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Saturday, May 7, 2011

It's My Birthday!

My dear motivators, it's finally Saturday... wanna know how I did?!

Well, I did not lose 3lbs and get under 220lbs for my birthday but I did lose weight AND I maintained my yearly goal to be less each month than the month before. On April 2, 2011 I was 225.6 and today, May 7th I am 222.8lbs! Not too shabby I'd say! My goal for next week is to break this 220lb hump and go full steam ahead to my Onederland party! {I'll tell you all about that later, but essentially I'm having a party when I get down to the 100's.}

But you wanna know what is more important than that? My husband helped me to see I am capable of more than I thought I was. Three days ago he lead LB and I on a walk. He didn't tell me where we were going or how far it would be. I was nervous, but my husband has done so much for me over the past month and seeing how excited he was about this walk I couldn't disappoint him. I prayed for God's strength to follow my husband no matter where he took us and to trust that he knows my limits. We ended up walking about 3 miles along the river on a gravel walkway pushing LB's stroller. We stopped and watched the beavers and ducks a couple of times but kept a good pace. I wasn't tired until we were on our way back and then I just sat in the shade for about a minute before we carried on. It was a pretty nice walk.

Then the next day I wanted to go shopping but DH had the car for work so I packed LB up in his stroller and we set off for the store. LB and I walked almost 6 miles that day. I never thought I could walk more than 1.5 miles before. Now I know I am capable of walking longer and longer distances. We might even walk the 5K next Saturday for our local Breast Cancer Detection Center. The tough thing about that walk is that it will be up and down hills... but I am capable! Now to ride my bike to the gym {which is right next to the store}. That's one of my non-scale goals.

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

3lbs in 2 days?

Well ladies and gents... if I don't gain an ounce in the next two days I will meet my year long goal this month to weigh less than the beginning of the previous month. However, this Saturday is my 26th birthday and it's also a weigh in day. Historically weigh ins have decided what kind of day it will be since my weight loss is so important to me so for this weigh in I was hoping to be under 220lbs {finally}. I am determined to have a good birthday this year! I stepped on the scale this morning and I have 3lbs to lose by Saturday morning. I lost 2lbs yesterday from going on a 5 mile nature walk with the hubby pushing the stroller through brush and gravel. Do you think I can lose the 3lbs before my birthday on Saturday?

I think it's probably a long shot given that it took me a month to lose that much {which is completely normal and healthy... but not fantastic}. But, if I'm going to be honest with y'all... I haven't been exercising much lately. I've been busy cranking out blog designs and chasing our now toddler around the house and am just plain tired at the end of the day. But you know what? I'm feeling good right now. I think LB might just have to take his afternoon nap in his stroller as I walk a mile around our neighborhood. Alright, enough blogging and rambling on. If I am going to lose 3lbs before my birthday I need to get out in this heavenly sunshine and walk walk walk! See ya later and wish me luck. Prayers would be great too! :0)

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

I am FUMING thanks to my MIL

The wife of my husband's best friend had weight loss surgery and I was confused because I was told she has lost 50lbs and she looks really thin. I thought you had to be considerably overweight to qualify. So my MIL wrote to DH's best friend's mom to ask and here is what she wrote: (Names changed for online)

Did M**** have the gastric sleeve, gastric by-pass, or lap band surgery? Has it even been a year now since she had that done? It seems like she has had a good success with it. (My daughter in law) is asking. She just told me that she has lost about 50 lbs now since her son was born. She had gained lots of weight when she was pregnant. Partly because she just ate and slept all the time. She did not have to work since she was an “Army Wife”, and apparently my son does not want his wife to have to work. Good for them! That’s certainly not how he was raised. And part of the time that they were apart she was very depressed because she could not go with her husband to his training bases, and did not get to go to Alaska until he had been there for a while. Issues…..anyway I think one only has to be 100 lbs overweight before they can have that kind of surgery. She would have qualified if she had not lost this weight. Apparently my son was on her about her weight and her eating habits. Unless she has recently changed, I think he does most of the cooking. That is one thing he did listen to me and my Mom about.

I AM PISSED THE F OFF! EVERYTHING she said is false. Here is my response I plan to e-mail her. Am I being too harsh or does it sound too angry? I don't want to make things hard btw us even though my husband could care less about his own mom. He wants her out of our lives. I just don't want any undo conflict. We all know stress isn't good for healthy living, and especially weight loss.

Interesting. Although, almost everything you told S***** is false. I guess since your son doesn't talk to you often you weren't aware. I only gained 40lbs with our son. I was overweight before we got pregnant from a medication I had to take in college. It caused me to gain nearly 70lbs in one year but I had to keep taking it. I do work actually. I own my own company and work at home because I want to be home with our son and be there any time he needs me. My husband doesn't mind if I work or don't work. All he wants is for me to be happy. And as an "Army Wife" I volunteer quite a bit. I, in no way, sit at home all day doing nothing. And I didn't just eat and sleep during my pregnancy. I was actually working out nearly everyday until my 8th month when my hips began hurting too much to do more than walking once a day. Also, I did go to my husband's training base with him and I was not depressed during that time. I was pretty pissed off that I wasn't approved to go to Alaska right away in fear that he would miss his son's birth, but I wasn't depressed and it didn't effect my weight gain. The reason I gained weight during my pregnancy is because I developed preeclamspia and had about 30lbs of water weight. Also, my husband has NEVER said anything about my eating habits except to say that I need to eat more. I eat salads, fish, lean chicken, and vegetables. We don't eat fried or processed foods. And my husband has never cooked for us. I do all our cooking and always have. I really have no idea where you got all this "information" and to be completely honest it makes me want to cry thinking you are essentially telling people I am fat and lazy. That is not fair. You have no idea about my weight gain and loss. I have lost 50lbs on my own without surgery or medical intervention even after 3 major abdominal surgeries in the last three years. I am in much better health than most overweight women my age because I exercise daily and eat healthy meals. My weight "issues" are due to medication not overeating and laziness.