37lbs or 63lbs

So I've lost 37lbs this year and 63lbs since I started school. In three pounds I will have lost 10% of my body weight since I started the year.I've lost over that since I started school. Kind of a big thing. It reduces your chances of getting Diabetes. Which people are always surprised I don't have. That frustrates me a little. Being overweight can lead to diabetes but doesn't have to. Of course when you know my family history that increases the chances. My father and sister have it. My aunt and uncle on my father's side have diabetes. My grandmother has it on my mother's side.

I'm excited about being so close to losing 40lbs this year. It's harder and harder not to fantasize about losing all this weight and what I can do.

I play with the idea of joining the peace corps after I finish my divinity degree. Of course when I finish my divinity degree and internship I will be 34. I could totally get into the right weight range for it by that time. I'm sure it would be trans formative. However that is then another two years which puts me at 36 before I even look for a job. And if I want to have a child of my own the chances of complications go up after 35. Of course I don't want to have a child right away after I get a job either. That's not fair unless I have a husband to help. But throwing myself into single parenthood right after I start ministry seems bad.

So if I skip the Peace Corps and get a job at 34 I could work a couple of years before getting pregnant. Of course I wonder how much of a scandal that would be.

Another option would be to work in community ministry or as a Chaplin. Or get a job as an associate minister until the kid goes to school. At least as a Chaplin I would have the more defined schedule.

These were options I hadn't considered before I really started losing weight.

Opening Blog

Ok, so on the advice of a friend I decided to start this. Since Feburary 24, 2010 I have been working on making a committment to myself and changing my life. Starting that day I have been exercising almost every day. For the last two months I have also changed the way I eat. I have stopped eating outside of meals. Except for once in a while when I am very hungry.

I am doing this for so many reasons. I have at this point lost 33 lbs this year. I started at 401lbs this year. And weighed 426lbs when I started school. I currently weigh 368lbs.