About: Katie

7/8/14   1/4/16

I figured I should make a page to let people know all about meeeeeeee....

This.is was.me.

This.is.me.now.......UGH

Hi, I'm Katie and I like food... and eating... and drinking is all right too ;)  LOL  I'm 30....errrrr...31 32 years old *sigh* and have struggled with weight for as long as I can remember.  I remember being around the 120s before high school....and I *think* I remember being in the 150s towards the end of HS.... But everything's a blur.  I may have weighed more at those times... I feel like I've always been large.  And that's okay - BUT i'm definitely (over) due for a change!! Time to be healthy and let my daughter see healthy ways so that she hopefully never has to struggle like me. 

I feel like I should be a pro at all the fads...I know I haven't tried them all, but I've had my share:

• 7 Day Diet (of Hell) --- multiple times
• Slimfast
• Atkins
• South Beach (sorta)
• Dexatrim
• Slim Quick
• Weight Watchers
• My Fitness Pal
• VLCD (very low calorie diet) x2
• Herbalife
• Shakeology

I'm sure there's other things I've tried too, but obviously, I should be super skinny right?! haha  So not all those things are bad...Weight Watchers and MFP really do have some great aspects and lessons to them - I just haven't been able to fully make the lifestyle change I need to yet.  I have this tendancy of doing really well for weeks, maybe even months if I'm lucky, but then I slip back into old habits of pop, chips, candy, junk in general.  

So talking numbers:
I'm 5'4" and currently 297.8 lbs probably around 255 (haven't weighed myself in a week or so).. At my highest I was up to 273 (yikes!!!) back in March of 2014.  I had gotten down to 240 by May by doing VLCD and then fell off the wagon and put some back on.  In April 2013 I had gotten down to the high 230's.

This chart just shows my typical ups and downs since 2009...

I want to get to a healthy weight (I say 150 even though that's still technically overweight for my height -- but I say that because I can't even imagine it!)  To lose 100 lbs will feel incredible.  I can't imagine how much better I will feel.  I have the determination.  Even when I slip, I eventually get back up.  I need to remember that even if I make a mistake one day, that doesn't need to blow my whole day...week...etc.  

Okay -- if you have any questions, just ask!! I obviously don't really hold back :) 

XO Katie