Healthy Choices Aren't Easy

Trust me. I know. That's why this weight has been on me for so long. When I was in high school.. and if I'm being honest probably most of my life.. I ate whatever tasted good: cheeseburgers, fries, pizza.. if it's unhealthy and tasted good, I probably ate it. Not to say I didn't eat good foods. I loved fruit and some vegetables growing up. I just didn't connect the fact that I was fat to what I was eating.

I probably weighed my most in high school. I never actually weighed myself, but I was pretty big. Tomorrow I will hunt down some old photos that I can share with you. My first semester of college I lost 15 lbs.. just because I walked to my classes and around campus. Pitiful, but it was weight loss. I returned home and everyone noticed. That's when I realized I needed to do something. My second semester I was required to go to the gym for one of my classes. I lost more weight. I don't know the exact amount, but I was probably somewhere around 240 or 245.. which is where I basically stayed [or varied up and down from] for a while.

Now.. This morning, I weighed in at 231.8. I call that a victory. I know I may have weighed less at some point during my journey in life, but as long as the number is going in the downward direction.. I'm happy.

Today, my healthy choice was not eating the fried cheese melt at Denny's. Instead, I ordered a veggie burger with lots of delicious veggie toppings and the only condiment I used on it was mustard. I'm proud of myself.

Also, as someone who was called fat a lot.. I'm going to put this on my scale when I buy my own. Love J.K. Rowling.