I'm on this weight loss tip now... I've officially started changing my life and its' contents, i.e. food intake! I've come to the realization that I'm about to be 27 years old, I'm a mommy of 2 and a wife and there's no excuse why I can not look like a hot mama! I'm tired of not doing my hair and just throwing it up in a pony-tail or a clip. I'm tired of leaving the make-up bag at home or in my car because I don't want to take the time to put it on. I'm tired of not dressing up sexy for my husband when he deserves to have a good looking woman by his side. I'm just tired of it all. I want to be the hot sexy mama he met back in 2003, be a role model for my boys by means of eating right and taking care of myself, i.e. keeping a clean home, having good hygiene and always modeling proper etiquette.
I started using www.myfitnesspal.com after a woman who I met at the gym recommended it. It's a food logging diary which transcribes your daily calorie intake and can even log your exercise. The first day I used it, I was shocked! I couldn't believe how many calories I was intaking a day and how much unhealthy damage I was doing to my body by letting it try to process all of that junk food.
On a regular day, I would eat 2 days worth of my daily calorie intake! While being shocked, it broke me down emotionally to realize that this was not okay. What kind of mom and wife was I being to my family? I was showing them that eating like this and not exercising enough was healthy yet I preached the choir about being healthy and working out. I was a hypocrite!
It's been almost 1 month and so far, I've lost 7 lbs. I weigh myself weekly on Mondays' and always do it 1st thing, before breakfast. I watch everything I eat, document it all, even if I go over, and exercise at least 3-4 times a week. Let's face it, I could lose a lot more weight super fast but that wouldn't be healthy either. For me, this is a change of life. I'm educating myself on food, reading nutritional labels and staying away from negative influences like drive- thru restaurants and even restaurants in general. Cooking my family's food keeps me in control. It allows me to see exactly what I'm using to make our meals from the stove to the table. I'm allowed to cheat once a week, but calories to me are like money now. My calories are to be spent wisely and used in moderation. I'm still learning a lot about self-control and it's not easy!
I hope to continue forward, not backwards, on this journey and will begin blogging daily to give you all insight, hopefully to influence someone else who may want the same change!
