This is my first weigh in after starting my diet last Thursday, November 8th. This week I have lost 8.5 pounds! That’s a great start! I have been following Weight Watchers, and I am really sticking to it and making some wise choices about what to eat and what not to. Ryan has lost 5 pounds (I don’t know how he pulled that off!?!), and Jeremy is the same weight.
First, let me tell you some of my motivations in getting this diet started. First, of course, I want to look better. Then, my clothes are getting too tight once again, and I refuse to buy another size bigger! Then, there is the swelling in my ankles that I have been experiencing several times a week. Also, I have a significant familial medical history of obesity, heart attacks, and type II diabetes mellitus. And how about that I want to get my Gabi riding a 2-wheeler without training wheels next summer. I surely couldn’t run beside her bike holding on at this weight! It’s been hard enough trying to keep up with her right now at the very early learning stages with training wheels. Then, there is also that part of me that knows if I am eating better, then my family is too. My oldest, Jeremy, has been thinning out in the recent years…some due to growth… some due to more activity, but he needs to shed probably another 20-40 pounds to be at a healthy weight. Then, my husband, Ryan’s cholesterol would improve as well if he is eating more of the right kind of foods.
My goal weight is 160 pounds. That may seem like a lot of weight to some of you, but I reached 160 pounds about 17 years ago. I was very comfortable with myself at that weight. I was doing Weight Watchers then, too. And I was exercising daily (sometimes several times a day). My body was so healthy that I could feel it. I had even worked myself up to high impact aerobics and could keep up. Okay, I’m not going to shoot for that intensity of exercise as a goal because I was in my very early 20’s then, and hadn’t had kids yet either. So there I was a healthy 160 pound early 20’s young woman who was wearing a size 9. So, what happened? I actually kept it off for over a year. Then, I found out I was pregnant with Jeremy. Boy oh boy, pregnancy always has thrown my body for a loop. I was so nauseated all the time and so tired all the time. The nausea was usually better just after I ate. So, I ate a often, and I slept often. I gained just over 40 pounds with my pregnancy with Jeremy. That was still 20 under what I was when I had started. But a few months after that pregnancy, I started gaining again. With each subsequent pregnancy I weighed more at the beginning than the previous. I never gained as much with Gabi and Preston. I actually only gained 7 pounds with Gabi and 13 pounds with Preston, but as with my first, I started gaining again within a couple months afterwards.
So, anyhow, here I am on this journey to make my life healthier. I know I can do it, and I know there will be obstacles. I just have to remember the days I do get defeated by my temptations to pick myself, dust myself off, and start again. Just as I would tell my daughter as she learns to ride that 2-wheeler.
I have also found a couple products that have made this journey a bit easier, too.
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Wish Bone Salad Spritzers ~ Asian silk = 0 points for 10 sprays
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Kraft Free Cheddar Cheese = 1 points for 1/4 cup
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See you next week with less of me!
AWESOME job. You go girl.
I love the spritzers too.
Congrats to all of you on the losses.
Great JOB! I love those Kashi Bar, that flavor too, had one last night for my snack!
Holy smokes!! Eight-and-a-half POUNDS??!!! Wow, you keep this up and before you know it, you’ll have to run around in the shower just to get wet!!!! You go, girl!!
Yay, Shannon…….. That’s a great start. Try the Weight Watchers Wheat Bread..1 point for 2slices and it tastes great too. I have the new points calculator for you when I see you next week along with some Fruities. You can eat the whole package and it’s only 1 point. Congrats to Ryan too 5 pounds is alot of weight for one week. Keep trying Jeremy I know you can do it too……
WOW! Amazing! 8.5 pounds!! Keep making those healthy choices and exercising and you’ll succeed in no time!!
WTG!
great job!!
awesome really…I have seen those spritzers in the store..now I will try them! thanks for the tip!!
keep up the good work!!!
8 pounds would be all the motivation I needed!!
you go girl!!!
lori
Great great great job!!!! Wow, keep up the good work and if you are looking for some amazing food suggestions try hungrygirl.com. She has the latest on new good for you food out there.
WTG!! That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congrats! that is great for a first week. Nothing like a big loss to keep you motivated!!
oh, my god!!! 8.5 lbs?? it’s awesome!!! you can do it girl!! stick to it!!!congrats to hubby too!
congrats on a fabulous start
congrats to you on the weight loss!
Understand the weight gain with pregnancy…with my first I gained 35 pounds and kept about 20 or so of it. The lost 3 lbs. and found out I was pregnant again. I gained more weight, but was able to keep it in same range. Same with 3rd, and by the time I had my 4th I figured I better get the weight off or I’ll be likely to keep it.
So I lost all my extra weight, looked and felt great…lost it with my 5th child as well. But with #6 I found that I had very little time…and now after my seventh, breastfeeding is not taking off ANY weight…I am the heaviest now that I have ever been…so I’m am ready for a fight to WIN!
YOU are doing GREAT!!! 8.5 pounds is AWESOME!!! Keep up the good work!
You are doing so great!! I know what you mean about the pregnancy throwing a loop in your eating plan. I was hungry all the time!
Wow! You’re really kicking some diet butt!
Great job! Keep it up girl! I completely understand. My weight gain came after children too. I am so ready to get it off! Keep it up. Lifting a prayer for you.
Blessings,
Angela
Congratulations on the loss – you are such a loser!!
Welcome! Great job on your loss this week. Keep up that good work…and you’ll reach your goals.
Hi, and congratulations on your weight loss last week. WW works for me too. And thanks for the tips. I’ll try the bars. I tried Fiber One but they had so much fiber they gave me intestinal cramps. I think the key to keeping weight off after we lose it is to not set such a rediculous goal weight. So I think your goal is fine. Sounds like you have some height that makes it work.
Mama Bear
Way to go! I also started my “diet” the same day as you and I weigh in tomorrow. I’m expecting a big loss as well for my first week because that is usually how it works for me and also my stomach has gotten smaller so something has fallen off LOL!
Congrats and good luck on your continuing weight loss!
Great job, you go girl.
Fantastic to have you on board! I am so happy for you too have the benefits. I am in your corner!
Thank you for your sweet encouraging words. We can do it.
Oooh, Asian silk – hadn’t seen that flavor! I have the red wine and the Italian and they are yummy. Congrats on a great start! (My husband lost 100 pounds in the time it’s taken me to lose 30. Men suck! And he can’t exercise because he has an arthritic hip so he REALLY sucks!)
Path to Health
Way to go.
Congrats on the loss, that’s awesome!!
I love the spritzers, too. They are so full of flavor!
Good luck this week!
Way to start off, girl! Keep it up!
Congratulations on the weight loss! I still have my baby “fluff” from Aiden.