Current Weight (as of Saturday, March 20, 2010): 173.6 Pounds
Total Weight Loss To-Date: 33.4 Pounds
Another week, and I've lost another 1.8 pounds - yay me!
This is pretty exciting and I'm hoping that I'm getting past that infamous plateau. The fact that I'm closing in on a 40 pound loss is amazing and the most amount of weight I've EVER lost. I know that I've been at this for 40 weeks, but I have to keep reminding myself that I didn't put 75 pounds on my body in 40 weeks - it's more like 30 YEARS. So, if it takes me more than a year to take it off, so be it.
This week, however, I'm facing some emotional challenges that have me making questionable choices. I got quite the double-whammy from Rob. He came home on Monday to tell me that as of mid-June, he will be laid off his job at the warehouse due to technological upgrading - others in the warehouse are also affected. He appears to be okay with this, but I know differently. He has self-esteem issues and they will surface again as June approaches. So, for me, this results in unbelievable worry - and that leads me to the fridge where there's chocolate and other goodies not so good for me. The other whammy came in the form of declined credit. Rob's car insurance was summarily cancelled as he has a somewhat unsteady payment history. Let me explain by going back to the beginning of the story...
Several years ago, he was working for a courier company that does not provide their own vehicles (or anything else for that matter). So, Rob had to use his own vehicle to make deliveries in the downtown core. In our town, the police are quite vigilant about cars parked where they're not supposed to be and ticket accordingly. Well, he accumulated numerous tickets over a very short period of time (none of which were paid for by his employer). Anyone who drives knows that the insurance industry doesn't care what type of infraction was committed, all offenders are punished equally. Rob quit this job because it came to the point where he was making no money and constantly getting tickets he had to pay for (not to mention to toll the abuse was taking on our car!). Rob went from job to job over the next while and making marginal money. Things got so bad, we had to sell our home, and we were left with nothing because we amassed huge debt. We moved into a modest apartment (almost didn't get that because of bad credit) and Rob got a new used car (the old one died). We're managing the car payments quite well, but the monthly insurance on it is outrageous - more than the monthly car payments! This because of the mountain of tickets Rob got while doing his previous job. The insurer figures Rob's a bad risk and really shouldn't drive, nevermind have insurance. Bear in mind that before this, he had a very clean record, now it's awful and he pays $450/month to drive. Well, this cost is absolutely prohibitive and Rob had trouble paying, so the insurer cancelled his policy. He's been searching for an insurer to take him, and found one. The problem is that they want $3,300 for six months of coverage up front!!!! We simply haven't got that money! So, Rob went to a financial institution to apply for a loan and was denied (actually we both were) because of a matter that is on our credit report and won't come off for a long time yet. So, it looks like we're stuck without insurance and the inability to drive around town. Again, an added stress to me...I know I'll be attempting a fridge raid again tonight when I go home. Chocolates - hide now!!! Wafers - hide now!!!! Ice cream - move to the back of the freezer and hide!!!!
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