gwen's space

Wow!  I have gotten off track with my diet and exercise plan.  After my car accident I lost focus on my goal.  I really do need to get back on the wagon and get my self in gear.  I do not need to be this heavy and I am not going to get any smaller if I don't force myself to go for it.  My mother in law is wanting to join a local gym so we can work out together.  I am so excited I have been on this journey with out the personal support most of you are lucky enough to have.  I can't wait to have some one that I am accountable to.  My current weight is now 272 lbs.  I know have 72 lbs to loose by mid summer to reach my first goal of 200 lbs by vacation time.  and another 50 - 75 lbs by Christmas.  Big goals I know but if I stay on track I can fo it.

I am a little late getting this posted but here it is.  This weeks weigh in was not as good as last.  I only lost 3 lbs this week.  I have not been able to exersize the way I need to do to a car accident.  But I have kept up my diet and watched carefully what I ate.  I do not expect to do very well next week either.  I am going to be able to resume my exersize plan very soon hopefully I will be moving well enough to start back in Monday. 

My first weigh in was cool I am down 15 pounds from my top weight of 285 just before Christmas.  I did have to use a diffrent scale, my others would not work right any more, I bought a new one so the rest will all be on the same one.  I am very proud of myself.  It has been hard but week one is down.  Just gotta keep it up.  I know I can do this.  I only have another 100 pounds to go.  I would like to be down to 225 by March 11.  It's a big goal and it is going to take lots of work.  I am so glad I have a lot of people rooting for me and going through this same process with me.  We can all do this together.

Today I did my first real workout.  I did the Biggest Loser workout video with Bob.  It was MUCH harder than I had expected.  But I survived and I will do it againg tomarrow.  I am sure it will eventually get easer and I won't feel like I have been kicked in the chest when finished.

WoW another new year.  2008 where has the time went.  After looking back on the past year, as most of us do this time of year, I have noticed my mind coming back to the same topic it has for the past several years, My weight.  When I graduated high school 19 years ago I was at my ideal weight for my height, 5'7".  Now I am well past my ideal weight at 285 lbs and I think it is time for me to start thinking about my weight and how it relates to my health.  Both my parents are diabetic and with my weight and eating habbits I will be following them very soon if I do not do something now.  Through the winter my husband lives by the old saying early to bed early to rise.  He is off to bed about the time it gets dark in the evening.  He has been like this since he was a child his mother tells me.  This however leaves me to myself as my kids are doing there own thing in the evenings.  I do alot of mindless grazing through the refrigerator when left alone.  This is a habbit I have to break if I ever want to get back to a healthy weight.  I have joined the biggest losers million pound match up for some encouragement.  I hope to have better news soon I am tired of being overweight.