lmhall2000
May the road rise to meet you....May God hold you
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Well, I lost 55 pounds over a year ago with WISH...and I'm sure I've put some back on....we've been trying to sell our house for over 10 months!! AAGH! And my dh has been working in another state so I had to put my walking/lifestyle on hold...seemed weekends were sacked with open houses and trying to pack up the house...we still haven't sold the house but I'm making today (January 20th) my official start back to GOAL...
the GOAL...I'm 5'8" and will weigh in about 5 minutes...need the courage after writing this journal. I had gotten down to 178 on my dial scale and 182 on my digital scales (which are 5 pounds more than my doctor's for some reason) I'm too cheap to buy new scales and my dial scale broke so I'll be using the digital ones...can you tell I'm obsessive about scales???? Anywhoo...I want to be in the 150's (according to these obnoxious digital scales) by July 4th, 2005...
Why July 4th? Because it represents independence, declarations, and freedom. Those are three adjectives I feel will best describe how I will feel when I reach GOAL....it will be a long goal in the process...
HISTORY:
When I went in to deliver my third precious baby...I weighed in at a whopping 258!!! All my pregnancies were close (3) and I never seemed to drop the weight and gained 65 with my first, 35 with my second and was pregnant 3 months after I deliverd my second so the 30 pounds I gained with my third took me up to 258. I was 236 when I started WISH....in about 12 months I managed to lose over 55 pounds. Then my husband took the new job and my 4 mile daily walks (5x a week) went away....stress came in (raising the kids on my own for weekdays) and trying to keep a house perfect to sell...
So, here I am and will do everything I can to make this happen by July 4th..I'll need to break down the days/weeks to see what I need to average. I plan on doing a South Beach style for a week just to cleanse my system of all the carbs I've been doing (rolls, popcorn, chocolate chip cookies....blah blah blah) then I'll add exercise in atleast 5x a week for atleast 30 minutes a day...most likely walking but can fit some weight training in on the weekends while my husband is home.
I homeschool all our children so my freetime is limited...but we do manage to hit the YMCA swimming 3x a week and while they rock climb on T/H I play ball with my youngest.
So there it is in a nutshell....my next post will be (drum roll, please) my weigh in and the start of my food journals. I will need a food journal for the first week just to keep myself honest.
And I will post pictures of each 20 pound increment loss. Thanks WISH'ers....I'm back because this support WORKS and I've realized time waits for no pounds...I've got to make time work for me even when life throws you a curve.
BEFORE
20 POUNDS GONE
40 POUNDS GONE
60 POUNDS GONE
80 POUNDS GONE COMING SOON!!!
Blessings all!
Tara
the GOAL...I'm 5'8" and will weigh in about 5 minutes...need the courage after writing this journal. I had gotten down to 178 on my dial scale and 182 on my digital scales (which are 5 pounds more than my doctor's for some reason) I'm too cheap to buy new scales and my dial scale broke so I'll be using the digital ones...can you tell I'm obsessive about scales???? Anywhoo...I want to be in the 150's (according to these obnoxious digital scales) by July 4th, 2005...
Why July 4th? Because it represents independence, declarations, and freedom. Those are three adjectives I feel will best describe how I will feel when I reach GOAL....it will be a long goal in the process...
HISTORY:
When I went in to deliver my third precious baby...I weighed in at a whopping 258!!! All my pregnancies were close (3) and I never seemed to drop the weight and gained 65 with my first, 35 with my second and was pregnant 3 months after I deliverd my second so the 30 pounds I gained with my third took me up to 258. I was 236 when I started WISH....in about 12 months I managed to lose over 55 pounds. Then my husband took the new job and my 4 mile daily walks (5x a week) went away....stress came in (raising the kids on my own for weekdays) and trying to keep a house perfect to sell...
So, here I am and will do everything I can to make this happen by July 4th..I'll need to break down the days/weeks to see what I need to average. I plan on doing a South Beach style for a week just to cleanse my system of all the carbs I've been doing (rolls, popcorn, chocolate chip cookies....blah blah blah) then I'll add exercise in atleast 5x a week for atleast 30 minutes a day...most likely walking but can fit some weight training in on the weekends while my husband is home.
I homeschool all our children so my freetime is limited...but we do manage to hit the YMCA swimming 3x a week and while they rock climb on T/H I play ball with my youngest.
So there it is in a nutshell....my next post will be (drum roll, please) my weigh in and the start of my food journals. I will need a food journal for the first week just to keep myself honest.
And I will post pictures of each 20 pound increment loss. Thanks WISH'ers....I'm back because this support WORKS and I've realized time waits for no pounds...I've got to make time work for me even when life throws you a curve.
BEFORE

20 POUNDS GONE

40 POUNDS GONE

60 POUNDS GONE

80 POUNDS GONE COMING SOON!!!
Blessings all!
Tara