Well, there it is. I'm not chubby, I'm not pleasantly plump, I am fat. I am 80 lbs overweight, or at least over the weight I want to be. 80 lbs. That's crazy. I weigh exactly what I did this time last year. I was 8 months pregnant. Yikes. Tuesday, Mike, Mom, Dad, and myself are starting Weight Watchers. Dad wants to lose 100 lbs, Mom wants to lose 20 lbs, Mike wants to lose 40 lbs, and I was to lose...80 lbs, of course. However, if I lose 80 lbs, I may lose 10 more just so people tell me that I'm looking TOO SKINNY! How great would that be? So, it's out here in interweb world, I have to do it...right?
Seriously though, I will do this. I am 31 years old. I have many, many years ahead of me (I hope). I want to spend them healthy and active, not fat and tired. I want my children to be proud of me, not embarrassed by me. I want to be the pretty girl my husband married, not the fat, grumpy woman who ate her :)
Wish me luck...
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- Table for Four
- I am 31. Which is weird, because I was 19 last time I checked. I am married to my best friend and we have two children, Olivia & Phillip. We have a very happy, fulfilling life. I think I'll keep it. I am a horrible blogger. I want to blog, I write blogs in my head, but I never do it. So, instead of a daily update, my blog is like a 6 month update.
Blogs I read everyday when I should be doing housework
123 Things about me!
1. I am the oldest child
2. I have one sibling, a brother
3. I would die for him
4. He is one of my best friends
5. We used to be very close
6. He got married and moved away
7. We're still close, but it's not the same
8. I miss him every day
9. I would still die for him
10. I met my husband when I was 18 years and 16 days old
11. Also known as "just barely legal"
12. He was 31
13. We didn't make a love connection at first
14. We were friends for months
15. This was not unusual for me
16. My friends are always older
17. I'm an old soul
18. After several months of friendship, I asked him out
19. It was Father's Day
20. The Freud like meaning was not lost on us
21. I have a father
22. I didn't need a father figure
23. Good thing, since I was the mature one
24. We kissed on our first date
25. We were stuck like glue from that day forward
26. Four years later we got married
27. I was a senior in college
28. I was 3 months pregnant
29. I got pregnant 6 weeks after we got engaged
30. Silly me
31. Everyone laughed at us because we dated for 3 1/2 years and I got pregnant after we "finally" got engaged.
32. My dr. still doesn't know how it happened.
33. I shouldn't be able to get pregnant
34. We found this out when our daughter was 3.
35. We were trying to have another baby.
36. After fours years of trying, we are having another miracle baby
37. My God is good
38. I was mad about be infertile for a long time
39. I finally stopped being mad
40. Then I got pregnant
41. We make great kids
42. Our daughter was 3 weeks late
43. She almost died
44. I was in labor too long.
45. They did an emergency C-section
46. I was asleep
47. They made me be awake for 26 hours of labor (the epidural didn't work) and then put me to sleep
48. I will always mourn missing the birth of my first child.
49. Thank God she's okay
50. She's more than okay
51. She's a genius
52. We found this out when she was 4
53. We wanted her to start kindergarten
54. Because she could read
55. Really well
56. They told me no
57. Everyone thinks their child is gifted
58. I said "Just check her"
59. They did
60. They called me and apologized
61. Her score was the highest they had ever had
62. In the whole school system
63. They asked if they could keep her in the school system
64. We said yes
65. And they kept her...for two years
66. This is our first year of private school
67. We love it
68. We won't go back
69. She's a grade ahead
70. She's the tallest in her class
71. We don't tell anyone her IQ
72. Including her
73. She wants to know
74. We will tell her when she's done with college
75. If she knew, she would quit trying
76. She would just assume she knew everything
77. There is a difference between intelligence and knowledge
78. That difference is hard to explain to a 7 year old.
79. She wants to be a surgeon
80. Sounds good to me
81. I work for my parents
82. They are 16 years older than me
83. We're more like friends
84. They were very paternal when I was a child
85. Now they are more like friends
86. And employers
87. I like them better as friends
88. I love my husband fiercely
89. He is my very best friend
90. He works hard so that I don't have to
91. He is a great kisser
92. He is a great father
93. I have had the same best "girl" friend for 27 years.
94. We talk everyday, several times.
95. Without her, I would go crazy.
96. She has three children whom I love dearly!
97. She was afraid to tell me when she was pregnant with #2.
98. I was doing fertililty treatments at the time.
99. That made me realize I was being overly sensitive.
100. She told me right away about #3
101. I love her kids almost as much as I love my own
102. I love her with all my heart
103. She totally rocks!
104. My grandparents are all still alive and healthy
105. I would be devestated without them
106. I worry about them all the time
107. I love Jesus
108. A lot
109. I do a lot of volunteer work at my church
110. I should do more
111. I love my church
112. And my pastor and his family
113. They are dear friends
114. My brother is married to their niece
115. I helped orchestrate that
116. I love matchmaking
117. I have lots of pets
118. Two dogs
119. Three cats
120. I could go on all night
121. But I won't
122. One more thing
123. I love my life!
2. I have one sibling, a brother
3. I would die for him
4. He is one of my best friends
5. We used to be very close
6. He got married and moved away
7. We're still close, but it's not the same
8. I miss him every day
9. I would still die for him
10. I met my husband when I was 18 years and 16 days old
11. Also known as "just barely legal"
12. He was 31
13. We didn't make a love connection at first
14. We were friends for months
15. This was not unusual for me
16. My friends are always older
17. I'm an old soul
18. After several months of friendship, I asked him out
19. It was Father's Day
20. The Freud like meaning was not lost on us
21. I have a father
22. I didn't need a father figure
23. Good thing, since I was the mature one
24. We kissed on our first date
25. We were stuck like glue from that day forward
26. Four years later we got married
27. I was a senior in college
28. I was 3 months pregnant
29. I got pregnant 6 weeks after we got engaged
30. Silly me
31. Everyone laughed at us because we dated for 3 1/2 years and I got pregnant after we "finally" got engaged.
32. My dr. still doesn't know how it happened.
33. I shouldn't be able to get pregnant
34. We found this out when our daughter was 3.
35. We were trying to have another baby.
36. After fours years of trying, we are having another miracle baby
37. My God is good
38. I was mad about be infertile for a long time
39. I finally stopped being mad
40. Then I got pregnant
41. We make great kids
42. Our daughter was 3 weeks late
43. She almost died
44. I was in labor too long.
45. They did an emergency C-section
46. I was asleep
47. They made me be awake for 26 hours of labor (the epidural didn't work) and then put me to sleep
48. I will always mourn missing the birth of my first child.
49. Thank God she's okay
50. She's more than okay
51. She's a genius
52. We found this out when she was 4
53. We wanted her to start kindergarten
54. Because she could read
55. Really well
56. They told me no
57. Everyone thinks their child is gifted
58. I said "Just check her"
59. They did
60. They called me and apologized
61. Her score was the highest they had ever had
62. In the whole school system
63. They asked if they could keep her in the school system
64. We said yes
65. And they kept her...for two years
66. This is our first year of private school
67. We love it
68. We won't go back
69. She's a grade ahead
70. She's the tallest in her class
71. We don't tell anyone her IQ
72. Including her
73. She wants to know
74. We will tell her when she's done with college
75. If she knew, she would quit trying
76. She would just assume she knew everything
77. There is a difference between intelligence and knowledge
78. That difference is hard to explain to a 7 year old.
79. She wants to be a surgeon
80. Sounds good to me
81. I work for my parents
82. They are 16 years older than me
83. We're more like friends
84. They were very paternal when I was a child
85. Now they are more like friends
86. And employers
87. I like them better as friends
88. I love my husband fiercely
89. He is my very best friend
90. He works hard so that I don't have to
91. He is a great kisser
92. He is a great father
93. I have had the same best "girl" friend for 27 years.
94. We talk everyday, several times.
95. Without her, I would go crazy.
96. She has three children whom I love dearly!
97. She was afraid to tell me when she was pregnant with #2.
98. I was doing fertililty treatments at the time.
99. That made me realize I was being overly sensitive.
100. She told me right away about #3
101. I love her kids almost as much as I love my own
102. I love her with all my heart
103. She totally rocks!
104. My grandparents are all still alive and healthy
105. I would be devestated without them
106. I worry about them all the time
107. I love Jesus
108. A lot
109. I do a lot of volunteer work at my church
110. I should do more
111. I love my church
112. And my pastor and his family
113. They are dear friends
114. My brother is married to their niece
115. I helped orchestrate that
116. I love matchmaking
117. I have lots of pets
118. Two dogs
119. Three cats
120. I could go on all night
121. But I won't
122. One more thing
123. I love my life!
2 comments:
I do wish you luck....and I also know that if you decide to do this....you WILL succeed!!! :)
While I, too, need to lose (many more pounds than I am willing to admit).....for some obscure reason, I cannot muster enough self-discipline to do it!! :(
Debby
Debby,
You don't know how much that comment encouraged me. I almost cheated tonight, after a full week of dieting, in a moment of McDonald's weakness. I was in the drive thru and checking my messages and my Blackberry and saw this message. I had a salad, YAY me!
On a related note, I said something tonight about being skinny again and Olivia said "I can't imagine you skinny, you've never been skinny since I've known you". And it was true...so sad. But, she will remember me skinny from now on. Well, from 8-10 months from now on at least.
Thanks for the encouragement!!
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