In early December mark decided enough was enough, we were finally going to lose the weight. I told him, ok, But I’m not doing it until AFTER Christmas. Well guess what. It is now officially “after Christmas” . Gasp. Tomorrow is our first official day back in the real world. No more vacation, no more holidays, no more lying around the house eating packages of oreos, chocolate, other various cookies, chips, pies, and other various no-no’s. (umm that was all him, i ate carrots and celery the whooole time. 😉 Not buying it huh? siiiiiigh.
Today we went out and bought reinforcements. We bought a scale, *shudder*, and healthy foods. I dragged out all of our weight watchers paraphernalia, and mark even fixed my treadmill today ! Yay! (crap but now I have to use it!)
So we stepped on the dreaded scale tonight to log in our starting weight. Umm wow. This is the most either of us has weighed in our entire lives, and it does not feel good! Oddly enough we both have almost the same exact amount of weight we want to lose. Unfortunately that amount is exactly how much our 7 year old daughter currently weighs. I’m carrying a seven year old on my body!!!!! no wonder i’m so dang tired! We did the math, and if we loose CONSISTENTLY we should be at or at least near our target goal weight in six months. I can do this for six months! Six months from now is June. I can be in a bathing suit by June! This is very exciting to me.
Yes I have half heartedly attempted this in the past, but honestly I didn’t want it enough. I didn’t WANT to stop eating the things I was eating. But now, this time its different. This time it means somthing. First of all this year I turn the big THREE – OH . Yup I am going to be thirty. And I do not want to enter anouther decade being fat and unhealthy. Even more important, is this past year I’ve been having problems with my heart, and its super scary stuff. My doctor told me she was worried about my heart FOUR YEARS AGO. I’ve steadily gained since then. I want to live. I want to stay on this planet with my family. I want to be a healthy mom my kids can be PROUD of. I want my kids to stay healthy. I WANT THIS!
It really helps that Mark is in on this too. We will have each other for support, and will eat the same meals when we are together. That will make things easier on both of us. I am going to exercise at LEAST three times a week. I’ve always scoffed at this, saying thats not enough, but then I push myself and quit. I’m not going to set myself up for failure this time! Every little bit helps, and if I work out more than three times, GREAT! If not, I have not failed myself. I’ve stuck to my goal. I have to remember I am a very busy mom and wife and student and set realistic goals. Baby steps! Now that my treadmill is fixed I have no excuses!
So here we go, joining the other 3 billion people who “resolve” to lose weight for the new year!
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