this dream could come true.

A look back:

My first post was on April 17, 2011. I was too busy celebrating my half birthday to realize that I had reached the 1 year anniversary! My bad.

On April 17, 2011, I weighed 297. I had recently gotten a scale and it was a giant shock to me to see those numbers. I spent a week starving myself and walking around the neighborhood in all my free time and quickly brought that number down to 292. I don't like to talk about the 297... it's just too embarrassing. But for today's purpose, I'll make an exception.

Today, April 26, 2012, I weigh 239 pounds. I had a very surreal moment on the scale today when it dawned on me that I'm ACTUALLY DOING THIS. I know it's been a year, but sometimes I convince myself that it's a fluke and I'll see big numbers on the scale again one day. But today, I know beyond a doubt that I did this, and I did this alone.

My starting BMI was a shocking 43.9, now I am down to 35.3. There's still a ways to go before I leave "obese" and enter the "overweight" category, and even more so before I can say I'm "healthy," but progress is progress. We all have to start somewhere.

I was feeling very unmotivated this morning, I almost convinced myself that today wasn't going to be a running day, but now that I see what I've accomplished I can't figure out why it would even cross my mind to throw in the towel now.