So, I now finally have some good news and I have reached a record (in my books) of 245.6 pounds which means that so far I have lost 84.4 pounds so far. Before I went on a long 2 hour and 30 minute walk to the grocery store, I weighed myself so I might weight even less than 245.6 pounds right now.
The above picture was taken today and honestly it might not look different from the other update I made a few weeks ago when I reached 244.3 pounds and I actually think this was the lowest weight I have ever been since my weight spiked almost 10 years ago.
I believe it was May 29th that I stopped taking the Antipsychotic medication called Abilify (2mg's) and I heard that it takes about 3 weeks to lose the food cravings side effect and with it being almost two weeks past since that day I feel like these cravings are almost completely out of my system so I can now finally start making progress again.
As long as I keep going out to get some fresh air and walking for 2-3 hours a day that will keep my mood at a good level so I can stay motivated. In the picture I uploaded to this post I do not feel fully confident within myself to be able to go to the beach or a public pool, I still feel like I'm not totally there yet and I of course will keep going and won't stop until I reach 170 pounds.
I should at least mention what I ate today and that was a small chicken wrap at Mcdonalds with small fries and a small ice tea, which I only got because it was only about $5 and I needed some kind of energy to get myself going to start the walk I was going on.
When I reached the grocery store I went to another cheap store to get a small bottle of Cream Soda which I thought I would treat myself and I will try harder tomorrow to drink maybe only water but that is a hard thing for me to achieve. I also bought one tall can of beer from a liquor store so that I could enjoy it and reward myself when I got home from this long walk.
I don't know if I'll actually be making a post on this blog every single day going forward anymore but it might just be for important updates on my weight loss journey. I was hoping to be able to put up some advertisements at some point if the traffic for this blog increased but it does take a lot of time to build that audience and I think it's not going to be one of my priorities for now.
Even though I had one beer today, I made progress by not having more than that as that was a routine for the last few days as I was buying and drinking 5-6 beers a day because I was trying to cope with life. I did however make a plan to cut the majority of the alcohol out of my routine and I may have the odd beer just to reward myself and to keep my cravings at a lower level.
Cutting alcohol out completely is not possible for me but lowering it dramatically is definitely very possible. I also can't afford to drink alcohol every single day so that actually might be beneficial if you think about it. Anyways, tonight I'm having a strange sort of snack and that is Mozzarella sticks which I bought in a frozen box at the store.
I will have maybe half the box and honestly I am just cleaning out my freezer and it's been a few days since I bought them and it's only once in awhile I eat unhealthy foods like this. I will be back to a normal healthy diet in just a few days once I finish the perogies that I have in my freezer (I think I bought too many because they were so cheap). I may try to actually start making healthy foods from scratch in the future, we'll see.
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