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This Is IT!

*I wrote this on another site (fathellninjas) and copied it here too.


I weighed on Tuesday this week and was shocked to see I was back up to 90kg (198lbs). Last year on April 2 I started trying to track my weight weekly and my starting weight was 92.2kg. When I realized that I'm slowly creeping back to that starting weight it shocked me! Since April of last year my lowest weight was 85.7kg (188lbs) in November of last year. That means that in just over 6 months I have put 10lbs of weight back on...disgusting! I started Weight Watchers in late May thinking it would help me and I used it casually for the first month or so. After seeing that 90.0 on the scale this week I've gotten back to it and I'm slowly but surely coming to terms with the idea that this won't be a fast process and that I have to make changes for good, not just for a quick solution! 

On Tuesday I did fairly well. I stayed within my points and I worked out! Yesterday was a different story. I was off work which leads to ridiculous amounts of snacking for me. It didn't help that I am on the verge of starting my period which amplifies any cravings I have for salty things and chocolate. I went way over on my points without reporting my late night brownie & milk snack last night :( and I didn't work out. 

Today I got up and immediately thought about working out. I ate breakfast:
egg white, onions and mushrooms w/ a tsp of olive oil; 50g of homemade hummus and a cucumber; cocoa flavored soy milk for a total of 5 points! I have already gotten my workout for the day done as well! I will eat lunch at home: salad w/ spinach, tomatoes, onion, cucumber, carrot and chicken breast w/ low cal dressing and probably hummus and a couple of crackers. I will cut up a peach to take to work for a snack so I don't eat chips and junk there!

My immediate goals are to stay within my points and do some kind of exercise daily. I drink tons of water anyway so I don't have to make that a goal. I'm trying not to think of an overall amount I want to lose because that's too daunting for me. For now my goal is to lose just 5 pounds! My starting weight when I signed up for WW was 196 so I want to get to 191 first!

Koichi and I are talking about when to have kids and honestly I want to lose weight before I get pregnant so I don't end up weighing way over 200lbs! I feel so big here as it is I know if I add a baby to my current size I'll be miserable! This is it, I have to make a commitment to change NOW!
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