“A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With One Step” Melissa Awesome’s Weight Loss Progress

Sooooo how much weight have I lost? Has there been much of a "transformation"? I've been talking about getting healthy A LOT since last Summer, but have I actually changed my ways? Check it out...

On air a lot I talk about how I am really active, and have been working really hard to get myself healthy, but I haven't really blogged about it. This is something I don't talk about a ton in depth, because weight loss is one of those things, that it's just as much an emotional journey as it is a physical one. I've hit a point, where I'm still working really hard on being comfortable in my own skin, but I'm getting there. It's a long, slow, hard process, but I'm on the way!

Here's a little about my story (if you just want the pics, scroll on down haha) Last Summer I hit a low point, I was miserable with my weight, I didn't want to go do anything, because going out meant having to dress nice, and my nice clothes didn't fit me, and so trying to find something that fit me, and still looked good was a nightmare. Mainly because I didn't think anything looked good on me. It was just a vicious cycle.

Then the holidays came, and that was just another excuse not to work on my diet or making myself healthy. It got pretty out of control. Then came January 2015... I got onto a scale. Back in high school I worked hard and lost 60lbs. After college, and the real world hit I had gained 70lbs. I was at my previous heaviest weight PLUS TEN POUNDS. That was when it hit me that I had to pull myself together and do something, because self-loathing isn't making me do anything except be miserable.

I made a goal, to get back to my thinnest weight, 70lbs ago. 70lbs. Do you know how much weight 70lbs is? That's like a small person. That's a TON! Thinking about that number made my head spin. It was so hard at first to get started, it was so much easier to just say "eh I'll start next Monday" I hate it got to that point, but stepping onto that scale was the slap upside the head I needed to get real. I

It's so easy to say "I'll start next week" or think "I'll never lose 70lbs, so why start now?" But this quote completely changed my perspective.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Chinese Proverb

I just decided one day I was going to take my lunch to work, and go to the gym. Just one day. The next day I decided to try the same thing, and then so on and so fourth. I basically decided that I wasn't going to look at the whole picture. I was going to take it day by day. If I could focus on getting through one day at a time of eating healthy, and working out, that's all I had to do. That mindset really got my head straight, and helped me focus. If I wasn't looking at it as this huge amount of weight I need to lose, and instead was looking at it day by day, it made it seem a lot less scary. It made it seem like it was doable. I could do this. I WILL do this.

Fast forward to April, this has become my daily routine. I watch very carefully what I eat, I go to the gym everyday after work, and it's become a total lifestyle change.

I'm down 33lbs as of now. That means I have about 37 more to go. And that's a heck of a lot less than 70! I still have a LONG way to go, but I'm getting there. One. Day. At. A. Time.