I am a mother of 3 who has struggled with weight loss until I saw a photo of myself at a friend' party and I said NO MORE I joined weight watchers America for 2 months where I lost 19lbs only to return home and debauch myself on all the lovely food you can't get in the US. I know I'm terrible but seriously 1.5 years (except for holidays home) I hardly ate bread as it is way too sweet,and forget about getting close to food I love. Friends got care packages from home I'd to go to special import shops just to get proper gravy for dinner. Anyway enough moaning I did love America just not crazy about the food. Add to that eating and drinking over the Christmas resulting in my having put back the weight I had lost plus a few friends to keep it company. I decided it was time I got back in the saddle and rejoined weightwatchers in Ireland on January 17th 2012. Best idea I've ever had :) My leader Linda is fantastic and I sit in my corner every week with my notepad determined to make a go of it this time and come down from 15 stone 3lbs ( 213lbs) to my gold card goal of 10 stone 5lbs (145 lbs). Currently I'm down just over 2 stone at 13stone 1.5lbs since Tuesday 26th of June weigh in. Next week I plan to hit my 15% weight loss goal from start weight.
I LOVE seeing the huge difference to my body since loosing over 2 stone weight. I have cheekbones again, my ass is smaller, I have a waistliine and I feel more confident in how I look now. I even asked my husband to take a photograph of me last weekend, normally a bullet I dodge by being the one taking the pictures. I'm looking forward to being part of my family photographs again, not being scared I'll ruin the picture because I'm in them.
I love weight watchers as no food/drink is banned so long as you track accordingly. Onwards and upwards as the battle continues towards goal and lower :) I have worked out my 5% goals all the way to gold card status to try and keep me focused. I'll have lost an amazing 40% of my starting weight by then. SCARY to think I was 40% heavier than my wedding day almost 16 years ago, how easily it creeps up on you when you're not watching.
My challenge shall be the summer school holidays when the boys are off school because my schedule will be messed up. I hope to combat this by being able to use the swimming pool more over the holidays, the boys will need something to burn off their steam so they're not fighting, so I shall join them for open swim/family fun time. Talk about killing two birds with one stone we all get excercise and I stay sane :)
Sometimes I get discouraged that the weight is not comming off as fast as I'd like but I think I need to be more disciplined with myself. I've read Teena Gates book who is awesome and really pushes herself to excel. I think I need to push myself to be more active, so maybe this will be the summer I get back into running again. I used to be a good cross country runner until College now I just run for emergencies or if I'm late and it's raining. Welcome to my world
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