Day two coming to an end

Thursday, December 6, 2007 00:02:23

I'm back home after visiting my trainer and hanging with some friends for a bit. I have to say, it was a good day. I stayed within my point range and earned some activity points.

I even inspired my 18 year old to get some cardio in. He's very into weight lifting, but HATES cardio. He saw some pictures of me when I was his age and I was only about 15-20 pounds overweight. He realized that since he's heavier than I was at that age, if he's not careful he'll end up much, much larger when he's my age.

Yup, feeling pretty good.

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For real this time

Thursday, December 6, 2007 00:01:23

Since this is my first post, I guess I should do a bit of an intro. I'm a 42 year old SAHM to 3 lovely kids (18,2 and 1) and I've married to a pretty great (most of the time) guy for nearly 5 years.

I've been fat for most of my life, I was born a preemie--but by the time I was in Kindergarten I was 10% over normal weight. Being fat nearly forever really shapes who you are as a person. I learned early to try to be funny 'cause that way people didn't make fun of me too much.

I've tried millions of times to lose weight--and that's probably less of an exaggeration than I'd like to admit. Right before high school I went on the "orange for lunch" diet and dropped about 15 pounds. During my first year of college instead of gaining the freshman 15, I lost about 20 pounds by eating half portions of the horrible dorm food and walking all over campus.

None of those attempts stuck and I managed to pick up lots of bad habits along the way.

So, what makes this time different? I don't know. Right now I feel a level of resolve I haven't felt before. Part of it could be that I'm getting older and I'm beginning to see my health slip. My blood pressure is higher than it should be, my left knee is always sore.

To make this time my last, I'm working with a personal trainer 3x a week and I'm doing Weight Watchers since it seems the most workable plan for me at the moment. I also have a treadmill and some DVDs that should see the light of day occasionally.

I want to use this blog as accountability and as a place to vent and hopefully stay on track.

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Line in the sand

Day two coming to an end

For real this time