Progress & A Comment I Received

I own several hoodies - they are one of my favorite things to wear (layered over a shirt and pants/jeans). So anyway…. today, while trying to find something to wear, I tried on 3 of the hoodies I’ve had for a while now.

And…. drumroll please….

The two hoodies that used to be tight - figure hugging in fact - are now loose.

Now if that isn’t progress, I don’t know what is.

I used to wear hoodies to cover my tummy roll. However, I haven’t had to do that in quite some time now. Now, I can just wear regular shirts and sweaters without my stomach billowing out unattractively. My old enemy tummy roll left the building a few months ago and hasn’t made a comback.

Now I’m going to address a comment I just received:

I have been a lurker for a while now. And from a purely outsider’s perspective, I have to say that the language in your posts has become more and more unhealthy…definitely straying from your motto:
“I made a pact with myself that from here on out, it is all about becoming healthy, slim and active - and staying that way for the rest of my life!”
If healthy, slim, and active is what you want to be, do you really want to be doing it with diet pills? Why not let your body tell you what it wants and find the set weight at which it is comfortable?

of course, feel free to ignore these suggestions…

(See last post).

First off, I appreciate the comment and yes, you are right when you say I have become slightly unhealthy with my language.

However…. this is NOT my body’s normal weight. How can it be my body’s normal weight if I’m unhealthy, with semi high blood pressure and other symptoms that I NEVER had while at a good weight?

And yes, I did make a pact with myself back in September. I want to be as healthy as possible, energetic and slim.

The problem is that regular 1200-1800 diet and exercise plans DO NOT WORK FOR ME. OK, they work, but I lose an average of 2 pounds per month, which is just UNACCEPTABLE! So I am forced to devise other methods to lose weight - sometimes doing low carb, sometimes skipping meals, and an occasional diet pill.

I’ve tried the six meals per day thing - and I just cannot bring myself to eat that often. (I don’t have THAT big of an appetite). I’ve tried everything “normal” and it just doesn’t work for long.

Oh, and the months I did vigorous, slightly hardcore exercise - like an hour a day - guess what? I was sick all the time! I spent most of November with various upper respiratory infections and colds.

What else am I supposed to do - stay at this unhealthy weight forever? Or wait a year to lose 24 pounds, when I have about 40 to lose? (And I do actually have a healthy goal weight/size for my body type).

I don’t think so.

But I appreciate your comments. And no, I have no qualms about losing my next 15-20 pounds with diet pills - taken in extreme moderation - if it works. That is, along with light to moderate exercise and as healthy food choices as I can. Because I need something to work, and so far, it is.