LisaMarie71
10-03-2008, 10:38 PM
I hit my goal of 165 exactly a year ago today. There's a long post about it somewhere in the depths of the Goal forum. I felt truly wonderful last year -- I had become a runner (having run a half marathon and becoming a cross country coach) and was in size 8 and 10 clothes. I even had size small running shorts, for God's sake! I planned to lose a bit more and get really fit, and I planned to run a full marathon within the next year. Then I realized how silly it is to make plans! I got pregnant (found out for sure on December 18) and things really changed!
I'd been trying to get pregnant for many years with no success. I firmly believe that my problems were a direct result of my obesity, and that it's no coincidence that as soon as I got to a healthy BMI I got pregnant at 36 without actually "trying."
I considered trying to eat really healthy food only and keeping my weight gain to a minimum, but I got REALLY hungry all the time, and REALLY tired, and I quite simply just gave in to it. I ate far too much while pregnant. I also stopped running (because of some scary bleeding early in the pregnancy after short runs) and I didn't walk that much. I tried to keep up with the walking but I had a great deal of pelvic pain (during labor I found out why -- apparently one of my pelvic bones sort of displaced itself -- the poor baby got stuck behind it in labor -- ouch!) So with a combo of poor eating and very little exercise, I gained about 75-80 pounds while pregnant!!
I'm still at about 225, far from my goal of 165. Today, since it was my one-year goal anniversary, I tried to do a little run for the first time since December. I walked 5 minutes, then did a light jog for 10, then a cool down walk for 5. It was soooo hard to run for 10 minutes, but I did it. That simple fact tells me that I can get back to my goal, and can even surpass the goals I'd set for myself before. I refuse to go back to the way things were before I changed my life last year. I owe it to myself and to my new son to be the healthiest, happiest person I can be.
I'll attach a picture of the baby -- he's so worth all this!! :) He was born on August 7 and I'm so in love with him I can't stand it.
Anyway, just wanted to post something on my anniversary to sort of make an official declaration that I'm on my way BACK to goal weight.
I'd been trying to get pregnant for many years with no success. I firmly believe that my problems were a direct result of my obesity, and that it's no coincidence that as soon as I got to a healthy BMI I got pregnant at 36 without actually "trying."
I considered trying to eat really healthy food only and keeping my weight gain to a minimum, but I got REALLY hungry all the time, and REALLY tired, and I quite simply just gave in to it. I ate far too much while pregnant. I also stopped running (because of some scary bleeding early in the pregnancy after short runs) and I didn't walk that much. I tried to keep up with the walking but I had a great deal of pelvic pain (during labor I found out why -- apparently one of my pelvic bones sort of displaced itself -- the poor baby got stuck behind it in labor -- ouch!) So with a combo of poor eating and very little exercise, I gained about 75-80 pounds while pregnant!!
I'm still at about 225, far from my goal of 165. Today, since it was my one-year goal anniversary, I tried to do a little run for the first time since December. I walked 5 minutes, then did a light jog for 10, then a cool down walk for 5. It was soooo hard to run for 10 minutes, but I did it. That simple fact tells me that I can get back to my goal, and can even surpass the goals I'd set for myself before. I refuse to go back to the way things were before I changed my life last year. I owe it to myself and to my new son to be the healthiest, happiest person I can be.
I'll attach a picture of the baby -- he's so worth all this!! :) He was born on August 7 and I'm so in love with him I can't stand it.
Anyway, just wanted to post something on my anniversary to sort of make an official declaration that I'm on my way BACK to goal weight.