Hi. I am a 34 year old woman who needs to lose a little weight. I am the mother of a 2 year old and spend many of my days trailing behind her and eating behind her. The rest of her french fries, handfuls of goldfish, chicken nuggets, cookies, ugh.... So it's Jan. 2nd, the day millions of people resolve to start eating better. I thought blogging about my efforts might help keep me on the path. No one is going to want to read this and that is fine with me. But maybe someone else who needs to diet will find some motivation or at least will know they are not alone.
So here are my food issues besides eating with a 2 year old. I love to snack at night while watching tv or reading. I usually have a glass or two of wine at night and that seems to lower my resistance against snacking. The rest of the day I do ok. I also eat if I'm really upset say following a huge fight with the husband. There have been plenty of these in the last year thus the pounds have come on. Finally I love to cook and to watch cooking shows so that doesn't help. I am going to channel that interest in more healthy cooking. One last thing my daughter is little. If your a parent you'll understand the growth chart thing. She's a 5th percentile baby. She weighs just over 22 pounds which is really what a 1 year old weighs. Her pediatrician gave us this order, "calories in and I don't care what they are." So this hasn't helped in terms of the foods in the house or that I feed her.
Here's the plan I am going to try a variety of diets for short periods of time so that I don't burn out. I have been successful on the South Beach diet before but am so tired of it. So I am going to avoid that one. This week just to break myself in I am going to focus on eating fish and veggies, as many as I want. Then I may try The Master Cleanse and the 14 Day Diet.
So here are the numbers.I'm 5 feet 3 inches tall. I looked great when I weighed 15-20 pounds less but I haven't weighed that since before my daughter was born. I am also perfectly happy weighing just 10 pounds less. So that's my goal. I think that's very doable. Anything more will be gravy, errrr a bonus.
I am going to attempt 30 minutes of activity a day. If I get more great but 30 minutes is the bare minimum. This can be hard during the winter in St. Louis but I'll figure it out. I do not belong to a gym so I am limited by what I can do at home, outside, etc. I did get a 10 class pass to a Pilates center which I am excited about starting when the winter semester starts and my daughter goes back to daycare. I also want to take a Boot Camp class at the university. Ok.
That's my plan.
Time for eggs for breakfast.
lad
3 comments:
I wish you much success as you endeavor in your weight loss initiative!
i also wish you much success. i happened upon your blog as i was looking for some dieting inspiration. i understand the cold weather problem (i'm in nyc) as well as the kid thing (eating their leftovers, not the 5th percentile thing). i have 2 rugrats, 10 months and 3 years and i seem to be unable to lose MY baby fat. this is particularly disturubing as i am not the one who actually was pregnant (that was my wife). i would like to say that it was pregnancy sympathy weight gain, but i am afraid it just would not be true. i too have tried the south beach diet but hated it. what is the 14 day diet?
Thanks for the sweet comment. I actually find sympathy pregnancy weight gain very endearing.
The 14 day diet is a new book by a NYC author. I saw a huge full page ad in the nytimes last week. I have yet to purchase it. I just happen to enjoy any diet that only lasts 14 days!
lad
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