Monday, November 30, 2009
Adendum to Exercise post
Under the advice of my sweet hubby, I'm going to only add a loop this week. He's right...I'm a little too ambitious! I'll work up to the 5 miles instead of trying to do it all in one week... He's so smart!
Exercise Log
I'm happy to say that I just walked 1.422 miles with my precious V and our doggy Molly. It felt great! We're going to do the loop in our neighborhood twice tomorrow. I'm hoping to had a loop every day until we're up to 5 miles a day.
What was I thinking?
Wow! What was I thinking! I just realized that I have opened up a can o' worms! Now, I'm actually going to have to do this... I mean really try to lose the weight. I've just put my life on the web, or at least my weight life on the web. All my ups and downs...I clearly must be going through an early mid-life crisis!
V is such a great encourager! She really wants me to be healthy and succeed. I'm wanting to make these changes not only myself, but for C and for V. I would like to be around for a long time to grow old with C and to see V grow up, married-Lord willing and all that good stuff. I know that if I continue down the path of obesity, my life will be shortened significantly. I have heart disease, obesity, high cholesterol and other fun health problems in my family. I want to be healthy now, not when I have been diagnosed with these diseases.
By the way, thank you so much for all the encouraging messages that you have sent! I know that I am completely loved and prayed for. I am so excited to see what the Lord is going to do with my life through this blog!
V is such a great encourager! She really wants me to be healthy and succeed. I'm wanting to make these changes not only myself, but for C and for V. I would like to be around for a long time to grow old with C and to see V grow up, married-Lord willing and all that good stuff. I know that if I continue down the path of obesity, my life will be shortened significantly. I have heart disease, obesity, high cholesterol and other fun health problems in my family. I want to be healthy now, not when I have been diagnosed with these diseases.
By the way, thank you so much for all the encouraging messages that you have sent! I know that I am completely loved and prayed for. I am so excited to see what the Lord is going to do with my life through this blog!
Today is the first day of the rest of your life
So, I'm not much of a writer, let alone diligent enough to write everyday. But then, it dawned on me, maybe my musings will touch someone struggling the way I am. So here it goes...
Tomorrow is my 39th birthday! Wow, I can't believe that I am one year from 40. I'm not bemusing it, I'm just in awe that I am this old. I certainly can feel it when I get up in the morning and when I realize that I can't stay up as late as I used to. I've been overweight for the last 15 years. When I got married, I was a healthy 140-145. I worked out 4 times a week, tried to eat healthy, etc. But I made a big mistake when I got married... I married a SKINNY man. Not just thin, but SKINNY! C has weighed the same since highschool. He hasn't really lost any weight and really hasn't gained any either. He's not a bird eater, he just has an incredible amount of energy! I thought that I could eat as much as he could...NOT!
The first 15 lbs crept up on me... On our 1st anniversary, I weighed 160, then the next year it was 170, keep going and then by our 6th anniversary, I was 187 lbs! How did this happen? In 1998 I had two huge events, I had a miscarriage in April of '98 and then became pregnant in September of '98. Did this have something to do with the huge weight gain? Not sure... In May of 1999, I gave birth to our beautiful daughter V. But I weighed a wopping 210! Yes, I did have H.E.L.P.S./Toxemia, but that doesnt' account for the fact that I kept on the weight! I fluxuated with weight gain from there on out. I even tried to teach a weight loss class thinking that maybe
if I was with other women that were trying to lose weight and I was the leader, that I would be inspired to lose and be an example. WRONG! I lost a little, got down to 194, but gained it all back!
Jump to 2006, my brother-in-law got married. Thankfully, I wasn't in the wedding, but I was a prominent member, being family. Got front row seats! Anyway, I wore a beautiful sage green silk dress that I made. However, it looked really nice on the pattern, not on me. I looked like a blown up green bean! Tip, if you are overweight and short, DO NOT wear a long skirt and all of one color. It's not pretty on and it's not pretty for others to see! After seeing pictures of me, I realized, Wow I am fat. I'm not self-deprecating, I'm speaking the truth!
So, in tears, I went to J.C., because if it helped Kristy what's her name, it will certainly help me. Well, after several hundred dollars in membership dues and food, I lost about 10lbs, but only went back periodically. So, that was a bust. Even before this, I tried other "membership" weight loss programs , but found that I was just wasting my money. So, I tried losing weight at home. It worked for a little bit but something happened... I BALLOONED! I got up to my highest weight ever... 218. 218 on a 5'3" body ain't pretty. And it hurt! My knees and feet were killing me.
In 2008, I went to my parent's house for our annual summer visit. My brother and family were coming too. What we weren't expecting was that my sister-in-law who was also overweight had lost a whopping 75lbs. She looked incredible! Through the Lord, diligence, exercising, and eating right, she did it over 9 months. Way to go W! So, now I was inspired... I even walked almost everyday at my parent's park behind their house. I was serious now... Bought the book that she used,etc. I was going to be healthy when I saw her again. Well, like most people trying to lose weight I stayed with it for about a week and then stopped. Too hard... Later on that year, a dear friend's husband, K-licious, challenged me to bet. Who could lose the most weight by the end of 2008. I took his challenge and by some miracle, I won. I lost 23 lbs. I was down to 195. I hadn't been that weight in 9 years. Very excited! Even bought some new clothes...
Fast forward to November 30, 2009. As I sit here... I just weighed myself, 203.5. I've gained some of the lost weight back. And T-day had nothing to do with it! So, it brings me to my blog. I've decided that I want to chronicle my daily struggle with weight loss, eating right, and exercising in hopes that maybe I will finally get victory over this stronghold in my life and perhaps I might just help someone in the process.
Goals for my blog...
1. Weekly entry of weigh in
2. Daily entry of exercise
3. My musings
4. Whatever comes into my little mind
I hope that you find this funny, enjoyable, and maybe even helpful! Have a super week!
Tomorrow is my 39th birthday! Wow, I can't believe that I am one year from 40. I'm not bemusing it, I'm just in awe that I am this old. I certainly can feel it when I get up in the morning and when I realize that I can't stay up as late as I used to. I've been overweight for the last 15 years. When I got married, I was a healthy 140-145. I worked out 4 times a week, tried to eat healthy, etc. But I made a big mistake when I got married... I married a SKINNY man. Not just thin, but SKINNY! C has weighed the same since highschool. He hasn't really lost any weight and really hasn't gained any either. He's not a bird eater, he just has an incredible amount of energy! I thought that I could eat as much as he could...NOT!
The first 15 lbs crept up on me... On our 1st anniversary, I weighed 160, then the next year it was 170, keep going and then by our 6th anniversary, I was 187 lbs! How did this happen? In 1998 I had two huge events, I had a miscarriage in April of '98 and then became pregnant in September of '98. Did this have something to do with the huge weight gain? Not sure... In May of 1999, I gave birth to our beautiful daughter V. But I weighed a wopping 210! Yes, I did have H.E.L.P.S./Toxemia, but that doesnt' account for the fact that I kept on the weight! I fluxuated with weight gain from there on out. I even tried to teach a weight loss class thinking that maybe
if I was with other women that were trying to lose weight and I was the leader, that I would be inspired to lose and be an example. WRONG! I lost a little, got down to 194, but gained it all back!
Jump to 2006, my brother-in-law got married. Thankfully, I wasn't in the wedding, but I was a prominent member, being family. Got front row seats! Anyway, I wore a beautiful sage green silk dress that I made. However, it looked really nice on the pattern, not on me. I looked like a blown up green bean! Tip, if you are overweight and short, DO NOT wear a long skirt and all of one color. It's not pretty on and it's not pretty for others to see! After seeing pictures of me, I realized, Wow I am fat. I'm not self-deprecating, I'm speaking the truth!
So, in tears, I went to J.C., because if it helped Kristy what's her name, it will certainly help me. Well, after several hundred dollars in membership dues and food, I lost about 10lbs, but only went back periodically. So, that was a bust. Even before this, I tried other "membership" weight loss programs , but found that I was just wasting my money. So, I tried losing weight at home. It worked for a little bit but something happened... I BALLOONED! I got up to my highest weight ever... 218. 218 on a 5'3" body ain't pretty. And it hurt! My knees and feet were killing me.
In 2008, I went to my parent's house for our annual summer visit. My brother and family were coming too. What we weren't expecting was that my sister-in-law who was also overweight had lost a whopping 75lbs. She looked incredible! Through the Lord, diligence, exercising, and eating right, she did it over 9 months. Way to go W! So, now I was inspired... I even walked almost everyday at my parent's park behind their house. I was serious now... Bought the book that she used,etc. I was going to be healthy when I saw her again. Well, like most people trying to lose weight I stayed with it for about a week and then stopped. Too hard... Later on that year, a dear friend's husband, K-licious, challenged me to bet. Who could lose the most weight by the end of 2008. I took his challenge and by some miracle, I won. I lost 23 lbs. I was down to 195. I hadn't been that weight in 9 years. Very excited! Even bought some new clothes...
Fast forward to November 30, 2009. As I sit here... I just weighed myself, 203.5. I've gained some of the lost weight back. And T-day had nothing to do with it! So, it brings me to my blog. I've decided that I want to chronicle my daily struggle with weight loss, eating right, and exercising in hopes that maybe I will finally get victory over this stronghold in my life and perhaps I might just help someone in the process.
Goals for my blog...
1. Weekly entry of weigh in
2. Daily entry of exercise
3. My musings
4. Whatever comes into my little mind
I hope that you find this funny, enjoyable, and maybe even helpful! Have a super week!
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