crzy4pooh
Member of WISH Racing Team
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- Jan 13, 2005
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okee dokee... after reading a bunch of the journals, and having been inspired daily (sometimes hourly) by the WISH posts, I have decided to write my very own journal. Mind you, I'm not very eloquent, but I need to do this to keep myself accountable. Here's my background for those that want to keep reading 
- I started WW on April 2, 2002 after finding out my dad had diabetes (already knew Mom had it), and going to the doctor for a physical only to hear "you are morbidly obese and on a collision course with diabetes." Those words are permanently imprinted in my head, and I never want to hear them said about me again!!! My doctor told me to go to WW, but I was a very shy wallflower, weighing in at 278 pounds. I was not going anywhere by myself, let alone to stand on a scale in front of some stranger... So, my wonderful DH said he would go with me and we would do it together. 
After a few months of doing great, we got pregnant, so I had to take a maternity leave from WW. I returned in June 2003 (usually toting my sweet little boy in the stroller), and continued my weightloss. Well, October 21, 2004, I hit my goal of 155 pounds, and reached lifetime on December 2, 2004. That day, I was interviewed to become a receptionist for WW. Yea!!! I'm now 132 pounds down, and working for them, hopefully helping others achieve their goals and dreams - doing what they thought was impossible and creating a new, healthy life. As part of my struggle to get those last few pounds off, I decided to take up running last May. I started with the couch to 5K program on coolrunning.com - it takes you from just walking to running a 5K in 9 weeks. I got addicted to the races, and signed up for the Disney 1/2. My goal was to make lifetime by the end of 2004, and to reward myself, I wanted to finish the half marathon - to do the absolute impossible!!! What an amazing day - as soon as I finished, I said to my DH (who was rather winded from running with our DS strapped to his back in a backpack, trying to find me at all the spectator viewing spots to take pictures) I'm coming back next year!!!! Well, we are now both training to do the FULL in 2006!!! 
Fast-forward a bit to where I am now. I seem to have lost a bit of my momentum without an immediate goal in sight - weighing in each week, the half coming soon, etc. That combined with a bit of pms-ing
has left me eating everything in sight - mostly bread, cereal, snacks, etc that are supposed to be for my son. 
Well, today my jeans were VERY tight! This is a huge problem because I donated all my larger clothes - building my (Dr. Phil-ism) no-fail environment. I'm actually up 5 pounds since Sunday - UGH!!! I know alot is water, but I can't make excuses. I have to get back on track. I need to be honest and accountable. Today I had a mini-binge after breakfast - I ate a great breakfast with an egg white omelete, then just started eating bagels, froot loops, rice krispie bar... Anyway, I did better at lunch - went to Atlanta Bread with DH and had the french onion soup with the bread. Got the munchies a bit ago, but managed to stop it with some 94%FF popcorn (not the healthiest, but not a binge...) So, tonight for dinner, I'm cooking up some cabbage, kidney beans, and chicken. (Getting low on food supplies after all the eating these past few days...)
So, there's me. I love the WISH boards, and I'm looking forward to journalling so that I can see in writing exactly what I'm doing. No more excuses - it's back to the program! On a plus note, yesterday I ran/walked 4 miles, and today I walked 3 miles with DS in the stroller. I have a 10K this Saturday, so maybe that will also kick my rear in gear!
Anyway, if you are still reading - thank you!!! You all have been so inspiring, and I look forward to getting to know you all better as we journey together. And I promise the rest of my journals will not be nearly as long (I hope...)
Lynnda
- I started WW on April 2, 2002 after finding out my dad had diabetes (already knew Mom had it), and going to the doctor for a physical only to hear "you are morbidly obese and on a collision course with diabetes." Those words are permanently imprinted in my head, and I never want to hear them said about me again!!! My doctor told me to go to WW, but I was a very shy wallflower, weighing in at 278 pounds. I was not going anywhere by myself, let alone to stand on a scale in front of some stranger... So, my wonderful DH said he would go with me and we would do it together. After a few months of doing great, we got pregnant, so I had to take a maternity leave from WW. I returned in June 2003 (usually toting my sweet little boy in the stroller), and continued my weightloss. Well, October 21, 2004, I hit my goal of 155 pounds, and reached lifetime on December 2, 2004. That day, I was interviewed to become a receptionist for WW. Yea!!! I'm now 132 pounds down, and working for them, hopefully helping others achieve their goals and dreams - doing what they thought was impossible and creating a new, healthy life. As part of my struggle to get those last few pounds off, I decided to take up running last May. I started with the couch to 5K program on coolrunning.com - it takes you from just walking to running a 5K in 9 weeks. I got addicted to the races, and signed up for the Disney 1/2. My goal was to make lifetime by the end of 2004, and to reward myself, I wanted to finish the half marathon - to do the absolute impossible!!! What an amazing day - as soon as I finished, I said to my DH (who was rather winded from running with our DS strapped to his back in a backpack, trying to find me at all the spectator viewing spots to take pictures) I'm coming back next year!!!! Well, we are now both training to do the FULL in 2006!!! Fast-forward a bit to where I am now. I seem to have lost a bit of my momentum without an immediate goal in sight - weighing in each week, the half coming soon, etc. That combined with a bit of pms-ing
has left me eating everything in sight - mostly bread, cereal, snacks, etc that are supposed to be for my son. Well, today my jeans were VERY tight! This is a huge problem because I donated all my larger clothes - building my (Dr. Phil-ism) no-fail environment. I'm actually up 5 pounds since Sunday - UGH!!! I know alot is water, but I can't make excuses. I have to get back on track. I need to be honest and accountable. Today I had a mini-binge after breakfast - I ate a great breakfast with an egg white omelete, then just started eating bagels, froot loops, rice krispie bar... Anyway, I did better at lunch - went to Atlanta Bread with DH and had the french onion soup with the bread. Got the munchies a bit ago, but managed to stop it with some 94%FF popcorn (not the healthiest, but not a binge...) So, tonight for dinner, I'm cooking up some cabbage, kidney beans, and chicken. (Getting low on food supplies after all the eating these past few days...)So, there's me. I love the WISH boards, and I'm looking forward to journalling so that I can see in writing exactly what I'm doing. No more excuses - it's back to the program! On a plus note, yesterday I ran/walked 4 miles, and today I walked 3 miles with DS in the stroller. I have a 10K this Saturday, so maybe that will also kick my rear in gear!
Anyway, if you are still reading - thank you!!! You all have been so inspiring, and I look forward to getting to know you all better as we journey together. And I promise the rest of my journals will not be nearly as long (I hope...)
Lynnda
until later...
I guess I was reasoning that DS, who is a VERY picky eater, doesn't like these (rice krispie granola bars, corn chex, etc.), so I need to get rid of them (of course throwing them in the garbage would have been a better option...) Oh well, the good news is that all the snacks he won't eat are gone, and I can consider it carbo-loading for today's race. 
I'll check in later with a race report!
We went to the grocery store and stocked up on yummy, healthy snacks and lots of veggies - yea! Once I got home, I promptly divided all my snacks into individual servings and put them in zippie bags. No more taking a handful out of the bag/box! So, I now have 10 points left for the day. Dinner will be Spaghetti Bolognese out of the WW turnaround cookbook (core), and that leaves me with 2 points for an evening snack! 
