My Weight Loss Started When I Spent $4000 On Clothes

and another $1000 on alterations

I’ve released 21% of my physical self in the last eight months. If you want to do math, it’s 54.7 pounds. I weigh less now than I did in 1995.

A few minutes ago I took a walk. (I HATE walking.) I took a walk because my wristband vibrated. My wristband vibrates when I’ve been sedentary for 45 minutes, (I LOVE being sedentary.) and I committed, out loud,that today I would walk around the circle every time my wristband vibrates. Today. Not every day. Just today.

I did this because my weight loss plateaued four months ago. I haven’t given up, or become depressed, or punished myself (with food, or the lack of it), but I have done things like buying the wristband, tracking how much water I drink, and committing to walking around the circle.

I didn’t take my phone with me. Instead of pouring content into my head, I decided to think while I walked. Or not. I gave myself permission to think or not think without the “should” of having content (music, podcast, Flipboard) available.

I’m researching (sitting, sedentarily, with a screen) headlines for a project and as I was finishing the last quadrant of the circle the headline “My Weight Loss Started When I Spent $4000 On Clothes” popped into my head — and I thought, “That’s a good headline.”

So I’m writing this out loud because I am proud of myself.
Really.
I’m proud that I took the walk around the circle.
That was big for me.
And I’m proud that I came up with a headline, that means my time wasn't wasted.
And, amazingly, I’m even proud that I spent the $4000 on clothes last March.

But that’s another post, because right now I’m going to get a glass of water. (Sadly, {not} this will delay my wristband’s next vibration.)