Weight: 165.0
BMI: 27.5
Yahoo!!!! I'm so happy :-) Unlike my last Horrid Halloween Post, this holiday centered around candy and food actually was a wild success for me! I didn't deprive myself and I did indeed eat a few treats, but I didn't go crazy overkill either. What an awesome feeling to know that I can have my cake and eat it too... but I'll just eat a slice instead of the whole darn pan!
In my head, everything is so logical and easy - eating healthy, exercising, being a perfect mother, organizing and keeping a lovely home, being a spiritual giant... But in real life, things don't go quite as smoothly as I think they should and I often am way too hard on myself. I need to celebrate the small success in life and when I look for them, I realize they are very, very abundant. I am so blessed and thankful to be a happy, healthy daughter of God. Today I'm going to go exercise with a friend and we're going to try to get a regular thing going. That will help me quite a bit, because so far I've just been watching my diet (which actually is the more important part of diet and exercise) but I know if combine the two, I'll see amazing results!
Ya know, it's just funny - I've lost weight before. Several times, in fact! I know what it takes. I know how to get it done. It's just so hard to do it sometimes. It makes me think of the gospel and our lives here on earth. I know what Heavenly Father expects of me. I know what is required of me to gain salvation and eternal life. So why is it so hard to do those things sometimes? Especially when I have a clear understanding of the magnificent reward in store. But alas, that is the plan... to see if I can do hard things. My dear friend Camie gave me a necklace for Christmas that says "I was born to do this." I wear it constantly to remind me that, YES!!! I WAS born to do this - to be a mother, to live the gospel, to do hard things. And I can and will! By celebrating the small successes and taking small steps toward my goals. That was a Happy Valentine's Day indeed! :-)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stats
Weight: 166.2
BMI: 27.7
I've done pretty good at recording what I've been eating for the last week or so and I am feeling a little better about myself. I am ready to try hard, and I hope I can stick with it!
BMI: 27.7
I've done pretty good at recording what I've been eating for the last week or so and I am feeling a little better about myself. I am ready to try hard, and I hope I can stick with it!
Monday, November 21, 2011
One of these days
I'm actually going to care. I hope today is the day. But probably not. I'll be back though. I can promise you that.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Dang Halloween
Why is it that I always have a place to lay blame for my love affair with junk food??? It's my own fault that I can't control myself. What am I going to do? I lost 5 lbs but I'm sure I've put it back on. I don't even dare to step on the scale. Ugh. What's it going to take?
I was thinking today about how much weight I've lost in my life. I probably weighed around 125-130 when I got pregnant with my first baby. I remember saying that I would never get over 160 with any pregnancy or otherwise. That lasted for a few kids, then it went to 165. Then 175... You get the picture. So now here I am, seven months out from kid #7 and I'm almost 15 lbs heavier than my original "never gonna go over this" weight!! AGH!
Lets do some math: say I weighed 140 when I got pregnant with Jace. (That's actually now a happy & healthy place for me to be...) so if I averaged a 30 lb weight gain and loss on every kid - maybe I hovered right around 130 -140 for the first few then 140 -145 for the more recent years - that means SEVEN times I've gained 30 lbs and SIX times I've lost it again... adding up to a total of 180 lbs that I have lost and now another 30 to go! Holy Crap that's a LOT of weight!!! No wonder I feel like a freaking yo-yo. Up and down and all over the stinking scale. Losing the weight in between babies is getting HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So is it Halloween's fault? No. I guess not. and it's not the babies' fault. It's just my own. But still...
I was thinking today about how much weight I've lost in my life. I probably weighed around 125-130 when I got pregnant with my first baby. I remember saying that I would never get over 160 with any pregnancy or otherwise. That lasted for a few kids, then it went to 165. Then 175... You get the picture. So now here I am, seven months out from kid #7 and I'm almost 15 lbs heavier than my original "never gonna go over this" weight!! AGH!
Lets do some math: say I weighed 140 when I got pregnant with Jace. (That's actually now a happy & healthy place for me to be...) so if I averaged a 30 lb weight gain and loss on every kid - maybe I hovered right around 130 -140 for the first few then 140 -145 for the more recent years - that means SEVEN times I've gained 30 lbs and SIX times I've lost it again... adding up to a total of 180 lbs that I have lost and now another 30 to go! Holy Crap that's a LOT of weight!!! No wonder I feel like a freaking yo-yo. Up and down and all over the stinking scale. Losing the weight in between babies is getting HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So is it Halloween's fault? No. I guess not. and it's not the babies' fault. It's just my own. But still...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.6
BMI: 28.4
Well, it seems like longer than a week has passed since I last checked in. I am doing terrible. I mean, I'm fine and all, but my goals taking me towards "healthy and happy" aren't being met because of my ... what, I don't know... lack of willpower, laziness, obsession with ice cream... AGH! It's a miracle that my wight has remained steady because my eating and sleeping habits the past 2 weeks have been HORRIBLE! What am I going to do? How am I going to stay on this train????
BMI: 28.4
Well, it seems like longer than a week has passed since I last checked in. I am doing terrible. I mean, I'm fine and all, but my goals taking me towards "healthy and happy" aren't being met because of my ... what, I don't know... lack of willpower, laziness, obsession with ice cream... AGH! It's a miracle that my wight has remained steady because my eating and sleeping habits the past 2 weeks have been HORRIBLE! What am I going to do? How am I going to stay on this train????
Friday, October 14, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.2
BMI: 28.4
Haven't been keeping track of what I eat so falling back into old habits. Need to do better. Trying to find willpower to do so. Shouldn't looking in the mirror be enough?
BMI: 28.4
Haven't been keeping track of what I eat so falling back into old habits. Need to do better. Trying to find willpower to do so. Shouldn't looking in the mirror be enough?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Stats
Weight: 170.4
BMI: 27.6
The past week has been a wreck. I'm not exercising like I want to, not getting enough sleep or water and not eating all that great. I'm not doing too whipy at tracking my food intake either, and hadn't stepped on the scale in a few days so this morning I was expecting the worse when I weighed myself. I was very surprised and happy to see that I had dropped below 171 and my goal for the week is to do better and try to get into the 160's! Here goes nothing!!!
BMI: 27.6
The past week has been a wreck. I'm not exercising like I want to, not getting enough sleep or water and not eating all that great. I'm not doing too whipy at tracking my food intake either, and hadn't stepped on the scale in a few days so this morning I was expecting the worse when I weighed myself. I was very surprised and happy to see that I had dropped below 171 and my goal for the week is to do better and try to get into the 160's! Here goes nothing!!!
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