Thursday, October 25, 2012

I Took The Plunge

I would say most of my adult life I have battled the bulge. Especially after having babies. Instead of the elusive 10 pounds that will never go away, mine is the elusive 20-30 pounds. Last year I upped my exercise routine by joining Jazzercize and truly loved it. I know I lost some inches but any real weight. Because of our busy schedule it has become very hard to travel out to Jazz 3-4 times a week so for the past 6-8 weeks no Jazz just walking. Well because of my age and slowing down a bit I am literally putting on 1 pound a week and that has just got to stop. Also my daughter is not into exercising and loves to eat. I want to make a good impression in front of her and hope to start leading her down a healthy road. Here's the big announcement:

I joined Weight Watchers today!!!!!!!!!

This is a biggy for me. I need to get my eating under control. My biggest food culprits is chocolate, cookies, and fast food. I am using the online version of Weight Watchers Point Plus System. It is great that it will keep track of everything for me. My current weight is 175 with a height of only 5 feet and 1 inch. By there standards I should be down to about 136, but realistically I put my goal at 155. If I can reach 155 then I might try to go lower. Lots depends on how everything works out. I have no desire to be skinny, just healthy and able to fit back in to most of my clothing. Let's face it,  to lose 25 pounds is a big deal. 

So if my readers will please pray for me, that I can stay the course and have the will power to stay away from those pesky foods that are not good for me. I online program tracks my weight loss for me but every once in a while I might get on here too and do some tracking of my own.
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4 comments:

  1. DebOctober 25, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    Good for you, Diane. You are so brave to talk about this! Good luck!

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  2. CinnamonOctober 25, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    Hi Diane, Enjoyed seeing your comment on our blog the other day.

    I could so relate to this post about battling the bulge!! This week I pulled out some pants for the winter. I bought them about 7 yrs ago. They are FINALLY too big for me :-) Woo-whooo!

    My weight gain could be described like yours. I would work out like crazy and only GAIN weight :-/ Not fun nor motivating.

    Then I would gain weight even if I was NOT overeating. Come to find out that if I eat gluten, even a little bit, I will gain weight rapidly.

    If I eat food without gluten/dairy and even if I don't exercise I will not gain any weight at all.

    I also feel much better not eating gluten/dairy.

    It only took me 38 years for the Lord to bring me to that place.... 5 yrs ago!

    Anyway...all that to say I can relate!

    Thanks for stopping by~

    ~Cinnamon

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  3. EddieOctober 25, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    Diane, I've taken up jogging myself in the hopes of making some kind of a difference in my weight - NOTHING seems to shake it! So far all that's happened is I have seemingly permanent shinsplints, but I live in hope.

    I think you'll probably love Weight Watchers. My mother in law joined about 10 years ago and lost 75 lbs- and kept it off. She said that it was easy to use and the support was really motivating.

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  4. FranOctober 26, 2012 at 12:04 AM

    Good luck with your diet Diane, I too battle with my weight and am trying to lose 45lbs before next July. Perhaps we can motivate one another xxx

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