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Amazing weight
By sandi | March 23, 2010
I joined Weight Watcher a month ago in order to really understand my eating and to help me make better choices. There is definitely a learning curve to it and I think I have hit my stride with it. I have lost 7 pounds in a month and I know that I will make my goal of being able to wear a white dress at the beach this summer.
As I was reviewing a diary of my weight I was amazed that in April 2008 I weighed 30 more pounds than I do now. 30 pounds is a lot. 2 years time is a long time. It has taken some serious amount of time to get back to where I was. I currently am the weight I was before I had gotten pregnant with Annie. The next goal is to be the weight I was before infertility treatment and pregnancies.
I started the 30 day shred in the midst of the Weight Watchers program. This is one hard program. It really kicked my buns. Who am I kidding? It still kicks my buns each and every time I do it! I have had some set backs. I most likely had a stress fracture in my foot back 3 or 4 months ago. I don’t really know because I didn’t go to the doctor when I hurt it, I only went when the pain wasn’t going away. Thankfully I didn’t go back then because I would have hated wearing a walking boot. It is healing and while the doctor has suggested that I do only low impact for 6-8 weeks that isn’t going to happen. Currently I have a stress reaction and while it is painful if I press on the outer edge of my foot it doesn’t hurt at all to walk or run on it. I also have some issues with my kneecaps due to the high impact. I have some new shoes and some braces for my knees now so I should be good to go. So far I have done 11 days and if my knees and foot will hold out I plan to continue it.
There were several things I wanted when I started my weight loss journey 2 years ago.
* I wanted to lose weight gradually so that it would stay off.
* I wanted to avoid being a exercise junkie. I have seen far too many women my age get obsessed with exercise and I just wouldn’t be happy if that were me.
* I wanted to be able to enjoy each day of my life while achieving my goals. So often you see people allowing themselves no treats and not really enjoying their life. I could not do it. Everyday is a day of my life and I want each day to be a good one.
One thing I have realized during this is that I was too often giving myself treats. Telling myself that I deserved things because I worked hard. I know this is a common belief around America but it isn’t something I value. Things that should be special treats, like eating out or having a special dessert, had become normal day to day activities for me. I want myself and my children to get back to having those things sometimes. I don’t want to be gluttonous and I don’t want to passively teach my children to do this either.
Topics: Mom's Soap Box | 8 Comments »
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
ugh. why does it have to be so hard? and why do brownies taste so good?!
March 23rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Congrats on the 7 lbs. Your doing great!
March 24th, 2010 at 5:04 am
I am very proud of you. It is tough learning how to eat the right foods. Keep it up.
Love mom
March 24th, 2010 at 7:55 am
This is a serious workout.. I just started it and I cannot even walk after the first two days. I am tired of this low impact stuff that takes forever to come off so You have inspired me to try this shred! I may have cursed you a couple of times the second day as I was Attempting the workout as I could not even walk, but I do feel a difference after just a short couple of days! You look amazing girl and for that you should be proud and woot like crazy- even if it makes us sound like hipsters!! HAHAHA Here’s to walking normally sometime in the near future. :0)
March 24th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Kudos Sandi! Great job! I need to follow in your footsteps and be more disciplined. Having only 20 points a day is hard to stay on track (for me). You are my inspiration!
March 26th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Congrats on losing 30 pounds!
The first time hubby and I tried Level One of the shred we didn’t even finish. Got about halfway through and had to stop.
And we run 3 times a week so we aren’t hopelessly out of shape!
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