I just had my blood work done this morning. It was nice to be able to have the local hospital come in and do it at work for us. Makes it convenient. Plus, it was only a pin prick on my finger, not blood draw (always good).
All is good. Cholesterol is good, triglycerides are good, glucose is good. But it got me thinking again about my weight and how much I am struggling to lose this baby weight. I have always struggled with weight (in my own eyes). I have never been considered overweight, but always at the top of my ht. class. I am currently 10-15 lbs heavier than I should be based on my BMI. I would be happy with just losing 10lbs right now.
I have been shooting for 5lbs by the 16th of June...yeah...no progress. I am still sitting at the same weight. I have kind of slacked off with exercise. I feel like I have been watching my food intake. But my sweets is the downfall. So I am trying to figure out a way to journal my food intake and exercise and be accountable for it all. I don't want to consume this blog with that information, but would like to make it public so I have some accountability. So, do I start another blog? Might be an idea. I don't know...but I am starting to think of ideas to kick this butt into gear. Seems like a lot of us are on this bandwagon lately.
Just some thoughts....
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That is a good idea- start your own blog on the subject. It may help motivate you (and others, like me!) to try and keep up with new healthy lifestyles. Me and Michelle have already promised to encourage each other to lose weight--so I'll keep you in mind as well! We all need the encouragement from time to time, right?
I think starting weight loss blog is a good idea and something I may be interested in doing once Cade is here. Sweets is definately my downfall too..I can't say no to sugar!
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First of all, I think you look gorgeous! Honestly, you are a really beautiful person!
Right before I got pregnant, I wanted to lose about 15 pounds and was able to do that over a 3 month period. I'm not sure what you are doing, but the way I started was cleaning out our kitchen of all bad foods...sodas, munchies, anything that was not healthy! If it's there, I'll eat it! Then I went shopping and would only buy fresh fruits, veggies, and lean meat to cook for meals. No carbs at all! If we had rice, it was brown rice or 100% whole wheat bread and those were on rare occasions. Just doing that helped me lose the weight I wanted to lose, so maybe that will help you. It's hard to stick to, but not having bad things in your house really helps. Oh! and make sure you cook enough for dinner so you can take left overs for lunch. You don't want to fall back by eating out. Good luck!!!!
Good luck with the weight loss. Even though I am only 5 weeks post partum, I still have about 8 lbs to go and I want to go even below my starting weight. I think summer is a good time to start a program--it is easier to get motivate when you can go outside and you have to be seen in shorts!
Good luck with weight loss! I'm trying to do that right now as well....Have you read the book YOU - On a Diet by Dr Oz? I bought it this weeken, and it's quite insightful about what "healthy" is and how to listen to your body.
Nicki has some awesome suggestions too! I'm trying to do exactly what she's saying; however, if I deprive myself of something I'll devour a bag of cookies in one sitting, so my plan is to basically do what Nicki says, with allowing myself 1 treat per day (not being a whole bag of cookies - just one!)
Good luck! :-)
You have some excellent suggestions here. Nicki's idea is awesome.....I need to do that. I need to get rid of all my sweets. But then angelarae's idea is good too. I'm like her, if I'm really craving something and I keep depriving myself, I will eat a whole bag of chips/cookies/whatever. Maybe if you had a craving for something in particular, instead of buying a whole bag of it, go to the gas station and get a snack size. There won't be a whole bag of it sitting in your house but you get your "fix". ??? I will be your accountability partner if you will be mine? Maybe the four (Sarah and the other girl she mentioned) of us can be each other's accountability partners? :o)
Oooh, sweets are my downfall, too! The food journal is a great idea. I did that once and it seemed to work. Thanks for the inspiration, as I think I need to start keeping track of my food intake again to lose my baby weight. Good luck with your goals:)
Losing weight is frustrating! I am in the same boat now trying to lose some weight (again). I know what you mean about the sweets... I absolutely love them to. I want to lose some weight before we have kids so I won't even more! Good luck.
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