Two weeks ago, I had a Dr's appointment and I had to weigh-in. I was confronted by my archnemesis...the scale! Sadly, I am 10 lbs. heavier than I was BEFORE I had my Lap-Band surgery two years ago. I feel like such a failure at this point. That being said, I've decided to take action, once again, to jump-start my weightloss efforts. I've started boxing! A friend of mine encouraged me to join his gym, LA Boxing. I was pretty excited and really intimidated at the same time, but with the help of my friends, I signed up and went to class. I can only do 30 mins of the hour long class, but I already see improvements after this first week. Yesterday, I stayed 40 mins instead of my usual 30. Everyone it really encouraging and are newbies to boxing, just like me. It's also great to be able to get my frustrations with myself and other things that are going on in my life out. I can't wait for Monday!

Since I've got the exercise regimen down, my new problem is eating. My eating has sort of increased with this new boost in metabolism. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to start over?

Since I haven't blogged about my progress in a while, I wanted to take the opportunity to do that now. I wanted to give you guys and accurate count of my weight loss, so I battled the dreaded scale this morning to find that I've lost another 2 lbs. That's 7 lbs. total since my first post! I can't believe it! It's actually working and I really haven't changed that many habits. The only thing I've really started doing, for the most part, is not drinking with meals and getting my 8 glasses of water a day. My goal is to be in a size 12 or 14 for my cousin's wedding in April. If I could be smaller, that'd be awesome! I just want to be able to shop in the regular sizes and not wear a dress that has a "W" attached to it. I'll keep you posted...

Ok, so I'm watching the Tyra Show and she's talking to morbidly obese women who love the way they look and want to be bigger. Can you imagine being depressed about weighing LESS than 600 lbs??? I was sickened by this woman who boast about her cellulite and aspires to be 1000 lbs. She even said that walking is overrated. It's so sad. I think the most hurtful and sad thing about this particular woman is that she's all over you tube and the internet in videos exposing her body and eating and playing to sick fantasies some people have when it comes to big women. This woman, Donna, even labelled herself as an "SSBBW"....a "Super Sized Big Beautiful Woman". Sick!

Day 1:

After weighing myself for the first time in months, I realized that I weigh more now than I did before I had Lap-Band Surgery last year. I was planning to "get back to basics" on Monday, but I decided to start early once I saw the scale. So...today's Day 1. I'm really scared and unsure if I'll be able to do this again. What if it doesn't work? What if I can't kick my food addiction and beat it for good? What if I'm just supposed to be a fat chick? I can't answer any of those questions, but what I do know is I'm going to try. I can't begin to try answering my questions or changing my bad habits if I don't try. I'm going to give it my best effort (something I hardly ever do) and hope for the best. I think I have the right support and attitude to make it work this time. I'll keep you posted.

Until next time...Katie