I have to just add a disclaimer for this picture and say that it is Mike's LEAST favorite picture
for some very obvious reasons, but it is MOTIVATION for me to do some and change!!!
Sometimes I feel like my battle with weight and love of food is much like an addiction and an addicts behavior. I have spurts where I do so well, and spurts where I fall off the wagon and regress back to no exercise and lots of yummy sweets. I am ADDICTED to carbs. Bread, cupcakes, cakes, pies, did I mention bread?, Oreos: I love them all. But sadly, they love me a little too well. This is a VERY sensitive topic with me. Not one I enjoy talking openly about, but I am realizing that something is going to have to change. Our sealing is one month away this week, and our trip to Cancun is just a little over one month after that. These are both EXCELLENT reasons to need to get into shape, ASAP! But I need more than just to lose some weight and look good: I need to get healthy. I have perfect cholesterol levels, perfect blood pressures, perfect all that. But I want to
stay that way. I want to be healthy for my family, for me. Having my first two kids one year and nine days apart
really threw my body for a loop. I tried the HCG diet for 15 days, and although many may feel it is a great choice, it is not the choice for me. I just know there is a healthier way for me (notice that I am saying for me, because for others it may be the right way to go!) So what do I do? Where do I find the perfect balance, of wanting to eat the yummy foods but needing to lose the weight? I find myself doing so well exercising for awhile and than just not putting forth the effort. There are many who say that "nothing tastes so good as skinny" but I have to wonder if they have had some of the AMAZING foods that I have partaken in. Most of the recipes I grew up on were filled with heavy whipping creams and butter. These foods are delicious, but they have added to my waist line. So I think I am going to take a dramatic leap. I have done Weight Watchers, and done personal training, both things that I felt good doing. So I am going to try a blend. The food plan of weight watchers, and getting a personal trainer of sorts. I will end off now, but my journey will continue over at
my weight loss blog. It is hard to share something so personal, but I will do it. Come cheer me on, and share in my goals. Help me do it!!!
