Day #1

I've decided to try my luck at blogging. I keep up with many blogs and thought I'd give it a whirl. Mainly because I am so inspired by so many other bloggers who are trying to lose weight. This is such a difficult thing to do and I've been having success with it lately, so I thought maybe I could inspire someone. Yes, me. Or I should say, why not me?

And reason #2 is because we're going into summer and all of the tv shows are reruns. Pathetic, I know but at least truthful.

So, a little bit about me. I'm 40, married and a mother of a 3 year old girl. In the past I haven't made time for myself. After I had my daughter, I gained 30 pounds. Go figure. Most women gain while they are pregnant. Not me. I had gestational diabetes so I controlled my weight very well. After I had her I went into a depression and ate, and ate, and ate....

My daughter is 3 and I have no more excuses for carrying around all this excess weight. In January of 2008, I was at my all time high of 253. This morning I weighed in at 224. Not bad. It has taken me forever, but I think I've finally come to realize that even a small weight loss is progress. One day it could be a one pound loss and one day a half a pound. All those add up after a while.

About 2 weeks ago I decided to start Weight Watchers. I don't go to the meetings, but I follow their points system. I get 29 points a day and when I work out, I usually add about 4 points. Totally doable. I don't have any idea how this happened, but I've also been working out for 4-5 days a week. I don't  hate it. I listen to podcasts and muddle through it. I'm just so happy that I don't hate it. I don't know when that happened, but I'll take it.

We are going to Disneyworld in September and I want to weigh under 200 lbs. I don't want to be huffing and puffing my way through the parks. I don't want to be dripping in sweat each day because I am carrying this extra weight. I'm not going to think about all the other times I have tried to do this. I am only going to concentrate on today. It's now or never for me. At my age, this extra weight is starting to take it's toll. My knees ache and it seems to take me longer to lose weight. I'm not saying I'm old, but I'm certainly not young.  My ultimate goal is to weight about 175. I'll see how I feel at that weight. I haven't weighed that much since before I got married in 1999. I can do this. I will do this. It's now or never.....