Today is my birthday (
Happy Birthday to me!!) and the date I gave myself to fit into the jeans I had ordered off EBay in with a big bunch of jeans for my older girls. I tried them on in dismay months ago unable to button them. No pictures were taken, I was too horrified at the extra "fluff" hanging out making it so I couldn't button my jeans, forget about zipping them fully.
That day I vowed to whip my ass into shape. Yes, I know round is
A Shape but I want to be in a healthy, sexier shape. After 2 trips through the 30 day shred (not fully completed one of those times) I have noticed changes. I definitely feel a change in my ability to keep up with my energetic children. I will continue to have that evil woman Jillian Michaels kick my ass and keep me motivated to keep kicking back. I haven't been the only one enjoying the changes in my body. My husband has noticed the changes in places I couldn't see without a mirror or a silly dance.
With a family history heavy in heart disease and diabetes I didn't want my life to be affected so negatively by my weight. I started out this weight loss journey at a size 16 (and getting disturbingly tight) When I woke up this morning I was apprehensive that I would even fit in the jeans. My thoughts were filled with a replay of my fall off the healthy wagon recently and straight into a big pile of cookies and sweets. I had stayed and wallowed a while in those sweets and my lack of weight loss results recently shows it.
This morning I just stood there glaring at those jeans for a good five minutes before attempting to plunge in. I was pleasantly surprised it only required a small wiggle to get them up over my overly ample hips, no full blown hopping or dancing around needed. ::mini victory dance:: As I buttoned them and slid the zipper up into place I almost began to cry. They actually fit. I did it, kinda. Sure I do have a mini muffin top. In all fairness it's more like a corn bread muffin top and no longer a Starbucks mega muffin top.
Pardon the bragging post but I am very proud of myself for achieving my goal (kinda) and during the holiday season no less. (the season of weakness for me) I wont be stopping here though. I'll stop wanting to lose weight once my Wii fit stops calling me fat or groaning when I step on it. That would be around 30 more lbs to lose. OK so it doesn't straight out call me fat but I don't like the weigh in and watching my Mii plump up to match my plumper proportions.
What is one of your favorite exercise routines to use? Healthy snack ideas? My favorite craving buster is any bar of really good dark chocolate. Dark Chocolate has been proven to be an appetite suppressant. Even stranger you don't even have to eat it. Smelling the dark chocolate is not enough for me though. I prefer ingesting my chocolate to just smelling it. My willpower isn't strong enough to bring chocolate so close to my mouth and not sample even just a small morsel.
