Rhiannon's Diary
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alligatorob
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Hey Rhi, how's it going?
Would be good to hear from you.
Would be good to hear from you.
RhiM99
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Good morning, guys!!
Wow, it's been a while. December really had me busy, busy, busy. I started a new job (at the restaurant right next to my house), and had wayyyy too much fun.
So where am I currently?
Starting weight: 276 lbs. Current weight: 183 lbs.
That's right guys! At one point during the month, I actually weighed in at 180 but with the holidays kind of throwing me off track? Well, you know the rest. LOL.
I can very much say December 2019 has been the greatest period of time in my life. Working is no longer painful on my body. I'm very well liked at my job because I always have so much energy and I'm quick. Little do they know that one year ago, I would have been in so much pain being on my feet like that. I can work a full 9 AM-8PM, and still have the energy to go walking when I get out. Everyone around me is really starting to notice a difference in my body and the compliments keep coming. I took my heavy Carhart jacket off last night, and my friend Kass (who I hadn't seen in like a month) instantly goes "OH MY GOD BABE! You look amazing!" that happens a lot and it makes me smile when I think about it.
I had a very personal talk with my best friend about how it made me sad that "nobody liked me when I was almost 300 pounds, but everyone likes me now that I'm 180" because yeah, sometimes it feels like that, you know? I'm still the same person, albeit happier and more energetic. But that's when my friend helped me realize that yes, I am still the same person, but it's that I AM happier and more energetic. People like people who are happy. And I definitely wasn't happy before.
Oh oh oh, also I would like to share that when I started back in May 2019, that my pants size had been 22-24. (for the guys out there, that's 42-44)
After COUNTLESS shopping trips with my sister and my friends, it's fully confirmed that I am now a size 16. SIZE 16! When I pull my new pants on, I'm always expecting them not to fit, but they do. I can finally join my sister in the "straight" sized part of clothing stores, instead of being banished to the "plus sized" corner, where clothes go to DIE. (Seriously, what is up with plus size clothes being so frumpy, even the more fashionable stores? I'm friggen 20, I don't want to wear leopard print with broaches!)
So now it's January, and my eating is a little off track. I haven't been going over my deficit, but the food itself is high in sodium and not very whole. I started today off with green tea, two mini flour tortillas topped with scrambled eggs (2, no butter, no milk), diced tomatoes, and a handful black beans. It was pretty good, and super filling. I'm gonna go back to starting my mornings off with yoga, so I think I'm gonna go do that!
Peace!
Wow, it's been a while. December really had me busy, busy, busy. I started a new job (at the restaurant right next to my house), and had wayyyy too much fun.
So where am I currently?
Starting weight: 276 lbs. Current weight: 183 lbs.
That's right guys! At one point during the month, I actually weighed in at 180 but with the holidays kind of throwing me off track? Well, you know the rest. LOL.
I can very much say December 2019 has been the greatest period of time in my life. Working is no longer painful on my body. I'm very well liked at my job because I always have so much energy and I'm quick. Little do they know that one year ago, I would have been in so much pain being on my feet like that. I can work a full 9 AM-8PM, and still have the energy to go walking when I get out. Everyone around me is really starting to notice a difference in my body and the compliments keep coming. I took my heavy Carhart jacket off last night, and my friend Kass (who I hadn't seen in like a month) instantly goes "OH MY GOD BABE! You look amazing!" that happens a lot and it makes me smile when I think about it.
I had a very personal talk with my best friend about how it made me sad that "nobody liked me when I was almost 300 pounds, but everyone likes me now that I'm 180" because yeah, sometimes it feels like that, you know? I'm still the same person, albeit happier and more energetic. But that's when my friend helped me realize that yes, I am still the same person, but it's that I AM happier and more energetic. People like people who are happy. And I definitely wasn't happy before.
Oh oh oh, also I would like to share that when I started back in May 2019, that my pants size had been 22-24. (for the guys out there, that's 42-44)
After COUNTLESS shopping trips with my sister and my friends, it's fully confirmed that I am now a size 16. SIZE 16! When I pull my new pants on, I'm always expecting them not to fit, but they do. I can finally join my sister in the "straight" sized part of clothing stores, instead of being banished to the "plus sized" corner, where clothes go to DIE. (Seriously, what is up with plus size clothes being so frumpy, even the more fashionable stores? I'm friggen 20, I don't want to wear leopard print with broaches!)
So now it's January, and my eating is a little off track. I haven't been going over my deficit, but the food itself is high in sodium and not very whole. I started today off with green tea, two mini flour tortillas topped with scrambled eggs (2, no butter, no milk), diced tomatoes, and a handful black beans. It was pretty good, and super filling. I'm gonna go back to starting my mornings off with yoga, so I think I'm gonna go do that!
Peace!
alligatorob
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Hey Rhi, that's 93 pounds in just 8 months, phenomenal! Ahead of me.
I am sure you do, post a picture for us, if you are comfortable doing it.
Very impressive!
Yes you are, and I agree it is a sad thing, but unfortunately the way of the world. If it helps I have liked you ever since you joined us!
What are your plans now? Have you figured out your ultimate goal weight, or you next goal?
Keep up the good work!
Oh, this is so good to read! I love it - that your weight is going so well, that you're so wonderfully happy and energetic, that your plans are so clear and positive, and that you've got such a great friend who was able to pick apart with you the things that go into people "liking" people - it's true, that
Wonderful, that
- which isn't fair or lovely, but is probably rooted in long-buried ancestral self-preservation instinct. (That is, it's not exactly "liking" it's more whom they feel comfortable to be around.)
Wonderful, that
and here's to it all getting better and better in this new year!
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