Friday, February 27, 2009

This Ain't My First Rodeo

I mentioned that I had joined Weight Watchers AGAIN in my post yesterday. When I say again, I mean that I have joined WW a total of..........EIGHT TIMES!

WOW!

That was hard to type.

I am slightly encouraged by reading success stories of people who joined WW MANY, MANY times and finally got to goal. That WILL be me....you just wait and see.
I get it now though. I think it finally clicked when I joined after I was married. My dear friend SB talked to me and we joined together. We did great! We both lost weight together and then both found out we were pregnant. At that point I knew I could do this, and I knew I WOULD do it forever. The way I see it is that everyone has to do something, and I am going to have to count points. That's pretty easy...I can do that!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Could it be?

Yes it is. Yes my friend, you have found yet another blog where a chubby girl blogs about her weight loss journey. Lucky you.

I don't ever remember NOT being the chubby girl. I think I went from a size 6x to woman's 16 and I don't remember anything in the middle. My sophomore year of high school (I was a size 16) our school MADE us take some sort of PE class, and we had to have 3 years total! That meant I HAD to take something for the next three years. Luckily for me they offered an aerobics class. I signed up. I stood far in the back and tried to go unnoticed. I wore huge t-shirts that hung down to my knees, and watched as my spandex clad teacher jumped around and did things with her body that scared me! Well....much to my surprise, I loved it. By the time I graduated from high school I was a size 10-12. It was the smallest I had ever been and I looked and felt great.

My weight yo-yo'd over the next few years, and I'll speed that up to save your time....college graduation size 14, wedding day size 14, after 2 years of marriage size 16, got pregnant/had baby...holy cow size 20, joined Weight Watchers (again) lost 63 pounds, got pregnant AGAIN/had baby....holy cow size 18, joined Weight Watchers again.......

And here we are. Almost 3 years later. I have lost some weight since Addy was born almost 3 years ago and I have lost inches for sure! I wear a size 16, but can wear some 14's now.

I often get frustrated because I KNOW what I need to do to lose weight. I know because I did it! I was practically to my goal. My parents will tell they didn't teach me great habits, and we talk about not wanting my girls to inherit those habits. I have to break the cycle, and I know I can!

So folks, this is it. This is my journey. Buckle up, it's going to be a fun ride....