OK it is seriously time for me to get in shape. I am not planning to do anything major from the get go (disordered eating person here), I find what works best for me physically and mentally is to make slow changes, gradually moving towards healthier eating and becoming more active as my way of life (until I get pregnant, but I am done with that LOL!). I have been trying for a while now…but need some motivation. I have always found the best motivation is to tell everyone I am on a weight loss kick…since it makes me feel more accountable and like I am being watched. So, I am involved in a private online group…and will cross post my daily posts there here, for you all to keep an eye on me as well!
I weighed and measured today:
180lbs (I was 189 November 5 when I got my yearly, so I guess my efforts over the last few months have been helping a bit! It was the doctor’s scale which tends to be a bit higher…but I was still closer to 190 than 180 at home back then, though I forget exactly what my home scale said! I am taking Charlotte in on January 4th and will weight myself there again then!)
46-chest
40-waist
44-hips
So, yeah. At least I am curvy! I am always very well proportioned, no matter what i weight…which is a good thing. My womanly curves help my waist look smaller than it is!
I will not be eating very well today, because the house is still full of leftovers from a brunch we hosted yesterday…but will try to at least limit my portions, eat some fruit, have a healthy dinner (the leftovers are more lunch-ish), and exercise!
I know going back to work will help me with eating a lot, as I’ll be limited to what food I bring, or what food I get for lunch if I eat out (which I often do-but I do now as well…and then come home and snack, or snack in the mall). I am sure I’ll eat a lot better when I am back at work.
Exercise is another story. I have started getting back into it a bit for the last month or so, but am doing it when Charlotte is napping. I have to get accustomed to doing it after she goes to bed…or right after dinner (I could not exercise at home then, but I could run—I am a fair-weather runner though, and so will not be doing that until spring).
So my plan is to either do Wii exercise (I like Gold’s Gym Cardio) or the elliptical at night after she goes to bed. The elliptical if there is something I want to watch on TV, the Wii if not. Start running again in the spring, and maybe on some particularly warm winter evenings or weekends.
Last night I did the Wii! Some Cardio boxing, some ab work, and some squats.
My ideal goal weight is 145 (which would take me out of “overweight” on the BMI charts) but my short term goal is 160. I actually was 160 a few years ago for a while before I got on the trying to get pregnant roller-coaster, and then got pregnant…and it was all shot to hell…and it is a really great weight for me, in spite of looking like a high number on the scale. For those that weren’t here back then, here I am at around 160:
I still wear that sweater dress (but usually with leggings now, since it is shorter on my larger frame), so I will do so today and get a picture to compare.
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