ooking at the year 2011...
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July August September October November December
July 28th I started Lindsay Brin's 60Day SlimDown the challenge that kick started everything and had me really serious about getting my BeforeBabyBody back. I was 30 years old with 4 kids my youngest 9months at 5'6" weighing 218lbs.
30 days later I had some pretty exciting results for my half way point. I really did a poor job following the challenge to a tee but still got some beneficial results.
I started to slack a bit and took off a few weeks in Sept. My excuse was I couldn't get out of the house to run because the kids weren't yet used to mommy "working out" they'd fuss and wake up daddy while I was out. Getting up early on time before the kids woke up was super hard for me and our dog was not a joy to walk around the neighborhood. I'd have a sore forearm from the pull of the leash.
October 31st was a sad sad day for me. I learned a lot about my sugar addiction. I had gotten such good advice from the ladies in Lindsay's fb group but didn't heed and totally sabatoged all my success. I was well on my way to reaching 209 or lower and gained 3lbs instead. So my 90 day stats got tossed. From 211 to 213, then 215 and I've been working on getting back down ever since. It was so much harder losing 3lbs you've already lost. I was down for a while about that.
Fed up with the numbers haunting me I told my husband to hide my scale. I didn't even notice for the first few days but when I did it drove me crazy. You see I hadn't owned a scale for almost 10years. I grew up in a very weight conscious home and looking at numbers that don't change whether you're exercising/eating right or not. It got insane.
I'm not totally against weighing myself. I'll sneak one in at someone elses house once a month or when I think about. Just recently I got to 211. Is my attitude grateful? Sort of, I still feel like I should have been here months ago and could've been even lower by now. That's really not going to get me to HEA is it? I could go back even further and not have let myself get in this mess too. That's not reality, that's not where I am. I'm here now and this is what I'm working with.
This year is all about new philosophies, new plans, and new challenges. I can't wait to put 2012 in review and watch in pics and videos my body transform and more importantly myself become HEA each day.
♥Christy,
HappilyEverAfter
