Ok, so I am done with the "Let's all be sure to raise Strippling Warriors and not Divorcee Porn Addicts talks". I'm moving onto a more immediately pressing issue that affects me and my family from day to day - my issue of weight - a more weighty matter, if you will.
I'm going to be very open and honest here though this is a very sensitive and secretive issue for many - I'm at least 25 lbs. overweight. I am 5'5 and weigh almost 165 lbs. - I should at the most for my height and body type weight 140, thus I need to rid myself of at least 25 lbs. I was about 10 lbs. overweight when I got pregnant (I was 140 when I got married over 2 years ago) and got up to 192 during pregnancy!! For those of you who are mathematically challenged - that's a gain of 42 lbs when my recommended weight gain for my pregnancy was between 25-35 lbs. Granted I birthed an almost 10 lb. baby - but I had lost all but 5 lbs. of the weight in the first 2 months postpartum with nursing and sickness. My husbnd thought he finally had his wife back.
Now almost a year post partum I have gained 10 lbs. on top of the 5 I still had left to lose when I was already 10 lbs. overweight...got it?
I promised myself by the time my baby hit the year mark I'd have lost it all and then some. Well, at this point that is NOT a do-able goal, but I am determined to make it back to the place where I had only 5 left to lose and then work from there on a new game plan for losing more by year end (I was 120 in my 'anorexic' high school days and looked pretty darn good so that's my ultimate goal!)- so that'd be losing about 10 lbs. in a month's time. That'd be a little over 2 lbs. per week. For someone who is overweight, losing- especially at first- should not be too much of a challenge though I have maintained my excess weight, which means I will have to make some changes and stick to them.
I have told people before I was attempting to lose weight by a certain time period but that fell through and they love me anyway and accept me as I am so the whole 'telling people to solidify the committment to yourself thing' kind of fell through the cracks on this one. I know have come to the conclusion that I went about it the wrong way and am trying it again. I am telling whoever reads this blog that I AM going to lose 10 lbs. by September 20th 2008 when I give my son's Birthday party at Sugarhouse Park. There WILL be lots of celebrating going on!
I am NOT going to post a pre-weight loss picture here b/c let's face it- those pictures hang around in our subconcious and when we see the person (as most of you see me on a daily basis) we can only see that disturbing vision of them. Just catch a gander of me at church or wherever and assess my figure now so you can give me big congratulations and mean it later on. I'll post again regarding this goal weekly and if I am NOT hitting my needed numbers - then HARRASS me, JUDGE me, VERBALLY ACCUSE me of being slovenly..ok, well maybe that's going a bit far- but please help me! It is up to you bloggers of America to help my husband get his wife back so she can unabashedly put on a swimsuit and swim with her son at the pool or not have to constantly tug at her shirt to hide the jelly rolls or avoid reflections of herself and pictures because the resulting images are more than disturbing! I would think I was the most fatty patty of the universe whenever I pigged out for awhile and reached 145-150lbs then exercise like a wild woman to get it off - Oh how the tides have changed! And don't excuse me with the whole "Well, you've had a baby and your body has really changed"...DER. But I see tons of women get back into shape after 6 babies so that's not a deal-breaker for me..besides the fact that I WAS almost back down and took up some bad habits...though I will say I have never been so sedentary in my life or tied to the house with nursing and naps (there's the only excuse that will pass my lips and I'm even overriding that one now that the baby is more on the go and nursing much less).
Well, that's it for now. Peace Out.
(P.S. I made Mark promise me that as soon as I lose the weight I can get pregnant again, so this is very important to me in more ways than one!! :)
6 comments:
You go Liz!
You, my girl are more than a little wierd.
but- ok. I too am trying to get back to the smaller "me". Mostly because none of my clothes fit.
And because I'm shallow and vain.
What Megan did with sucess was limit herself to one serving at meals (rather thans 2nd and 3rd) and we all started jogging in races. It gave us a goal and we got a goodie bag with a t-shirt. She would take Isabella with her (dad pushed most of the time) and now Isabella has a love of running as well. Now we have tons of memories and photos.
I also just read that a way to get to see results quickly, are Intervals.
which I hate but if they work?....
Liz- My darling cousin had three babies and finally decided she was desperate to lose all of the weight gained during the process. She has been doing South Beach for 12 weeks and lost 32 pounds - seriously, she looks almost like the day she was married. It's been amazing!
Anyway, Alex and I are in the midst of the South Beach thing and I must admit it's really been hard for me (I LOVE sugar). Hopefully I will start feeling like there are results soon. If so, I might recommend it....we'll see... :)
Good luck!
Amelia- thanks for the support- I'll need it in the next month!
Terra- That's a fabulous idea - now that it's a bit cooler I plan on working my tush off with Slade in the Coozer and me riding around on my Huffy working off the cals!
Sarah- My problem isn't really with the regular food (though I DO enjoy my butter and salad dressing WAAAY too much)- its more with sweets. Let me know if that diet works out though and I'll get on board! That's good to know about losing the weight - so many people chalk it off to having kids but that's just carzy talk to me!
You might want to look into the "Belly Fat Diet" it's supposed to target the middle region and works in a daily alotment of chocolate =)
Lix- I am so proud of you for this post! I don't think I could ever post what I weigh. I know you will be able to reach your goal-it may be tough but you can do it. You are one determined lady. Keep us posted!!
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