I cannot believe that I have wasted the past months. This is ridiculous. It is time to believe this can be done and just keep wading toward my goals. I deserve this. It can be done. My friend Maureen did it and she is now my hero! LOL
I started going to Weight Watchers meetings, so my numbers will be coming straight from their scale. It got too confusing going there and coming home and seeing a difference in my scale at home. So no more scale at home. I also have started working out on the TransFIRMer. I adore it, but boy do I feel dumb doing 2 of the 3 workouts! They are pretty fast paced but I will stick with it. Currently, I am doing The Firm workouts three times a week and treadmill twice a week. By currently, I mean starting this week. ;)
I am also counting Points. I know you don't have to on Core, but I think I need to get a good look at where I am with my portion sizes. So I guess I am following what some people have termed Flore... which is Core and Flex shoved together. It makes me laugh, so it will stick.
Patience has never been my virtue. NEVER. I know I need to be patient, but it is difficult.
I had a rockin' first week on Weight Watchers CORE. I lost 6.8 pounds. I love it when that happens! However, for some reason, I am stuck. I have been following the program, but nothing is happening. I will be so disappointed if I weigh in on Monday and find no change in the scale. How can this be?
I know the scale isn't everything, but... I just get so frustrated.
Although it is easy to start well- the trick is maintaining. I have eaten healthy, whole foods and I walked on the treadmill today for 40 minutes. I want to walk longer, but wanted to start slowly for a bit so I don't get discouraged. I walked 1.5 miles, I think... I can't remember. I was at 3.4 mph most of the time.
I feel pretty good this morning- hope to get some errands done today as well as clean the house.
I am counting WW Points, and have used 4 so far for breakfast and snack.
I guess I should do that... even if noone is reading this but me. It gives me a place to start, I guess.
My name is Jaime. I am a 30 year-old SAHM to my ultimate blessing in life, my 3-year-old daughter Carina. She is such a joy and I thank God every day for sending her to me. My husband just started his own law firm (well, almost two years ago, but it still feels like he just started) so things have been hectic to say the least.
Food is so much a part of our lives and it is insane. The food craze needs to stop. I swam competitively all my life- starting when I was 4 and on through high school. Basically, I could eat whatever I wanted and I would burn it off. I never even gave it a second thought. I was at a regional competition my junior year when I injured my right shoulder. Pretty badly, in fact... I couldn't swim competitively anymore, and I was lost. This was all I had done for my whole life, and it was taken away in an instant.
Now, I was never skinny. I had a pretty athletic body through high school... but I have wasted that and I am so ashamed.
This is an end to that shame, though.
My goals for the rest of this week are:
1. Walk on my treadmill for three out of the five days
2. Water, water, water
3. Watch my portion sizes
I am making a menu for next week, and will grocery shop with that list on Friday. Until then, I need to take baby steps and try to get life back under control from the holidays. My parents left this morning, so time to get back to real life! ;)
I am planning to do a combo plan- WW Points and Six Week Body Makeover. I did the 6WBMO and it worked, but I don't think it could be a lifestyle change. The no-salt meals were NOT working for the family... so this is my plan... I am sticking with 6WBMO principals during the day... and counting my points as well. Then, at night, I plan to make a healthy dinner that still fits in with my Points.
I do need to watch my salt- I have found that salt is my enemy.
I have to admit, I am terrified. Nail-biting, teeth-chattering, body-shaking terrified. I can hear the cliche now- New Year's Resolution... I hate that phrase. I hate that everyone laughs and says, "Oh, yeah... I make a resolution to lose weight every year, and it never works." Ugh.
So, this isn't a resolution. I just happen to have started at the beginning of the year. This has to be a life change. I hate that I am addicted to food. I hate that I have no self-control.
I was sitting in church last week and the pastor was talking about being healthy. All-around healthy. Not only weight, but spiritual and physical and everything that makes us healthy individuals, inside and out. He was talking about how we are temples, and most of us treat our bodies so badly that if we were buildings, we would be the buildings hiding behind the weeds, behind the unkempt lawns and the missing shingles, the buildings that need to be painted and shown a little TLC. And it hit me. *That* is exactly what I am doing to my body. I hate that my body is screaming out for TLC and in response, I shove another cookie or chocolate in my mouth.
