My Fattest Picture Ever!!

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I was looking at some pictures this week and I ran across this picture of me when I weighed the most.  My son and I were both at our fattest.  Of course, since then he has grown lots taller, and he weighs more now, but he is skinny.  Unfortunately for me, I haven't grown any taller.

I have always had this picture put away where only I could see it.  I didn't ever want to let myself get this heavy again.  I haven't!!  I have gotten way too close though.  This is when I weighed about 195.  I think I was wearing a size 16.  I wore stretchy pants so probably I was really into a size 18.  

I think I was 45 years old in this picture.  

Then I found this picture.

In this picture I am about 28.  I was fairly thin then.  If I got over 125 pounds I though I was huge.  I'm not sure exactly what I weighed at that time.  Probably around 110.  Since I am 5'5" tall, that is probably on the low side on the BMI chart.

One of my recent pictures.

Now I am posting one of my recent pictures.  It is not a great picture and one I have posted before.  It shows where I am today.  I am about 160 pounds.  I am losing weight and I have dropped 25 pounds in this most recent weight loss journey.  I am in a size 8.   

Well now I will be 59 in two months.  I may never be the size of the young mom in picture number 2.  In between the years of the fat picture and now I have spent lots of time in the gym working out.  I haven't worked out consistently in the last year.  This last year I went through some rough times and I allowed myself to get heavy again.  I am going to keep these pictures as reminders of the person I have been.

I hope to never be any heavier than I am today.  I hope to to lose about 20-30 more pounds.  I don't know how much I will lose, and it may take some time to get it off.  I do know that I will work at losing and getting into better physical shape.  I will commit to working out on a routine basis.  

Why have I allowed myself to go from one weight to another over the years.  Is it all emotionally triggered?  If so, how do I stop it?

I am determined to make this the last time I go through this weight loss journey.  I know a big contributor to my excess weight is sugar. I have known this for several years now.  I gave up sugar for about six months twice that I can remember.  When I was close to 50 I got into a size 4.  The last time was about 3 years ago.  I lost most of my weight that time.   This time it is coming off slower than it did in the past.

I think blogging about it this time is going to be the catalyst that allows me to get to a healthy weight and stay.  I may have little ups and downs, but I think blogging about those things will let me work my way through the hard times.  

My goal is to stay away from sugar and flour and to eat more in the Paleo/Low Carb/ Primal diet range.  If I can do this permanently the weight should stay off.  That is my goal.

How do you get through the hard times?

Tell me what your goals are.  How do you get through the hard times?  Are you an emotional eater?  Do you eat out of boredom?

Are you willing to post your fat pictures?