3 lbs!!!

I'm down 3lbs since I started weight watchers and 7.5lbs since I started dieting. I'm super excited! It's nice to have some success!!! It gives me the ability to keep going!

Not going so well

This whole healthy eating thing is HARD!!! I'm still working on it but sometimes I just had a hard time!!

Happy

I think I've lost about two pounds. This makes me happy. I didn't weigh myself in the same clothes (my swim suit) or at the same time as I normally do so I'm not 100% sure about it.

Strawberry shortcake

I love summer! It is defiantly easier to eat healthy foods in the summer. I always love sitting down to eat a bowl of fresh strawberries for some steamed zucchini!! Yum!

I had ice cream for breakfast at the farmers market. It was Devine, but a lot of points. So for lunch I had a HUGE bowl of strawberries. I'm actually not sure which one was better. So I am happy!

Allergies

I hate allergies. They make everything taste funny. And they make me sick to my stomach because if all the mucus. This makes me only want to eat sugary food because sugar still tastes the same. This makes it hard to eat healthy. But I'm determined to work through it!!

Mother's day

Today was tiring, as church always is when my husband has to work. I usually end up feeling frustrated and inferior. But I was glad to have my husband working. He's working again tomorrow which is awesome, we need the money!

Anyway, I got on here to blog about my food choices. I knew today would be a hard day for me to make good choices, so I planned a lot of vegetables into my meals. I think I did ok. I had a cookie and some chocolates that they handed out at church. Both were devine!!!! Overall I'm happy with the choices I made today. As long as I stick to my points the rest of the week I should be fine!!

The hardest part to this thing is drinking my water. I'm just not thrilled to drink it!

Happy Mother's Day! I loved the pictures I received from my two beautiful children!! I'm so glad to be a Mommy!!

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So I love weight watchers, especially the new points plus program. It's awesome because it's teaching me how to eat healthy. Vegetables are some of my loves, but because my husband doesn't really like them, I've gotten out of the habit of eating them. Sometimes I felt like I didn't deserve to "waste" my money on them because I was the only person in our family who would eat them. I don't know why I would feel that way, I have no problem buying my husband things like pizza pockets, chicken nuggets and any other kind of nasty snacks that I don't like, mostly I HATE them! So why do I feel like its ok for him to have all those unhealthy snacks but it's not ok for me to spend a dollar on some squash or zucchini? Don't get me wrong, my husband has never made me feel this way, he encourages me, he just doesn't partake.

I was listening to the radio the other day and they were talking about why people are obese in America. They were discussing he idea that we need to pass new laws to limit snacks given to children, whether it's from McDonalds or vending machines at schools. They were discussing how for some people they're obese because they can't "afford" to eat healthy. I think that's a total cop out. I you can afford to go but a meal at McDonald then you can afford to go buy something healthy from the grocery store.

I believe the problem with obesity in America lies with us not caring about the poor food choices that we make at every meal. It's easier to take my kids to the drive-thru when they're tired and cranky after playing at the park. It's easier to have my husband pick up a pizza on his way home from work. But with a little planning ahead, those good choices because easier too.

My other theory is that we're just not informed. We haven't taken the time to learn about what is healthy to put into our bodies and what isn't healthy. Fueling our bodies is hard work, and can sometimes be confusing. But the more we learn and work towards being healthy, the better off we are.

Getting America Healthy starts with getting one Mommy at a time healthy. A healthy mom can teach her children healthy habits. Here's to the health of my family. It starts here. It starts now.

Loosing the weight

I'm going to start using this blog to chronicle my weight loss and workout adventure.

In April I jogged/mostly walked a half marathon. This jump started me onto getting my body healthy.

I don't have an issue with my body image. I feel beautiful. I am beautiful. And I'm happy with who I am. Of course I would like to be skinnier, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis or something I even care about.

So I'm not doing this to get skinny. I'm doing this to get healthy. I'm doing this because I want to be an amazing example to my children. I want my kids to understand nutrition and to know how to be healthy. The best person to teach my children this is me, I am their strongest example. If I'm not being healthy, I can never expect my children to be healthy!

I also want to get healthy because I have horrible asthma. I struggle on a daily basis to catch my breath. Sometimes I feel like I can't breath when in just sitting on the couch. I feel that if I loose the 50-70lbs it will be easier to breath. I'm hoping that it will help with my allergies too. But if not, it will still change my life to be healthier.

It's hard to measure my progress without some numbers so I'm going to use those as my stats, but they aren't what matter. They're just a way to quantify my achievements!

Weight: 186.8 lbs
Height: 5'4"
BMI: 31.9

Goals:
Weight: 145 difference of 42lbs
BMI: below 25