OK. Here's my story:
I'm a 24 year old SAHM of three (6,5,and3). I smoked for 12 years and am now on day 20 of my quit! I have always been overweight and both my parents are very overweight. I would like to do something now while I can still tie my own shoes. I remember being embarrassed by my mom coming to school because of her size and I dont want to do that to my children. I'm not HUGE by anymeans. I am well proportioned and carry my weight well, but I dont want GET huge and I would love to be smaller. I wear a size 18 now. I wore a 10/12 when I was married three years ago. I would love to at least see that as the light at the end of a tunnel, however long that tunnel may be.
My quit has given me extra energy and time and instead of spending that smoking again, I'd like to become even more healthy. I dont really want to count calories. To me, that's just stressful and not very possible in a house with three youngsters. Basically, the past few weeks, I have removed all the junk. Occassionaly, I understand that there will be mac&cheese with hotdogs and peas. I will not, under any circumstances, remove starches from my diet. I love my potatoes, my breads and my pastas! So, I will not be dieting, just eating healthier.
Now that I'm a SAHM (just quit my job so I could focus more on College), I am able to cook more meals at home. Since I quit my job, they will budget meals - beans, pastas and the such. It may not be low cal and low cab, but they are not full of additives and junk which I think is a big improvement. I will be exercising as well.
I have already started getting up at 5:30am for my morning walk/jog. I would love to become a runner, but at 233lbs, it's kind of hard on the body to be bouncing all of that around. Plus being a newbie quitter, my lungs are not up to full function yet. I tried the jog/walk this morning: 5min brisk warm-up walk then 60sec jogging alternated with 90 minutes of walking. After the first 60 sec of jogging, I thought someone had dumped a bucket of razorblades into my lungs. My body was fine, but my lungs were going to explode. I did not try to jog again, but continued to walk this morning until I had been out for 30minutes. Then came home, did some core training and took a shower. I will continue to get up at 5:30am and do this until I am able to do the 60sec run without dying! Maybe then I'll actually get to do the alternating part! Lol. One step at a time!
I weighed myself this morning for the first time in 4months (last one broke and never had the motivation to go and buy a new scale). 4 months ago, I was over 245lbs, so I've done something right these past 4 months. lol. Lets see if I can continue it. Hopefully I'll be able to post some improvement pertaining to tomorrows A.M. run!
Wish Me Luck!
I'm a 24 year old SAHM of three (6,5,and3). I smoked for 12 years and am now on day 20 of my quit! I have always been overweight and both my parents are very overweight. I would like to do something now while I can still tie my own shoes. I remember being embarrassed by my mom coming to school because of her size and I dont want to do that to my children. I'm not HUGE by anymeans. I am well proportioned and carry my weight well, but I dont want GET huge and I would love to be smaller. I wear a size 18 now. I wore a 10/12 when I was married three years ago. I would love to at least see that as the light at the end of a tunnel, however long that tunnel may be.
My quit has given me extra energy and time and instead of spending that smoking again, I'd like to become even more healthy. I dont really want to count calories. To me, that's just stressful and not very possible in a house with three youngsters. Basically, the past few weeks, I have removed all the junk. Occassionaly, I understand that there will be mac&cheese with hotdogs and peas. I will not, under any circumstances, remove starches from my diet. I love my potatoes, my breads and my pastas! So, I will not be dieting, just eating healthier.
Now that I'm a SAHM (just quit my job so I could focus more on College), I am able to cook more meals at home. Since I quit my job, they will budget meals - beans, pastas and the such. It may not be low cal and low cab, but they are not full of additives and junk which I think is a big improvement. I will be exercising as well.
I have already started getting up at 5:30am for my morning walk/jog. I would love to become a runner, but at 233lbs, it's kind of hard on the body to be bouncing all of that around. Plus being a newbie quitter, my lungs are not up to full function yet. I tried the jog/walk this morning: 5min brisk warm-up walk then 60sec jogging alternated with 90 minutes of walking. After the first 60 sec of jogging, I thought someone had dumped a bucket of razorblades into my lungs. My body was fine, but my lungs were going to explode. I did not try to jog again, but continued to walk this morning until I had been out for 30minutes. Then came home, did some core training and took a shower. I will continue to get up at 5:30am and do this until I am able to do the 60sec run without dying! Maybe then I'll actually get to do the alternating part! Lol. One step at a time!
I weighed myself this morning for the first time in 4months (last one broke and never had the motivation to go and buy a new scale). 4 months ago, I was over 245lbs, so I've done something right these past 4 months. lol. Lets see if I can continue it. Hopefully I'll be able to post some improvement pertaining to tomorrows A.M. run!
Wish Me Luck!
AFTER QUITTING SMOKING, EVERYTHING JUST TASTED SO ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.