Current Weight 231.5
Size 16
Method of Weight Loss: Weight Watchers/Clean Eating
The goal? A size 10-12
Oh what does that say? 231? Don't worry the same thing comes out of my mouth too when I read it. "Holy Shit"! So a little background for those of you who are new to my weight issues. My highest weight not pregnant was in the range of 265, a size 22. The lowest my weight has been in the last 10 years? 211 lbs. I have gone up and down since my early twenties after years spent eating and drinking what I wanted in college. Come to find out I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (diagnosed at age 23) no doubt a dysfunctional thyroid coupled with alcohol and pizza didn't help my cause. I do not, however, blame any part of my current weight issues on the disease.
I want to start with nutrition and food. I like to eat.…I don't eat fast food, I don't drink soda and I am not hung up on packaged food. I like to bake. I like real food and restaurant food, places where I don't always make the right food choices. Being on weight watchers means I am tracking what I eat but I don't believe in nonfat, low fat, fat free or diet packaged foods. I try to stick with whole foods and keep any packaged food to a minimum if I can help it.
I like working out. I have come to love the body pump class at In Shape. I do it twice a week. I walk on the weekends when Luke is home and sneak in workouts whenever I can. I have a trainer I am attempting to see once a week but his/my schedule will dictate how that turns out. Despite the up in my weight I am still attempting to keep myself moving as much as possible.
I make no excuses for where I am at. I use my humor and occasional snarky attitude to cover the fact that I am truly unhappy with myself at the moment. It's a fixable problem, one I am quite familiar with. I understand the concept of eating clean and eating for my body. I have the education and know-how. It's the implementation that is occasionally a problem :) With Luke gone during the week we have returned to food prep on Sundays, so there's at least a few days worth of food done and in the fridge so between the two of us there's no excuses for eating crap.
So this is my accountability blog. One for people to read and laugh and give advice if they so feel it necessary. As many of you know I don't hold back too much and wear my heart on my sleeve so at least I can keep it interesting! So here's me right now…. hoping to update weekly/monthly or as time allows.
