Happy Birthday to Me

One of my all-time favorite celebrities, RuPaul has a saying: "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?"

Sometimes the best advice DOES come from a drag queen.

I am 32 years old today. Today is the day I really make an effort to get my shit together.

I applied to a few schools last week for nursing. I am having issues getting transcripts from my previous school where I got my Medical Assisting certificate in 2002. They say I owe them money. I beg to differ. When I got the news, I was pretty upset about the possibility of this stopping my plans of going back to school. I've had a few days to think about it, and I am not going to let this stop me. There is no reason that it should. I will go up to that school and raise hell in the registrar's office, if need be.

Now, I know this blog is primarily supposed to be about my weight loss journey. And I am getting to that.

Since I have been unemployed (about 2 months now), I have gained close to 20lbs. Most of this is water from either not having my meds to take, or just not taking them. Yes, I know this is bad...I'm sure my BP is up from me swelling like a balloon.

So here is what I am going to be doing:

1. Starting tomorrow, I will be taking all the meds I have that I am supposed to be taking. And I'm adding in an OTC water pill, cause I'm sure ALOT of this weight is water.

2. I am going to log every single bite of food and every single drop I drink.

3. I am going to try to move more.

#3 may be the hardest thing for me to do. I'm 330.4lbs right now. It hurts to get up out of a chair or out of bed. I have 20 stairs to get up into my apartment. Yesterday, during our garage sale, I limited my liquid intake cause it hurt too much to get up and down the stairs. I am now one of those women I used to see at Walmart and think "At least I'm not THAT big". Well, I am now.

I will also be posting current pictures for "before" pics, and posting my menus daily, both here and on myfitnesspal.com.

So, happy birthday to me - this year, I'm giving myself my life back so maybe I can finally love myself enough to love others like I know I should.