a new year

So I haven’t done much with my weightloss and as a result weight 7.8 pounds more than when I start in August of 2009. I guess that’s not horrible, but it’s not good. I weighed 262.8 yesterday….and NEVER want to weigh that much ever again.

I’m starting all over and will be doing the following:

Keeping a food journal
Keeping a exercise journal
increase water intake
take meds/vitamins
stay within 1200- 1600 cal days

I am going to walk daily (if not 2x a day) at least a mile each time. I don’t have my bike anymore…so I will rely heavily on the walking as well as toning exercises.

My goal is to be 160 by end of year, which is a 2 pound loss average each week. I know I can do this…. I just need to do it.

Check in #2

I didn’t walk nearly as much as I needed to this week due to long hours at the office.  I was extremely good on food until yesterday – went to Cheesecake factory and shared lots of yummy food with my Mom.  I know  I can’t do that everyweek.

I was expecting the worst when I stepped on the scale this morning, but it turned out that I managed to lose 3.4 pounds!!!   I am .8 pounds away from shedding the first 10 pounds of my goal.

I’m going to take measurements on Wednesday (2 weeks from start date) to see if any of the walking has helped in that department.

Check In #1

I weighed in last Wednesday and found that I was 250.0.

I did my first check in yesterday and weighed 249.2.  I am 5.8 pounds closer to my goal – only 74.2 pounds to go!!!

Exercising primarily consisted of walking.  I walked 4 days for approximately 8.5 miles for the week.  I also biked 2.5 miles (stationary biked).   Here’s looking to another successful week!

The Journey Begins…Today

I’ve been overweight almost all of my life.  As a kid, I was “pudgy” but was not classified as overweight until I was late in my teens.  In 12 years I have gained 80 pounds. 

• 15 pounds after high school graduation
• 25 pounds after college graduation
• 25 pounds after getting married
• 15 pounds after having a child

I can’t keep gaining like this so it is time I put my health as a priority.

I will not be doing any fad diets (because I have tried a vast majority of them with little to no success) but incorporating portion control and healthier choices.  I will also be limiting my soda intake (I recently went 2 weeks without, 1 week with, and back to without).  I will limit sweets as well.  I know that sugar, bread, and pasta are contributing factors to my weight.

I do not have finances that will allow me to join a gym, so all of my exercise will be at home.  I walk in my neighborhood with my husband while pushing my son in a stroller.  We  have a makeshift home gym with a treadmill, bowflex thing, stationary bike, and free weights.  We also have boot camp vidoes for cardio workouts.

Let’s talk about my goals:

1. Lose the 80 pounds I have gained in the past 12 years
2. Lose additonal 15-25 pounds

I know Goal 2 is kinda vague, but I have never been below 175 in my adult life.  So yes, I am currently around 255 pounds (neglected to weigh this morning).  My doctor has recommended that 160-165 would be a good start for my 5 foot 3 frame.  Now I know that ideally, the height-weight chart recommends 120-140 pounds.  But as my doctor has said “some people don’t look right at goal weights”.  This is why I have a starting point and will seek my physcians opinion on any additional weight goals when the time comes.

I know it will take some time to shed all the layers that I have gained, but I need to do it.  Not only for myself but for my family.

I hope you will all encourage me along the way.