I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Sarah. I'm 33 years old, and I'm still fat, but not as fat as I was 18 months ago.
You see ... as of today I've managed to lose 91.8 pounds. I know the next question. I hear it several days a week. How'd you do it? I don't have any voodoo magic to share with you. Sorry! Here's my secret... huddle in now... wait for it... I strictly watch what I eat EVERY single day, right it all down, and I exercise most days a week, usually instead of doing something like going out for lunch, or happy hour. Not very fun huh?
But much better to be this:
Yikes!!! That hurts my eyes people. Seriously... How did I let that happen? Well.... I let it happen over many many many years of being overweight, obese... fat. Whatever you want to call it, I was it. I was the fat kid, the fat teenager, the fat bride, and finally the fat pregnant lady. I loved myself, I had good friends/family, and I felt people accepted me, but It all came down around me on August 9, 2007.
See that sweet boy sitting on my lap in the scary picture above? That's my sweet baby that was born that night. Let's call him "L". He was born 5 weeks early, weighed 3 lbs 4 oz, and spent 27 days in the NICU at the hospital. He was born early because I developed HELLP syndrome - a very serious and rare from of preeclampsia that can lead to liver failure and even maternal death. L and I, we're lucky. We both came out of it relatively unscathed. Sure, he's a little small, but it hasn't effected his ability to flourish one bit. After L was born I continued my "old lifestyle" for over a year before I was finally told flat out by my doctor that my weight was likely a "contributing factor" to my pregnancy issues - oh yeah there were multiple issues, but let's not go there right now. I was also advised to lose weight prior to any more pregnancies. WOW! I almost killed myself and this sweet little boy, because I like bon-bons too much? That was a selfish thing to do. And so, the very next week I walked into Weight Watchers and vowed to change myself. I had to... I had that sweet little boy to think about now.
And that pretty much brings you to now. I've followed Weight Watchers since October 2008. Let's see that's 18 months!!! I lost my first 50 lbs with no exercise, and then last April I started going to Curves. Oh yeah... and now I've lost my last piece of sanity and am signed up to run a 5k in June. June 12, 2010 to be exact. It will be a day that lives in infamy. See, my family, we are not runners. So, stay tuned for that one. I just started training this week, and will have a post coming soon.
In closing (isn't that how you were taught to write an essay... it has been a long time people). I have a favorite quote. "A journey of a thousand miles, must begin with a single step"
- Lao Tzu
I live by that every day!
You see ... as of today I've managed to lose 91.8 pounds. I know the next question. I hear it several days a week. How'd you do it? I don't have any voodoo magic to share with you. Sorry! Here's my secret... huddle in now... wait for it... I strictly watch what I eat EVERY single day, right it all down, and I exercise most days a week, usually instead of doing something like going out for lunch, or happy hour. Not very fun huh?
But much better to be this:
Than this:
Yikes!!! That hurts my eyes people. Seriously... How did I let that happen? Well.... I let it happen over many many many years of being overweight, obese... fat. Whatever you want to call it, I was it. I was the fat kid, the fat teenager, the fat bride, and finally the fat pregnant lady. I loved myself, I had good friends/family, and I felt people accepted me, but It all came down around me on August 9, 2007.
See that sweet boy sitting on my lap in the scary picture above? That's my sweet baby that was born that night. Let's call him "L". He was born 5 weeks early, weighed 3 lbs 4 oz, and spent 27 days in the NICU at the hospital. He was born early because I developed HELLP syndrome - a very serious and rare from of preeclampsia that can lead to liver failure and even maternal death. L and I, we're lucky. We both came out of it relatively unscathed. Sure, he's a little small, but it hasn't effected his ability to flourish one bit. After L was born I continued my "old lifestyle" for over a year before I was finally told flat out by my doctor that my weight was likely a "contributing factor" to my pregnancy issues - oh yeah there were multiple issues, but let's not go there right now. I was also advised to lose weight prior to any more pregnancies. WOW! I almost killed myself and this sweet little boy, because I like bon-bons too much? That was a selfish thing to do. And so, the very next week I walked into Weight Watchers and vowed to change myself. I had to... I had that sweet little boy to think about now.
And that pretty much brings you to now. I've followed Weight Watchers since October 2008. Let's see that's 18 months!!! I lost my first 50 lbs with no exercise, and then last April I started going to Curves. Oh yeah... and now I've lost my last piece of sanity and am signed up to run a 5k in June. June 12, 2010 to be exact. It will be a day that lives in infamy. See, my family, we are not runners. So, stay tuned for that one. I just started training this week, and will have a post coming soon.
In closing (isn't that how you were taught to write an essay... it has been a long time people). I have a favorite quote. "A journey of a thousand miles, must begin with a single step"
- Lao Tzu
I live by that every day!
