The beginning of my journey
Intro You know how it is...most of us have been there...the pounds creep on (and sometimes off) year by year..but one day you just say ENOUGH!!!
Today is that day for me!
About me... I am an overweight thirty something. I met my DH in 1999 when I looked pretty good although I was about 14lbs overweight at that time. I had already given birth to 2 beautiful boys and had no intention of having any more. DH brought his 2 beautiful boys into the relationship - so between us we had done our bit for the human race!
A few years down the line we changed our minds and decided that a baby together would be kind of nice! We had some disapointment and heartache but eventually along came baby Kai (yes, another boy!)
Somewhere between there and now I have managed to gain a whopping 30lbs! I don't feel good about it but it's there and I've been living with it - kidding myself it's-not-that-bad-really.
My Goal to lose 44lbs!
to lose 44lbs!My Motivation
I have 3 years until I'm forty. I don't want to be FAT & FORTY! Simple eh, well you'd think so - but where do I start!
My Plan ...ah....actually I don't really have one...well not a proper one anyway. I joined weightwatchers online earlier in the year but haven't really done anything with it since the end of the first week. I have done little excercise since having my little boy 11.5 months ago. So I guess my plan is - commit to ww and start some kind of excercise regime. Yay! Don't you just love it when a plan comes together :)
My Challenges
Time - I always feel under pressure timewise. I don't work but my boys and Hubby keep me really busy! This means I often eat on the run or wait until I am so hungry that I just eat the wrong thing.
Willpower - or lack of. Alcohol is my Achilles Heel! I love to drink a beer or two at the end of the day or when socialzing at the weekend. Drinking alcohol on a night lowers my resistance to snacking. Midnight munchies are a bit of a weakness.
Lack of support & temptation - there are too many people around who are quick to encourage me to stray from the path when I'm trying to make healthy choices. Don't you just hate that phonecall when you have nothing planned for dinner...."shall I just pick up a take away tonight"......ooooooh....this is not going to be easy....but then few worthwhile things are 