chubbygirl
New member
Hello and welcome to my new diary. I’ve been around this site for some time now – almost two years, and I have found it very helpful in my weight loss efforts. Some days when I can’t motivate myself I read a few journals and I find the motivation I need to keep pushing forward.
I’ve been around to lose weight for my wedding, my honeymoon and now it’s time to stick with it and continue the healthy lifestyle with the hope of starting a family this year. I always looked to my mother for weight loss support and although she was very supportive she never lived a healthy lifestyle for me to follow. Our family always ate a lot of starchy foods, processed lunches and lots of snacking before bed. We also weren’t the active type and watched a lot of television. I don’t want to lead the same lifestyle with my kids and I need to make these changes once and for all.
I’ve battled with my weight all my life and I don’t see an end to that anytime soon. I love food and sometimes think I have a serious addiction. The thing that has helped me with this battle is I also love to workout. I haven’t always felt this way though. Another thing that has helped me over the years is my growing knowledge for health, fitness and nutrition. I love to learn and try new things and I know that has contributed to my efforts. When I was younger I didn’t bother to learn about healthy living and was always looking for the next quick fix. Well the quick fixes always lead to yo-yo dieting and unfortunately my metabolism suffered. Because of the yo-yoing I’m also left with deep stretch marks that I will never be able to fix.
My highest weight was in University around 2003/2004 where I got up to 224 – I’m not even sure if that was the highest because I refused to weigh myself until I was well into a weight loss program at that time. Since then I have been trying to get to my weigh loss goal of 135 and have yet to get there. I have come close this year where I got down to 142 and felt on top of the world. I’ve come close a few times but then I always have something going on where the healthy living takes a back seat to life and I let my weight creep back up.
I’ve recently gone off the birth control pill and plan to start trying for a baby around June. It’s going to take a little while to get my cycle back on track and I’d like to get close or even to my goal before we start trying. Another major recent change is I quit smoking pot – it’s been three weeks and I’ve been an avid smoker for the last 10 years. I want to feed my body clean healthy foods and get back into a regular exercise program. Friday I weighed in at 149.6, I’m 28 years old and I stand at 5’6. Here are my goals going forward:
- weigh in every Friday morning
- never let two days go by without exercise
- limit processed food
- decrease portion sizes
- drink lots of water and herbal tea
- take my vitamins daily
- limit alcohol to 2-3 drinks per week – only till I start trying
I already feel like I have succeeded in life – I have a great paying job, a wonderful husband, a great house in the country and a wonderful extended family. Getting to my goal weight or delivering a healthy baby will just make it all that much more perfect and I’m willing to do everything in my power to make that happen. Looking forward to telling you all about it as I get there.
I’ve been around to lose weight for my wedding, my honeymoon and now it’s time to stick with it and continue the healthy lifestyle with the hope of starting a family this year. I always looked to my mother for weight loss support and although she was very supportive she never lived a healthy lifestyle for me to follow. Our family always ate a lot of starchy foods, processed lunches and lots of snacking before bed. We also weren’t the active type and watched a lot of television. I don’t want to lead the same lifestyle with my kids and I need to make these changes once and for all.
I’ve battled with my weight all my life and I don’t see an end to that anytime soon. I love food and sometimes think I have a serious addiction. The thing that has helped me with this battle is I also love to workout. I haven’t always felt this way though. Another thing that has helped me over the years is my growing knowledge for health, fitness and nutrition. I love to learn and try new things and I know that has contributed to my efforts. When I was younger I didn’t bother to learn about healthy living and was always looking for the next quick fix. Well the quick fixes always lead to yo-yo dieting and unfortunately my metabolism suffered. Because of the yo-yoing I’m also left with deep stretch marks that I will never be able to fix.
My highest weight was in University around 2003/2004 where I got up to 224 – I’m not even sure if that was the highest because I refused to weigh myself until I was well into a weight loss program at that time. Since then I have been trying to get to my weigh loss goal of 135 and have yet to get there. I have come close this year where I got down to 142 and felt on top of the world. I’ve come close a few times but then I always have something going on where the healthy living takes a back seat to life and I let my weight creep back up.
I’ve recently gone off the birth control pill and plan to start trying for a baby around June. It’s going to take a little while to get my cycle back on track and I’d like to get close or even to my goal before we start trying. Another major recent change is I quit smoking pot – it’s been three weeks and I’ve been an avid smoker for the last 10 years. I want to feed my body clean healthy foods and get back into a regular exercise program. Friday I weighed in at 149.6, I’m 28 years old and I stand at 5’6. Here are my goals going forward:
- weigh in every Friday morning
- never let two days go by without exercise
- limit processed food
- decrease portion sizes
- drink lots of water and herbal tea
- take my vitamins daily
- limit alcohol to 2-3 drinks per week – only till I start trying
I already feel like I have succeeded in life – I have a great paying job, a wonderful husband, a great house in the country and a wonderful extended family. Getting to my goal weight or delivering a healthy baby will just make it all that much more perfect and I’m willing to do everything in my power to make that happen. Looking forward to telling you all about it as I get there.
, they all sound like wonderful and achievable goals and I am really looking forward to seeing you get to them day by day. You are a huge inspiration to me and I am so happy to see that you have such wonderful things in your life. I look forward to working hard with you and motivating eachother! Happy Monday!!
!! Love you!!!
I love that you were able to use a gym on the boat - how cool! Looks like you had no problem getting back into the swing of things. I haven't gotten myself back into it just yet, but then again, I have been distracted with tons of homework, school, and my boy. I went for a 35 minute run last week outside and the next few days my legs were KILLING me... too much too soon following spring break. Once the stress of school starts to go, I will get back into the exercising but right now I just can't find the time for it, and I miss it!
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! He deserves it! Sorry they called away your hubby so fast like that. And that really sucks about all your healthy dinners you were looking forward to eating together. I have had to PUSH MYSELF to just cook for myself alone. In the beginning, not one bit did I like it. But now, I actually like making a dinner, bubble bath after workout, and just enjoying ME! 
!! (i had just munched down 10 saltine crackers + the 2 servings of 5 saltine crackers I had throughout the day= 20 saltines-8pts!) That was the worst of my eating. I just couln't put them down. I was so sick, I could barely taste anything all day. But the crunch! I could hear the crunch~! And then I got cotton mouth from all the dryness of the crumbled saltines in my mouth. hahaha.
! Yesterday ended on a great note but for a few hours I thought it was going to turn into a disaster. I had some bad miscommunication with hubby through text messages and decided to skip the gym and go home and sulk. He’s working such long hours that we don’t get to talk on the phone often so we txt during his breaks and we were texting about finances and at one point he told me he was annoyed at me for being so tight with the money (because he wanted to start playing poker online for money) and it hurt my feelings. I didn’t realize he was only going to play with $20 and thought it was more like $100 – anyway texting is not the best way to communicate a matter like that.