Well, it started with (another) Weight Loss Journey in September. I had become frustrated with being big, clothes not fitting well, etc. I’m a teacher and I wear button down shirts and dress pants every day. I was sick of my shirts being tight around my belly and I refused to buy bigger shirts. So, I decided I would start with CICO and MFP. It went well! Really well! From September until about December, I had lost 25 pounds just from controlling my portions and eating less. I HATED weighing myself, but I sucked it up and did it every morning to make sure I could log and track my progress; good and bad! Lots of coworkers had noticed and complimented my progress. I was feeling great! And then Christmas rolled around...
My fiancée’s family is 110% Italian and we were going to their house for a week at Christmas. Well come Christmas Eve, it was the tradition Italian Feast of the 7 Fishes. We had everything you could imagine: fried calamari, grilled shrimp, linguine with clams, shrimp cocktail, scallops, pasta, antipasto, the list goes on. I let my guard down that day and I ate. A LOT. I told myself, “it’s Christmas! Enjoy the holiday!”, but it was too much. The rest of that week became an eating mission, going to restaurants my fiancée missed from home. I had completely fallen off of my CICO regimen. I figured “I’ll start back up when we get home”. I didn’t. I became afraid of the scale again and I didn’t want to know how much of my hard work I undid.
Cue the winter months. Cold. Little activity. Food is comfort. Food makes you feel good. So I ate. I lied to myself and thought “I’ll just eat the same stuff without tracking it and once I see progress, I’ll weigh myself again.” Never happened. Then BAM! COVID-19 hit and I’m out of school until September. I spend most days on the couch, snacking often. I can’t help it. I’m bored, you’re bored, everyone’s bored!
Yesterday my fiancée and I scheduled our engagement photo session for August 6th. We want to use the photo on our Save-the-Dates and we both agreed we need to slim down to look good in these photos! So here I am, starting up once again CICO and MFP; portion control. With the weather getting nicer we will dedicate time to walks and bike rides to make sure we’re getting healthy activity in. It doesn’t end after the photos are taken because our wedding is next summer and I want to be slimmer then!
I am currently 354lbs, I’d like to be sub 325 by our August photo session. By our wedding I would love to be back to my pre-beer college weight of 275. I’ve always been big. I don’t mind being “the big guy”. I just want to be healthier and less round.
TL;DR - Was chubby. Started CICO. Italian Christmas ruined my diet. Got chubby again due to quarantine. Back to CICO to be healthy for engagement photos, my wedding, and beyond.
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