Hey There!
I am a 32 year old wife and mother of two and I am 100 pounds over weight.
My husband has just enlisted in the Army and he will be gone for five months. I have been told to keep busy while he is gone. I figure if I can keep busy loosing weight, then it will be two birds with one skewer.
I have a treadmill, and I know tons of healthy meals. Actually, most of the food I cook is healthy, since I am teaching my daughters to eat healthy. I do not want them getting the family curse. The curse is thunder thighs and the preggy belly by the time you are twenty-five. My mother did not teach us to eat right and I refuse to do that to my daughters.
I quit drinking pop (about 8 litres a day) and lost seventy pounds. I looked great! Then I got pregnant and I only gained about five pounds. Then I went to work after the birth of my two year old. My job was an over the road truck driver. (My husband stayed home with the girls and worked on getting his novels published.) I gained all 70 back and a bit more to boot.
I am at 241 and I want to get to 141 by the one year anniversary of this post, that is less than 2 pounds a week for an entire year. I do believe that is possible.
I hope to be down forty pounds by the time my Soldier rreturns from his training, and we move to some obscure military base.
I know my main problems. I have no portion control and since I have quit smoking I eat anyhting I can get my hands on when the gum stops working. By gum I mean just the regular Trident kind. For the most part it keeps me from craving, but occasionally it just isn't enough and I eat what ever I can and as much as I can until I am sick. The scarey thing is, most of the food I eat is not junk food. I will just eat 3 roasted chicken breasts, or 5 cups of salad with dressing. I don't eat badly I eat hugely.
(I never purge.)
For supper I had four pork chops three cups of mashed potatoes, and 1 cup of corn. It took me about three hours to eat it all. (I go back into the kitchen and continue to cook after everyone has finished eating. I just infished the potatoes while posting this.)
From what I can tell I consume about 5,000 calories on a good day. When I am have a bad day, I can easily double that I am sure. I need to get this under control or I am going to be so fat (if I am still alive) that I won't even be able to get off the couch.
I am sure I can do this. After all I knew I could quit smoking, when I was ready, and I was and did.
I have been to this site a few times and have liked the feel of it. I think I might be able to find a home here.
Kati
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