Maybe tomorrow I can start the Zumba. It looks like fun and doesn't seem too difficult. I bet I'll be singing a different song tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. But for today, I am going to have a Dr. Pepper. Naughty me!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Day 4
Well, as with most things in my life, looks like I've dropped the ball on this. It's day 4 and all I can say is that the only somewhat healthy thing I've done is eat 2 salads from the Olive Garden. They can't be all that healthy since they are made with iceburg lettuce and I did put the dressing on them. They were yummy though. I still keep drinking my Dr. Pepper, smoking, and the most exercise I got was cleaning my house and walking around the backyard looking at the new birds that hatched in our mulch bordering. Pretty sad. I've got to start with something and move from their. I'm just too exhausted today from taking Lucas to the airport at 4:00 this morning.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Day 1
5'2". 219.7 lbs. Age?: 36. Exercise?: none. Eating healthy?: only if brownies count. Cigarettes?: 8-10 a day. Dr. Pepper?: 2 per day. Sleep?: not enough or too much. Energy?: barely. T.V. time?: 4-5 hrs a day. Medications?: 2 Anti-Depressants, Anti-Anxiety, Beta-Blocker, Weight Loss pills. Life?: Miserable!
Hi, My name is Stephanie. I am not a fictional person. This is the real me as painful as it is to say. 6 years ago when I married my husband I weighed 130 lbs. I had my second child and went up to 160. This wasn't so bad except that in the past year I have gone up to 220. I have a Costco sized muffin top and my kids make comments on the regular that I look like I am pregnant. I am down to 2 pair of jeans that fit and that's only if I lay down and suck in as hard as I can to get them zipped up. I have a giant closet of clothes and very little barely fit me.
This hasn't bothered me as much as it should. Occasionally I will catch a glance of myself in a store window or my mirror and I think "Ugh!". I used to wish I could get back to 130 but now I wish I could just get back down to 160. According to medical science, I am OBESE. It's finally hit me that I need to do something about this now or it's only going to get worse and thus shorten my life span. I have 2 kids and I never imagined that I might not see them grow up but it's a real possibility. Now I don't want to be as dramatic as those people who are around the 300-400 lb. range, but I am a very unhealthy person... and I want to change.
The reason I started this blog is that I am issuing myself a 1 Year Challenge. What I mean by that is how would my life, my body, and my health look after just 1 year if I could change all my bad habits and replace them with good ones. Exercise rather than watch T.V. Drink water rather than soda pop. Eat a healthy diet rather than junk. Quit smoking and try to get off all my medications. Is it possible? Yes... but only if I put for all my energy and desire to do so. So this blog is a means for me to capture on a daily basis how I am changing my life (if that is what I do) or something that people can read and think "What a pathetic person!" I know in this day of age that everyone has a blog and this is not going to reach a mass amount of viewers, but hopefully those who see it will help encourage me to reach my goals... which are:
Height: 5'2". This isn't going to change how much I try!
Weight: 150. That's 70 lbs. About 1.5 lbs a week.
Exercise: 1 hr. a day.
Eating Habits: A healthy blend of proteins, carbs, fruits, vegetables, lots of water. Sorry... can't give up my coffee!
Cigarettes: none. This is a big one since I keep promising my daughter that I will quit.
Dr. Pepper: only on special occasions.
Sleep: A good 8 hrs. a night.
Energy: Enough to work a full day and still come home to care for my children, husband and house.
T.V. time: cut it back to 1-2 hrs a day.
Medications: I want to be off of all by the end of the year.
Life: AMAZING!
So most people traditionally start something like this on a Monday. Who knows why, but it never works. It's Friday and I am starting but not off to a good start. I am sitting here at work eating a big fat muffin after having had a bagel for breakfast. I haven't done a single thing even in the smallest bit to start this off right. I know I can't change overnight and I don't want anyone to expect me to. I just hope that in the next 365 days I can accomplish my goals. I will be brutally honest here! When I screw up, and I know that I will, I will document it and you can all chastise me for it. But maybe the next day I can pick up and start going again. I believe that if I truly want this, I will find the power within me to change.
I hope you all check back and watch me change... or just yell at me if I don't. I will post pictures once a week to show where I'm at. I plan on trying many different methods of exercising and eating and will let you know all about them. And I hope that in 1 years time I will have reached my goals (or exceeded them!) and make this a permanent life change. But for now... back to my muffin.
Hi, My name is Stephanie. I am not a fictional person. This is the real me as painful as it is to say. 6 years ago when I married my husband I weighed 130 lbs. I had my second child and went up to 160. This wasn't so bad except that in the past year I have gone up to 220. I have a Costco sized muffin top and my kids make comments on the regular that I look like I am pregnant. I am down to 2 pair of jeans that fit and that's only if I lay down and suck in as hard as I can to get them zipped up. I have a giant closet of clothes and very little barely fit me.
This hasn't bothered me as much as it should. Occasionally I will catch a glance of myself in a store window or my mirror and I think "Ugh!". I used to wish I could get back to 130 but now I wish I could just get back down to 160. According to medical science, I am OBESE. It's finally hit me that I need to do something about this now or it's only going to get worse and thus shorten my life span. I have 2 kids and I never imagined that I might not see them grow up but it's a real possibility. Now I don't want to be as dramatic as those people who are around the 300-400 lb. range, but I am a very unhealthy person... and I want to change.
The reason I started this blog is that I am issuing myself a 1 Year Challenge. What I mean by that is how would my life, my body, and my health look after just 1 year if I could change all my bad habits and replace them with good ones. Exercise rather than watch T.V. Drink water rather than soda pop. Eat a healthy diet rather than junk. Quit smoking and try to get off all my medications. Is it possible? Yes... but only if I put for all my energy and desire to do so. So this blog is a means for me to capture on a daily basis how I am changing my life (if that is what I do) or something that people can read and think "What a pathetic person!" I know in this day of age that everyone has a blog and this is not going to reach a mass amount of viewers, but hopefully those who see it will help encourage me to reach my goals... which are:
Height: 5'2". This isn't going to change how much I try!
Weight: 150. That's 70 lbs. About 1.5 lbs a week.
Exercise: 1 hr. a day.
Eating Habits: A healthy blend of proteins, carbs, fruits, vegetables, lots of water. Sorry... can't give up my coffee!
Cigarettes: none. This is a big one since I keep promising my daughter that I will quit.
Dr. Pepper: only on special occasions.
Sleep: A good 8 hrs. a night.
Energy: Enough to work a full day and still come home to care for my children, husband and house.
T.V. time: cut it back to 1-2 hrs a day.
Medications: I want to be off of all by the end of the year.
Life: AMAZING!
So most people traditionally start something like this on a Monday. Who knows why, but it never works. It's Friday and I am starting but not off to a good start. I am sitting here at work eating a big fat muffin after having had a bagel for breakfast. I haven't done a single thing even in the smallest bit to start this off right. I know I can't change overnight and I don't want anyone to expect me to. I just hope that in the next 365 days I can accomplish my goals. I will be brutally honest here! When I screw up, and I know that I will, I will document it and you can all chastise me for it. But maybe the next day I can pick up and start going again. I believe that if I truly want this, I will find the power within me to change.
I hope you all check back and watch me change... or just yell at me if I don't. I will post pictures once a week to show where I'm at. I plan on trying many different methods of exercising and eating and will let you know all about them. And I hope that in 1 years time I will have reached my goals (or exceeded them!) and make this a permanent life change. But for now... back to my muffin.
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