Ok I have journaled on my own but I need more accountability.
A little about me. I am 28. I got married at Disney in July.
I have four furbabies. Two bunnies and two cats. All are very loved and spoiled. We're talking about having children in a couple of years and when the time comes I want to be at my ideal weight.
I have been working very hard at losing weight for three years and looking back I have been very successful. Three years ago when my DH and I began dating I realized I needed to take control of my eating and workouts. I used to workout all the time but life just got too busy.
I began on my own and was not seeing the results I wanted so I moved on to Jenny Craig. That was the worst experience of my life. I was losing inches
but I never lost pounds. I was doing the at home version and the counselor who would call me was always getting on me because the scale had not budged. Inches did not matter to them, they wanted to see pounds coming off so I quit. I did pay for a lifetime membership so I guess in the future if I want to go back there I can.
I then moved on to WW. I had family members who were having great success and were a real motivation to me. I lost weight and felt great but then I plateaued and got frustrated but not giving up. I was also not doing the best of eating, I counted my points but was always terrified I was going to run out so my eating was not all day but was usually saved for one big meal with a small meal and snack to tide me over.
I was home sick one day in May and the author of Body for Life for Women had an interview on the news. I was captivated with what she said and really bought into the entire system. I called DH (he was still fiance at the time) at workand told him all about it. He read up on it and called me back. He said if I was going to do that then he would do it too. We then bought the book and began. I immediately saw results with the eating and the workouts and had a great motivation of fitting into a wedding dress.
The dress I originally had picked in November was way to big for me at this point and could not easily be altered down so I found a custom made dress on ebay and ordered it.
We went to Disney in July and I felt great with life! I was at the lowest weight (147) I had been at in years and was loving how I felt. We got married and enjoyed the honeymoon time. When I got back I had only gained three pounds but since then I've fluctuated between a 3 and 5 pound gain since the wedding day. Right now I am at 150 and I am not happy with it.
My 10 year high school reuinion is this weekend and I realized after shopping for a dress (ok that was a lot harder than finding a wedding dress) that I need to take control again before my weight goes out of control again.
One of my first steps is this journal. I hope to update it daily with what I am eating, how I am feeling, and what workouts I am doing. Now back in March we began training for a 5K. Summers in Texas are hot and miserable so training fell by the wayside. I am recommitting to that. This is something I can do, and I cannot give up like it would be oh so easy to do.
ETA: My weight when I started my journey was in the upper 190's according to my doctors scale. My current weight is 150. My goal weight is 135 or a size 6.
A little about me. I am 28. I got married at Disney in July.
I have four furbabies. Two bunnies and two cats. All are very loved and spoiled. We're talking about having children in a couple of years and when the time comes I want to be at my ideal weight.I have been working very hard at losing weight for three years and looking back I have been very successful. Three years ago when my DH and I began dating I realized I needed to take control of my eating and workouts. I used to workout all the time but life just got too busy.
I began on my own and was not seeing the results I wanted so I moved on to Jenny Craig. That was the worst experience of my life. I was losing inches
but I never lost pounds. I was doing the at home version and the counselor who would call me was always getting on me because the scale had not budged. Inches did not matter to them, they wanted to see pounds coming off so I quit. I did pay for a lifetime membership so I guess in the future if I want to go back there I can. I then moved on to WW. I had family members who were having great success and were a real motivation to me. I lost weight and felt great but then I plateaued and got frustrated but not giving up. I was also not doing the best of eating, I counted my points but was always terrified I was going to run out so my eating was not all day but was usually saved for one big meal with a small meal and snack to tide me over.
I was home sick one day in May and the author of Body for Life for Women had an interview on the news. I was captivated with what she said and really bought into the entire system. I called DH (he was still fiance at the time) at workand told him all about it. He read up on it and called me back. He said if I was going to do that then he would do it too. We then bought the book and began. I immediately saw results with the eating and the workouts and had a great motivation of fitting into a wedding dress.
The dress I originally had picked in November was way to big for me at this point and could not easily be altered down so I found a custom made dress on ebay and ordered it. We went to Disney in July and I felt great with life! I was at the lowest weight (147) I had been at in years and was loving how I felt. We got married and enjoyed the honeymoon time. When I got back I had only gained three pounds but since then I've fluctuated between a 3 and 5 pound gain since the wedding day. Right now I am at 150 and I am not happy with it.
My 10 year high school reuinion is this weekend and I realized after shopping for a dress (ok that was a lot harder than finding a wedding dress) that I need to take control again before my weight goes out of control again.
One of my first steps is this journal. I hope to update it daily with what I am eating, how I am feeling, and what workouts I am doing. Now back in March we began training for a 5K. Summers in Texas are hot and miserable so training fell by the wayside. I am recommitting to that. This is something I can do, and I cannot give up like it would be oh so easy to do.
ETA: My weight when I started my journey was in the upper 190's according to my doctors scale. My current weight is 150. My goal weight is 135 or a size 6.
My fault and now I know much much better. 
His unending support is also helping me through this, although he agreed that sleeping in this morning would have been nice although he did go back to sleep when I was working out until the cats pounced. 
