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WW ladies
After yesterdays posts and hearing everyone elses struggle I've been thinking alot about my personal struggle. And besides the obvious loss of weight why I'm doing this. I thought it woul be a good point of discussion and might bring out some encouragement for us. So what is your purpose, goal, big why .....
Re: WW ladies
I'll go.
I've put on about thirty pounds (maybe more - was never much of a scale person) since I have been married, which is 5+ years now. I'm also a grad student and can do some serious stress snacking or eating on weird schedules, which does not help. I was always thin before and could lose weight easily in my twenties. That is not the case now that I am in my thirties. DH also helped me learn to love to cook. The down side to that was developing a taste for rich foods.
One thing that has made things worse for me was that my DH was diagnosed with diabetes in 2008 and controls it through a low-carb diet. That was really tough for me and I felt deprived of carbs / sweets, so I would overload on them when I was out with girlfriends, etc. DH ended up losing a lot of weight and I gained. My mentality was that if I wasn't going to eat carbs, I would eat all the non-carbs that I wanted and a lot of those were higher in fat.
I have tried for a couple of years to lose weight on my own primarily through exercise. Even when I was working out hard four to five times a week and getting great muscle tone, I did not lose a single ounce. I realized that I can't lose weight on my own because I was pretty much clueless about portion sizes. As my BFF says, the mouth can out-run the legs any day of the week.
My big moment of realization was this fall. I had been doing intensive yoga and swimming all summer and then when I went to put on my favorite pair of jeans (because it was to hot to wear them for months), they were too tight.
My reason for doing this is pretty simple: I want to be a skinny betch stone fox. Shouldn't be too hard, right?
The truth is that I want to feel more confident about my body. I feel pretty confident in most areas of my life, but I was really starting to slip in this one area. I started to feel paranoid that people who hadn't seen me in a long time would think "oh, she's really let herself go." I don't want to wear baggy shirts, squeeze into Spanx, spend crazy money on unusual sized bras, or feel badly when I see photos of myself that people put on FB. I *know* that I will feel better about myself if I can prove to myself that I have control over my weight.
Mine is a combination of the above.
I have a lot of issues with weight loss. I was NEVER overweight or even close to pudgy until after college. During college I was in an abusive relationship. It was really bad on me. I went from a happy size 6, to a depressed 2 in a month. I looked aweful. I'm very curvy no matter what my size, and you could tell I was sick. When I got out of that relationship and started getting help, I got to an 8 and stayed there for awhile. Then we moved to Laredo. Between the food and lack of any friends or support (only a DH that was gone a lot) I gained another 20 pounds.
I've never known how to lose weight, ever. In college I just worked out and the pounds would slip off. Now I'm having to eat right to be healthy, and it sucks. But it is working. My DH knows I'm not healthy being overweight. Honestly though, I'm kind of scared to lose weight. Right now my mood is fantastic. My depression is under control, I like my job, and I'm back around my family and friends. When I was thin, I was miserable.
I also want to be at a healthy weight when we start trying for kids. I need to lose 30 pounds for that. I'm really struggling with a balance between work and home, and when DH is home. When he's home he wants to eat junk.
Although I hate to see you guys feeling bad about yourself, it makes me feel better about my feelings toward myself lately.
I've never had to deal with my weight. I've always been lucky to have a high metabolism so although I haven't been really firm since high school I've always been okay with my weight. Lately though, I'm really upset with myself. I'm at the heaviest I've ever been. My clothes don't look good and my self- esteem in the pits.
What's my problem? On the weekends, we usually drink quite a bit and we eat like crap. During the week I eat pretty good but I just totally blow it on the weekends. Also, I tend to grab a piece of candy if I have it as prizes for the kids or if I'm feeling stressed at school. One becomes two which becomes three and so on. Also, I'm stressed about work/school/my sick dog so that makes me feel like I'd rather just be home than go to the gym.
DH loves to work out so it should be easy for me to go to the gym. When I do work out, I tend to see results pretty quickly. It's just getting there. (Also, his focus on fitness makes me feel even worse that I've gained so much) I was planning on starting the 30 Day Shred today but I picked up a virus I think so I'm planning on starting tomorrow. (Not making excuses, I've been puking and came home early.)
I want to get myself to the best shape I can for a few reasons. We want to TTC this summer so I figure the less excess weight I have before, the easier it'll be after. Also, DH wants to go on a nice beach get away before TTC so I want to look good and feel comfortable there. I'd love to have some sexy pics taken before pregnancy since I have no idea what I'll look like afterward and ultimately, I just want to feel good about myself again.
My plan: Stick to WW and do 30 Day Shred (it worked really well last time). Maybe (and just maybe!), I'll take before and after pics to share.
Before and After pics.. talk about movtivation to get my butt moving, and to help keep it off after the fact. Thanks for the idea JessO.