Rkmriddell
Gold Member
Hi Everyone
Decided i'd write a diary to try and keep me focused on my journey (and busy so away from the cupboards lol).
I'm Bex, i'm 28, twin boys who will be 2 in two weeks and married hubby in August. I've been overweight for at least the last six years - i was probably a little over where i would have liked to have been when i quit smoking and all of a sudden developed this appetite that i'd never known in my life. I'd not really bothered about my weight up until about four and a half years ago when dh and i were trying for babies and it wasn't happening for us... i knew we'd need to go to the doctors and i was determined i was going to have the answer to my weight before they blamed it. So back then i started watching what i was eating and spinning at the gym. At that point i was 15st3.
Finally we were blessed with twin boys and after settling in to life as a mummy, in July 2009 i joined SW with my mom and sister. My start weight there was 14st 10. I found SW quite good - i love fresh food and it allowed me to make some great meals which i could freeze for the kids to have for their dinners. Nice healthy home cooked dinners. I got down, at my very lowest on SW, to 13st 1. At this point, we lost a lot of belief in our leader and christmas was looming etc. Throughout 2010 i was on and off SW like a yoyo.
In October 2010 i was angry with myself again and determined, more so as the kids are growing up and learning their behaviours, that i was going to be a healthy role model for my children... i was going to be fit enough to play football with them and go bike riding with them as they were growing up. I was angry that here i was, turning 29 next year and still fighting the same weight battle i'd been fighting since turning 25. And i was fed up, i was fed up of having weight to lose. So i decided that i was going to join ww. I decided to switch as i felt that i needed the portion control that just didn't come with SW. I don't seem to have a "full" button - it doesn't matter what i eat i just never get that feeling since i quit smoking. So i thought i could go with ww, continue with the healthy meals etc but have the portion control.
Well - portion control i did. I made a bolognaise one night, probably equal to half of what i would normally put on my plate. When i pointed it i was astounded, it was more than half of my points... that meant i'd normally be eating all of my points in just my evening meal - and that's when i was being good, without the cheese and garlic bread haha!! So this made me determined that i'd made the right choice with WW.
I was 13st 13.5 when i joined WW before xmas. I got back down to 13st 1 before xmas and then fell off the wagon a little before the holidays. New year weigh in was back to 13.5.5. :cry:
I am determined this year that i am going to do it. I am setting myself mini goals... the first is to be 12st something at my final Jan weigh in (31st) which is a big ask as it's the day after the boys' birthday party and i'm making their cakes... oh how i love cake mix
My second goal is in a challenge - we're doing the Jillian Michaels dvd shred - challenge is to lose 10lb and 1 dress size by Valentines day. I've just done day one tonight and feel that i'm going to hurt tomorrow but it will be worth it... watch this space for the results!!
My ultimate goal, is to be happy with how i look. To reach a good BMI that is 9st 13 but i will see how it progresses, i just want to be happy and for my children to grow up in a healthy family - with someone to model themselves on.
Hope i didn't bore you.... i have been known to ramble
xxx
Decided i'd write a diary to try and keep me focused on my journey (and busy so away from the cupboards lol).
I'm Bex, i'm 28, twin boys who will be 2 in two weeks and married hubby in August. I've been overweight for at least the last six years - i was probably a little over where i would have liked to have been when i quit smoking and all of a sudden developed this appetite that i'd never known in my life. I'd not really bothered about my weight up until about four and a half years ago when dh and i were trying for babies and it wasn't happening for us... i knew we'd need to go to the doctors and i was determined i was going to have the answer to my weight before they blamed it. So back then i started watching what i was eating and spinning at the gym. At that point i was 15st3.
Finally we were blessed with twin boys and after settling in to life as a mummy, in July 2009 i joined SW with my mom and sister. My start weight there was 14st 10. I found SW quite good - i love fresh food and it allowed me to make some great meals which i could freeze for the kids to have for their dinners. Nice healthy home cooked dinners. I got down, at my very lowest on SW, to 13st 1. At this point, we lost a lot of belief in our leader and christmas was looming etc. Throughout 2010 i was on and off SW like a yoyo.
In October 2010 i was angry with myself again and determined, more so as the kids are growing up and learning their behaviours, that i was going to be a healthy role model for my children... i was going to be fit enough to play football with them and go bike riding with them as they were growing up. I was angry that here i was, turning 29 next year and still fighting the same weight battle i'd been fighting since turning 25. And i was fed up, i was fed up of having weight to lose. So i decided that i was going to join ww. I decided to switch as i felt that i needed the portion control that just didn't come with SW. I don't seem to have a "full" button - it doesn't matter what i eat i just never get that feeling since i quit smoking. So i thought i could go with ww, continue with the healthy meals etc but have the portion control.
Well - portion control i did. I made a bolognaise one night, probably equal to half of what i would normally put on my plate. When i pointed it i was astounded, it was more than half of my points... that meant i'd normally be eating all of my points in just my evening meal - and that's when i was being good, without the cheese and garlic bread haha!! So this made me determined that i'd made the right choice with WW.
I was 13st 13.5 when i joined WW before xmas. I got back down to 13st 1 before xmas and then fell off the wagon a little before the holidays. New year weigh in was back to 13.5.5. :cry:
I am determined this year that i am going to do it. I am setting myself mini goals... the first is to be 12st something at my final Jan weigh in (31st) which is a big ask as it's the day after the boys' birthday party and i'm making their cakes... oh how i love cake mix
My second goal is in a challenge - we're doing the Jillian Michaels dvd shred - challenge is to lose 10lb and 1 dress size by Valentines day. I've just done day one tonight and feel that i'm going to hurt tomorrow but it will be worth it... watch this space for the results!!
My ultimate goal, is to be happy with how i look. To reach a good BMI that is 9st 13 but i will see how it progresses, i just want to be happy and for my children to grow up in a healthy family - with someone to model themselves on.
Hope i didn't bore you.... i have been known to ramble
xxx