Returning to Continue My Journey to Weight Loss

First off, I'd like to apologize to y'all for my absence. The good news is I'll be returning, but the bad news relates to why I haven't updated you on my journey to weight loss in a while. The truth of the matter is when I first started this journey I weighed in at 278 pounds. One week later I was at my highest weight ever: 284 pounds.

I've been struggling with my weight for over 10 years, but I've never weighed over 278 pounds until I began blogging about my journey to weight loss. When I decided to blog about my journey, I became serious and really buckled down to buy and eat healthy foods. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but soon after I got serious about losing weight, I reached my highest weight ever. So to be honest, I became very discouraged and had no motivation to continue blogging weight gain after weight gain--and not being able to get back down to under 280 pounds didn't help matters any.

I was doing everything I possibly could to lose the weight and at least get back down to less than 280 pounds. I even ordered one of Jillian Michaels' workout DVDs and was excited when it arrived in my mailbox. Unfortunately, that excitement faded the first night that I watched the DVD. I picked out a few of the exercises from the DVD for beginners, but within five minutes after I started exercising, I had an asthma attack. I sat down and figured I'd decrease the amount of exercises I chose to do and give it another go the next day. Again, I failed. This is when I really got down in the dumps, because I realized that my asthma was going to keep me from performing the exercises I wanted. I tried to take my inhaler before doing the exercises, and although it helped a little, I was still unable to do the amount of exercises I needed to burn enough calories.

I've had asthma since I was a teenager and it has never stopped me until now. Of course, it has gotten worse over the years because I smoke (a habit I picked up before I discovered that I had asthma). It's hard to quit smoking after I've done it for years, but that is among my plans as well. I figured I'd lose my weight first and then quit smoking. I have to take things one day--and one step--at a time.

Last time I blogged, I weighed in at 282 pounds. Now that I'm re-motivated a bit, I want to continue sharing my journey to weight loss with y'all. However, to keep myself motivated, instead of weighing in every week, I'll be weighing in every other week. With that said, I'd start over at my weight today, which is 285.6 pounds.

Please forgive me for my absence and pray for me as I continue to fight this battle with my weight.