I have always battled with my weight. My mom is obese, my paternal grandmother was morbidly obese. I always thought it was in my genes. When I was 20, I lost 70 lbs by doing Tae Bo and eating a low calorie diet. I was thinner than I ever thought was possible for me, weighing in at 147 at 5'8.
I gradually gained it back (about 10 lbs/year) until I got pregnant and ate everything I wanted,
I have always battled with my weight. My mom is obese, my paternal grandmother was morbidly obese. I always thought it was in my genes. When I was 20, I lost 70 lbs by doing Tae Bo and eating a low calorie diet. I was thinner than I ever thought was possible for me, weighing in at 147 at 5'8.
I gradually gained it back (about 10 lbs/year) until I got pregnant and ate everything I wanted, whenever I wanted. After giving birth, I thought I would be like all the mom's I knew who breastfed and slimmed down immediately. No such luck. Worse, I gained even more weight, peaking at the weight I was at when I was 9 months pregnant.
And here I am, at 30 years old, with a 2 year old daughter named Cheyenne. She is my whole world. I am getting married in the spring of 2010 and I want to look great. My fiancee, once an avid body builder, also neglected his weight during my pregnancy and for the last 2 years of being a proud papa. We look at our little girl and want to give her the best life, we want to lead a healthy, active lifestyle that benefits all three of us. We also plan on having more kids, but at my weight, it is totally unrealistic and carries a lot of risks.
I am at week 6 of my transformation. I am doing a food diary, calculating my caloric intake daily, watching how much protein and fat I eat. I am following the Chalean Extreme schedule, working out 5 days a week, which I find extremely challenging. I have a hard time finding the motivation some days to get up and get going. It's a juggling act. Full time care of a 2 year old, which includes swimming lessons, bike rides and play dates. Household chores, we all know what its like, the monotony of laundry, dishes, cleaning and lawn mowing, blablabla. Every day life tries to interfere with sticking to my plan, so I am hoping to find the support of others who are also doing what I need to do.
Chalean talks a lot about goals. My starting weight is 275 lbs, and my weight loss goal is to loose 100 pounds and to keep it off. I want to be thin and get married, have another baby(or 2) and be the best mother and wife I can possibly be. I also hope to motivate others to take control of their weights, like my hubby to be, my 17 year old sister and my low energy mom.
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