I attribute some of the weight I gained to eating way too much while I was pregnant. Everyone would tell me, "Girl, you are pregnant.... you're eating for two! Get your EAT ON!" So, I did! Bad Idea! After I had my daughter in 2007, I was 20 lbs heavier than when I started. I thought I looked awful! Now I look back at pictures of me then and I wish I was still 155 lbs! It sure beats 193 lbs!
I breastfed my daughter and that helped a little with weight loss, but it wasn't enough. I was so unsatisfied about my weight that I stopped breastfeeding my daughter when she was 5 months to go on Slim quick... you know... 6 ways to help women lose weight. Yeah right, they should have called that 6 ways to make a woman go absolutely insane! Maybe it was a bad combination of postpartum depression and the Slim quick that made me fly off the handle and break a window (lol) or maybe it was the start of my hypoglycemia. Who knows. What I do know is that I never touched another diet pill/ supplement again.
After that my weight slowly went into a downward spiral. I went on an anti -depressant for my postpartum and gained some more weight. After I stopped taking that, I tried many low calorie/ low fat diets. I joined a gym... 2 year lease... another bad idea of mine. I now pay $60 a month for mine and my husband's membership and WE NEVER GO! I bought an exercise ball, yoga mat, and rented exercise DVDs from Netflix. I tried the South Beach Diet TWICE. That one would have worked if I could have gotten past the 2 weeks of no bread, no sugar, and no alcohol. I even tried the Master Cleanse diet (lemon juice, blackstrap molasses, and cayenne pepper...YUCK!)
I know that this regime that I'm working with now is going to work so much better for me simply because I AM NOT RESTRICTED! The gym didn't work because it was too far of a drive and it didn't work with my schedule. Diets never worked because I don't like to be told what I can and can't eat. That nasty lemon drink didnt work because it tasted like SHIT! With what I'm doing here, all I have to do is practice portion control. I can eat pretty much whatever I want. I try to limit my sweets until Saturday. That is my "pig out" day. I don't drink any wine until this day also (everyboday that knows me, knows that I LOVE WINE). I drink TONS of water to help my kidneys flush the toxins. This gives my liver the ease to do it's job... metabolize fat. I eat LOTS of fruit! It satisfies my sweet tooth and it's healthy. Veggies are also a big part on my menu.
I've grown an appreciation for walking. I love walking up and down our little road because it's right by a creek and there is lots of shade. There is a lot more scenery than a gym's four walls. I also have re-discovered my passion for riding a bike. I rode bikes all of the time when I was little. Now I get to share this experience with my son who has just learned to ride his bike!
I'm excited and look forward everyday to obtaining my goal of weight loss!
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