
amount of money spent a week on fast food : $50.00
amount of confidence on scale of 1-10 : -5
clothing size : XXL [tops] 14 [bottoms]
june 28, 2011
weight : 156 pounds
favorite food : chicken fajitas with soy cheese, avocado, and salsa. calories : 450
estimated calories consumed daily : 1,300
amount of money spent a week on fast food : $0.00
amount of confidence on scale of 1-10 : +14
clothing size : M/L [tops] 10 [bottoms]
these are only little bits and pieces of how my life has changed. it should also be known that i was on a thyroid pill [but i cured my own thyroid problem by losing all of this weight], and i'm currently on ADHD pills that curb my appetite. no, you can't have any :]
my life is so much [different] now. [insert any positive word in the parenthesis]. i honestly don't remember what it was like to be heavy. i'm all about keeping my eyes focused on the present, and the future, because i will NEVER EVER NEVER NEVER EVER go back to the weight i was. and i'm giving you my permission that if you see me gain back any amount of weight you may slap me and pester me and take away my large pizza that is in front of me. but the chances of that happening are super slim, because i love being super slim :]
peace & blessings, my angels.
xx ALi
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