Beginning My 1 Year Challenge
So my husband started this for me. I will say I suck at blogging. I just get to the point and then it is over. Today was a good workout. My husband kept it fun but challenging. I love working out with him there to help keep me motivated. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow has in store. Just a little background info on me.
I am 25 yrs old. I have been overweight all my life. I did really start gaining weight and becoming obese until after I got married. When I got married I weighed 180 lbs and I was in a size 14 pant. Now almost 6 years later I am in a size 20/22 and weigh 228 lbs.
I weighed in at 220 when I got pregnant with my first baby. I ended that pregnancy at 250. I got pregnant again 5 months later and had not lost any of the weight. I went up to 270 when I was pregnant with my second child. After I had him I went back down to 250. Then I started trying weight watchers after he was 6 months old. I got down to 232 at one point. I stopped doing WW and a pushed back up to 250. When our second child was 1 yr old I got pregnant with our third child. I started that pregnancy out at 250 lbs and got up to 262 lbs. When I came home from the hospital I was 237 lbs. But over the course of a month I went up to 253 lbs. There was alot of stress in that month. We were in and out of the hospital with the new baby. And my kids kept getting sick.
It was right around that time that my husband started his weight loss journey. I started with him at first. We were going full on. And I was losing weight. But I burned out quickly. I got bored and things with the new baby were hard. So I quit exercising with him. Then I got a little motivation, again due to my husband losing weight. So with him by my side we started doing another workout together. Again I got burned out and gave up. It was hard because if he wasn’t there by my side doing it with me I just wouldn’t do it. And it was easy to not do it when I had a little baby to use as an excuse.
So here I am now at 228 lbs just 8 lbs away from my pre pregnancy weight from my first pregnancy. And I am determined to lose that 8 lbs and then go on to lose 20 more. And then get to my ultimate goal of 150-155. I know that with all the time that my husband put into creating this workout I just have to stick to it. And in time I will get the results that I am seeking. If I don’t meet the weight goal I would like to at least meet a goal to be in a size 10 by August 2010.
1 day down, 364 more to go!