I do believe that the last post I made was 3 months BEFORE my wedding. Now I am married (2 years in 2 months) and have the most ADORABLE little baby girl.
I mean seriously! Look at that face!! Try and tell me that isn't adorable. You can't because she totally is.
So I was doing pretty good at the whole weight loss thing. For those of you still hanging onto the edge of your seats . . . I DID fit into the wedding dress perfectly with no alterations needed. Thank you weight watchers! Then Chris and I went on our Honeymoon to a Sandal's Resort in Jamaica, all inclusive, and I am pretty sure that was the catalyst to the downfall of my dieting.
We had decided that we would go back to eating healthy when we got back, but remember when I was first blogging and I admitted that I was an emotional eater? Well enter emotion, and A LOT of it. When we returned from our honeymoon there was a lot of insane stuff that happened in a short amount of time and suddenly I was 195lbs out of nowhere. I wasn't happy with the way I looked, but really I wasn't happy with the way that I felt. Chris and I decided to take up running and we both signed up for a half marathon to be ran in September of 2012.
At the time it was Dec 2011 so plenty of time to train for a half marathon. Well of course life had other plans and on February 13, 2012 we found out we were expecting our little, totally unplanned, bundle of joy. At that time I had actually lost 15lbs, but I still wasn't anywhere near the goal I had wanted to be when I got pregnant.
I made the decision then to not "eat for two," but ultimately I ended up topping the scales at 212. A lot of that turned out to be water weight, but I didn't figure that out until I was home from the hospital, 1 week postpartum, and I hoped on the scale to find I was 186. No joke. I had lost 26 pounds in 1 week between my 7lb baby and all the stupid water my body was holding onto. It was a great high and I even managed to get myself down to 175 at one point, but the next FIVE months I bounced back and forth between 175 and 185. It wasn't great.
I had tried using those silly free apps that are just like weight watchers, but 100% free, but there is something about paying monthly for a service that makes me more accountable and I am happy to say that I am back on the Weight Watchers and have successfully lost 5lbs my first week. Before you congratulate me too much, I must confess that I feel that some of that is also water weight brought on by PMS. I expect to lose about 2lbs a week. This time I am meal planning, trying to eat different foods everyday instead of finding a set of food that is 27-28 pts and eating those exact meals EVERY DAY. Chris is on board and is doing weight watchers by proxy. I cook the food, he eats it, therefore he is also eating healthy. So far he has liked everything that I have made, even the omelet that had zucchini in it. Hopefully next week will be just as good, if not better, because I have a 5K in 3 weeks that I am expected to participate in. I have GOT to get my little (figuratively) booty moving!!
See you in a week!
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