Taking Care of Business

Well, I joined the April Challenge in the Chicks Up For A Challenge Forum and I am totally stoked. My Calorie count for today is 1,239. It was 999 this evening so I had a healthy snack to bump it up. I feel like I’m still trying to find a balance between eating few enough to lose but not so little where it is unhealthy. I am in this for life. I have made this a permanent change. I want to be thin and happy and healthy and I’m not trying to lose a whole bunch of weight by a certain date or doing some crazy diet that won’t last a week. I feel really comfortable at 1100-1600 calories a day. I feel like I must have eaten like 3000 before!

Today was good. Slept in late while my husband got up with George. This knee surgery has to be good for something, right? Skipped breakfast and has a delicious salad with green diced apples, grilled chicken and Kraft Free Ranch for lunch. Usually I have low fat cottage cheese instead of dressing but I was out so I’m going to Costco tomorrow to fix that. Yummm. I am so in love with Baby Spinach. I hate lettuce now and I have spinach in all my salads.

I feel awesome about what I’ve been eating, even though I can only walk short distances because if I tear my new ACL I am SO screwed. I am being really careful for at least the next four weeks.

I’ve got to print out pictures for the cake decorator (He gets a small one to smash then a sheet cake for guests) and the invitations for George’s first Birthday. I’m so excited for his birthday.(And pround that I should be at least 30 pounds lighter by then)

Better get some sleep, I’m sure the light from my laptop screen is keeping my darling husband awake.

March 31st weigh in 225.7
I weigh in every Tuesday.

Good Night, Seattle.
We Love You.

Since I’m practically bedridden from my ACL replacment I’ve become very close with my new Dell laptop. I’m so addicted to the 3FC site. I’ve been on it gettin’ motivated all day. I’m in such a great mood. George is growing so fast. I can’t believe he’s going to be one in just a few weeks. My husband is complaining because there was a commercial for a new album from Prince. Evidently, he’s not a fan.

Anyways, I’m at 1,280 calories for today so that’s like perfect. I feel so healthy and awesome even though I can barely do anything. Had physical therapy today so that was cool. They said I’m improving really fast considering that surgery was less then two weeks ago. I’m already walking a little without crutches so, Whoo.

I think I’m coming off a little peppy on the forums but I just can’t help but be excited about all the awesomness to be discovered on the site.

I feel like I’m doing well and I think I may be able to achive my short term April goal of another 9 pounds by April 25th but I’ll settle for by the end of April.

I’m totally stoked to be 35 pounds lighter then the weight I was when I got pregnant by my son’s first birthday.

Good Night, Seattle.
We Love You.

Well, Except for my welcome post, this is my first real post. I’ve been cruising around the 3FC website and it is quite inspiring though it is hard for me to see people who weigh less then me talk about how fat they are. Oh well. This is why I’m changing my life. It will be 11 weeks tomorrow since I decided that being fat was not how I wanted to live my life.

I guess it all started when my son began to be interested in what I ate. When I could see his tiny little hand reach for my food and I would say “Oh, no no this is Mommy’s food…” because it was unhealthy and gross. I should feel comfortable giving my son a bite of almost anything I’m eating.

I refuse to let him grow up to be the Chubby Kid. I will not allow him to have the bad relationship with food that I did. I grew up not knowing how to eat right, exercise correctly and after about third grade it caught up to me and I slowly ballooned until I became an overweight adult.

I don’t blame anyone but myself. I decided to change the way I thought about food. It is for fuel. I need to eat enough to have energy, enough nutrients to fuction, I do not need lard covered sugar frosted carb cakes to function.

This will be my journey. I have done so well, I will continue to do well and I will win this fight with my body, this battle of the bulge, this struggle is something I will triumph over.

I will be fit, thin, happy, proud!

Today’s calorie count is 1,111. Low, but since I’m still hanging around bed because of surgery last week, I think it’s okay. My knee still hurts from the ACL Replacement but it’s improving so much.

Good night, Seattle.

We love you.

My name is Leah.

I am the mother of the most beautiful 11 month old boy, George. He is the best thing to ever happen to me and I love him more then anything.

I am also happily married to my awesome husband, Brian. We are so in love it’ll make you sick.

I am 20 years old. I’ve always been “chubby” and over the past few years I’ve crept up past the 200 mark and was just past the 250 mark at 251.6. How Depressing that looks on my laptop screen, but it’s the truth.

I’m currently 25.4 pounds lighter at 225.9 and continuing on my downward path after a few plataus and two and half months of relearning how to eat and learning self control. I hope this blog will keep me on the right path.

Good Night, Seattle.

We love you.