I Broke A Promise
300. That number makes me want to scream. I promised myself that when I lost weight in 2023, it would be the last time I saw 300 on the scale. Well, I broke that promise. Last week when I weighed myself the scale told me 301.2 pounds. I actually felt kind of sick to my stomach when I saw that. I should have realized that it was going to happen. I’ve gotten really lax about what I’m eating, what I’m drinking, what exercise I’m not doing. But I still wasn’t prepared for it. I have a varied history of losing weight as a result of being overweight my whole adult life, so I have plenty of practice with trying to lose weight. Because of that, I have a few ideas of what works and what doesn’t work for me. I’ve had two periods of successful weight loss in my life. During my first period of weight loss, I was in my mid-20s and working a retail job where I didn’t have access to food throughout my work shift. My previous jobs had been at a gas station and at a snack bar/restaurant where I had co...
