For the people that have only known me for the past couple of years, there's a side you have never seen, the skinny side. When I graduated from high school, I weighted about 97 lbs. I didn't want to be that skinny, but with playing basketball and being a picky eater, I couldn't gain weight. The last two years of college and graduate school, I became a little too familiar with beer drinking, which actually got myself into the weight range where I needed to be. I figured when I moved to Paragould, my weight would decrease because I was dropping the alcohol, but instead, I learned that people in Paragould loved to eat and about everybody was a good cook. My weight topped out, after dad and Weldon passed away, around 150. I was able to lose 15 lbs for the wedding, but within about four years, it was up to 160-165.
In February 2005, I had a miscarriage. I knew I didn't need to be pregnant the next time at the current weight, so I started to follow Allen as he was on Weight Watchers. With a person with a degree in Health and Human Performance and a Master's in Kinesiology, you would think I would know about eating healthy. I did, but it was something that I didn't want to do. At the time that I found out I was pregnant with Andrew, I was at 140 and maintained a healthy weight until we moved to Madison. The last doctor's appointment before Andrew was born, I was at 195. The lowest I've been since then was 157, the highest was last week at 177.
I'm writing this to start making myself accountable. It's time for the weight to come off and the excuses to stop. My first weight goal is 167. I started the online version of Weight Watchers, yesterday. I think it's going to remind me what I need to be eating and hopefully, start making better choices. I'm wanting to exercise 5 days a week, sometimes at the wellness center, others at home. The last thing is to reduce the amount of diet cokes I'm drinking. Some day I figure I drink at least 5-6 cans a day. My first goal it to cut it down to three, but yesterday, I only had two.
There will be updates on my success and failures. I figure I'll lose a couple of pounds this week, just from the fluids, but I can't get down on the weeks that I don't lose anything. It's just time for me to take care of myself because others depend on me.
