Welcome to my new dieting blog! In the last two years I’ve packed on 40 pounds. Mostly due to drinking beer and a lack of exercise. I’ve cut the beer out, am sticking to a healthy eating plan, and exercising daily.
Just How Much Do I Weigh?
Too darn much! Back on August 18th, the day I was dreading finally showed up one day before my 39th birthday. I was getting ready to go out for my birthday dinner and to my horror, my jeans wouldn’t zip! Right then and there, I decided to go back to my healthy ways of eating and exercising but of course, I had to have one last meal and a few Coronas!
The next morning, on my birthday, I weighed in. That was a shocker! My wonderful husband volunteered to go buy me a size larger jeans at Walmart. I’m pretty stubborn and there’s NO WAY IN heck that I was going to go up a size. I feel like, for me, that’s giving up and accepting my extra pounds and I’m just not willing to go there.
I’ve been sticking to my healthy ways of eating but did take a slight break while camping out at our local fair while my kids showed and auctioned off their pigs. I’d eat healthy in the morning and eat not so healthy fair foods at night but nothing fried. The good news here is that I didn’t GAIN any weight and that made me extremely happy!
A Little History
Back in 2004, I managed to drop 60 pounds with Weight Watchers at Home program. I did it all on my own with the support of the women on the Weight Watchers boards. I lost the weight fairly easily by sticking to the plan and exercising daily. I maintained this weight loss for two+ years and I guess I got cocking thinking I wouldn’t gain it back and ended up falling off the dieting wagon big time. I didn’t eat out of control but I virtually eliminated exercising from my life and that was a HUGE mistake.
My Weight Loss Goals
My goal is to drop back down to my previous weight loss weight. I want to look good in my jeans.
So Far So Good
I’m down 10 pounds so far! I’ve been walking two miles every morning. I can’t wait to get down another 10 pounds or so, I know I’ll start feeling wonderful. My 17 year old daughter and husband make comments to me daily that my butt is really shrinking. I wish they could say the same about my stomach! After four kids my stomach isn’t like it used to be!
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