Goodbye, Thin Mints! Goodbye, Chicken Wings! You Will be Missed.

It’s time for a change.

Since I’ve graduated high school, I’ve steadily gained more and more weight. Now that I’ve had three months to heal from childbirth, it is time to get off this extra weight. I want to do this for several reasons…

 

1- My health. The past two years I’ve struggled with more health problems than I ever had, mainly digestive which in turn contributed to other health issues.
2- My husband. I don’t want to ‘let myself go’ as is what happens a lot after marriage.
3- My clothes. I’m tired of buying new clothes and have a ton of clothes that I’d like to fit into again.
4- My daughter. I want her to be a healthy child. The only way that’s going to happen is if her parents are healthy too.

 

 

I have to admit, I’ve tried to start a diet and exercising, or whatever, several times but I never managed to stick with it. I’ve thought about this. I think I can really stick with it this time. Here’s why…

 

 

1- Since I’ve gone back to work after maternity leave I’ve been cooking a whole lot more and a lot healthier. I’ve really made a routine of this and it really hasn’t been very stressful and I’ve actually had fun with it. The others times I’ve dieted, I’ve gone straight from eating fast food 5 times a week to trying to eat mainly veggies.
2- I have an amazing husband. He also wants to lose some weight so he’s on board with me. We’ve agreed to some things and I think we can stick with it.
3- I have more motivation than I’ve ever had.

 

So, here’s what we agreed to:

 

• Throw out all cookies, chips, candy and other unhealthy items that are in the house.
• Go walking and/or running for 30-40 minutes Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday-Sunday
• Cook only healthy food
• Only drink water while at home
• Weigh ourselves every Sunday
• Stay away from sweets and processed foods
• No cheating at all, even while at someone else’s house or out to eat

Yesterday we weighed ourselves. When I was in high school (and a serious runner), I weighed 110-115 lbs. Before I was pregnant I weighed 130lbs. Now I weigh 151.6 lbs!  My goal is to get to 115 lbs again so I need to lose 36.6 lbs. So the new lifestyle begins...