I’ve always been a “big” woman. When I swam on swim team in high school, working out for hours every week, I weighed between 135-145 (my weight fluctuates with my hormone cycle) and I wore a size 10-12 clothes. Of course, being the typical teenage girl, I thought I was sooooo fat.
What I wouldn’t give to go back and slap that “so fat” girl to knock some sense into her.
After my son was born, I weighed about 170 pounds and wore a size 12, and I was pretty happy with that weight. Over the years, I have gained a shocking 50 pounds. It sounds like such a huge number when I look at it like that. I’ve had some odd medical issues that have caused weight gain – once I gained almost 20 pounds in a month without changing my eating habits at all – and they can’t figure out what causes this. Most recently, I gained 10+ pounds in a short amount of time during the fall of 2006. I blame part of that on undereating, something I will do when my husband travels and I just don’t want to be bothered with cooking.
Now I am working on making sure I eat enough food to help my body lose weight. It all sounds so backwards, but I know it works for me. I did the Weight Watchers Flex Points plan a few years ago and lost over 10 pounds before I stopped going to the meetings. I joined again in December, 2006 and I am going to weekly meetings now, counting my points, and I am going to make it happen. My health depends on it.
Start date: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
weight: 225 lbs.
height: 5′ 5″
hips: xx″
chest: xx”
arms: xx”
thighs: xx”
pants size: 16-18
BMI: xx (>24 = “overweight”)
Current stats:
January 10, 2006 – WW scale – 227.6 (Learned I need to actually eat all of my daily points, not just most of them. Otherwise, I’ll gain.)
January 12, 2006 – Home – 221
January 17, 2006 – Home – 218
Goals:
10% weight loss: 203
goal weight: 170
pants size: ?
BMI: 24 (18.5 – 24.9 = “normal”)
Method:
Weight Watchers – go to weekly meetings
walking on treadmill
going to the gym to lift weights as medical issues allow
eating in moderation, smaller portions
eating all of my daily WW points
making healthier food choices
1 response so far ↓
Marissa // May 21, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hi,
I really enjoyed reading through your blog! Your thoughts really inspirational!
I recently purchased a fun product from a company called Simple Memory Art (www.SimpleMemoryArt.com ) called a 50 Healthy Foods magnet set. It’s a really cool item actually — it’s a magnet set that lists the major food groups, has them color coded in rainbow-like colors, and tells you everything about the food — vitamins, calories, grams of fat, protein, etc. It’s REALLY helpful and it makes my fridge look happier too!
From one woman to another trying to keep with a healthy lifestyle, I thought maybe you’d find it interesting!
Have a great day!
All the best,
Marissa