OK, OK.. I gave up last year. I had good intentions. I promise! But see... well here's the downfall sob story as to how my diet got off track.
On March 1st of 2012 I found out I had a teratoma on my right ovary. It all started the evening of the 28th, we were hanging out around the house when I started to have some pretty severe pain. Like, worst cramps EVAR pain, in my left abdomen. Hubby thought it was gas (after all, I'd been on a steady diet of broccoli for like 3 months and WOW, that will gas you up) so I took some Gas-X, some ibuprofen and put a heat pad on it while I watched some TV. Then it didn't go away. It wasn't gas, I didn't need to "go" and it most definitely wasn't time for those kind of cramps. My mind went to all the other things it could be and I assumed it was cysts. My little sis had just been diagnosed with PCOS so I thought maybe I had it to. Tried to work the next day and that didn't go so well, I could barely walk standing up straight. Called the Dr. and made an appointment for the next day.
Went to the Dr. who sent me to get an ultrasound (the super invasive kind), got a call from the dr less than 15 mins after I left the ultrasound place and was advised to go home and lay down until I could make it in the next day. Turns out, it wasn't a cyst per se, but a teratoma. First thing I do when I get home... DUH, I googled it!! Holy scary stuff! These things can get HUGE, often go undetected until they cause pain and are made up of yummy stuff like hair, teeth and fingernails!!!
Dr. said we would have to have surgery on Monday and I was put on bedrest for the weekend. Let me tell you how freaked out I was and as an emotional eater... well the diet was OUT THE WINDOW! (more like out the drive-thru window because we hit up Arby's on our way home from the doc).
So I ate whatever I wanted all weekend and had surgery on Monday. Good news is he didn't have to take my ovary, but this thing took up 98% of it!!!!!!!!! (No teeth, just hair for those that are interested)
After that, I pretty much was "off the wagon" as far as my diet goes. I stopped following plan, went back to eating not so great (even though we were still cooking mostly at home) and stopped losing weight.
Fast forward to a year and some later.
I'm still overweight, still unhappy and still need the motivation to get this weight gone. I kept telling myself, I'll do it, I'll start losing. But, I was back over 200lbs again and couldn't seem to lose more than 10lbs on my own. I joined the local Planet Fitness at the beginning of the year and started going with a couple friends and a co-worker. THEN, at the end of June I got the most AMAZING opportunity!!
I joined the Kansas City Weightloss Program with 4 of my co-workers. This program is INSANE, probably the coolest things I've ever done.
I'll get into the details of it another post but lets just say I started the program at 208.4 and now (3 weeks into it) I'm at 196.4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a twelve week program and I'm hoping to be in the 170's by the time I'm done. Plus, the actual habits I'm building for myself are sustainable, unlike what I was doing before which would never be able to last for long before you lose it, break into a Krispy kreme and eat your way out.
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