Small Steps

Well I made it through the first weekend. I did pretty good with monitoring what i ate, and drinking a ton of water. The only downside of drinking a ton of water, is that I gained 6 ounces, so I wasn't really excited about that. But hopefully it will balance as all the lifestyle changes come together. My focus this week is to get an exercise plan into place and keep moving forward. Thank you all for your support!

And the jouney begins... again...

I should be cleaning, but I am thinking if I do not do this now, it is never going to happen. (Side note to my readers-- This is my first time blogging, so forgive me if I ramble, misspell, or do any other bad blogger things :) --Thanks) 

So this log is about my weight loss journey that I am restarting today. Restarting because I have tried many times before, with many other tactics and failed miserably. I have never been a skinny person, but when I was pregnant with Zack and since he has been born, I have gained far too much weight. It is unhealthy and it needs to go... 

There are a few reasons that I am doing this, and reasons that I am going to be reminding myself of whenever I think I need to fall off the "wagon".

1.) I am doing this for myself... I want to live a long and healthy life, I want to not be out of breath when i walk up a flight of stairs, and I wan't to look in the mirror and actually like what I see. I know this is going to sound totally vain, but When I reach my goal, I want to buy a pair of very expensive jeans and look darn good in them!

2.) For my son... I can not be a good example of a healthy lifestyle if I am overweight... I want him to learn from when his is small to make wise food choices and to get out and play and be active, and the only way he will learn that is by our example. I also don't want him to be embarrased by me when he gets older, I want him to be proud that I am his mom.

3.) For my husband... I want to reignite the "spark" in our marriage... I want to look BETTER than the day we met. I want to make it impossible for him to not stare at me when I walk by. Also because I love him and want to be with him for a very long time! 

4.) Lastly I want to do this for the future of our family. I can't in good conscience, try to have another child while I am overweight. I know that it can be unhealthy and dangerous for baby and mama.

So here we are at the start. I am excited, but really nervous too, mostly because I am going to post my starting weight in this blog... But once again, theres that accountability!


Starting weight: 235.4
Goal weight:145


Wish me luck!!