I'm still reading the thread but I wanted to jump in here before I leave for class. I SO need friends in this and since this place is graet for friends and support I want in too.
I have terrible eating habits and I know if I don't do something now the weight will continue to creep up on me. I also want to be healthy and fit for when Matt and I decide to start a family. At 5'9" I weigh about 190 right now. Not too bad and I hide it well but I should be much closer to 160... not to mention that just a few weeks ago I was 186. A quick idea of how I eat... I'm pretty good durring the day. I eat pretty healthy and don't over eat too much. It's once I get home... I use food as stress relief and it keeps me busy when I'm bored... it's a crutch and thats how the weight has snuck up on me. I'll get home from work and we'll have dinner... then I'll seconds and be stuffed. Then, I'll have something sweet. Then we'll snack on ship or crackers or more dinner... then something else sweet. We just pick and graze all night long simetimes right up to bed time. It's terrible. I weigh more now than I ever have before and I need help!
I love the idea of adding healthy habits one at a time. I've never gone to a WW meeting or anything but I follow the points system (sometimes) and I need to think of this as a life change and not a diet. To date we've bought bikes (right before the snow) so we can stay active together. I've also switched from 2% milk to 1%. Next I think I'll see if he's willing to switch to all whole grains next time we go pantry shopping. Baby steps.
I've also been contemplating a new tattoo for this new journey in my life. This morning I think I came up with one I like... scales which could mean 2 things for me... a healthier (thinner) life and also my future career as a lawyer. I also want to get it some where that I'll always see it but I'm torn on that. I was thinking wrist but I'm not sure.
I also have a random question for the ladies in this thread. I'm wondering who else experiences this phenomenon. So, we gain weight, and our boobs gain weight (read:get bigger). They say that whe we lose weight that we'll lose some in our chest too... but I never do. Is this an issue for anyone else?
Oh, and one more thing... Bruce, you are truely and inspiration.
I have terrible eating habits and I know if I don't do something now the weight will continue to creep up on me. I also want to be healthy and fit for when Matt and I decide to start a family. At 5'9" I weigh about 190 right now. Not too bad and I hide it well but I should be much closer to 160... not to mention that just a few weeks ago I was 186. A quick idea of how I eat... I'm pretty good durring the day. I eat pretty healthy and don't over eat too much. It's once I get home... I use food as stress relief and it keeps me busy when I'm bored... it's a crutch and thats how the weight has snuck up on me. I'll get home from work and we'll have dinner... then I'll seconds and be stuffed. Then, I'll have something sweet. Then we'll snack on ship or crackers or more dinner... then something else sweet. We just pick and graze all night long simetimes right up to bed time. It's terrible. I weigh more now than I ever have before and I need help!
I love the idea of adding healthy habits one at a time. I've never gone to a WW meeting or anything but I follow the points system (sometimes) and I need to think of this as a life change and not a diet. To date we've bought bikes (right before the snow) so we can stay active together. I've also switched from 2% milk to 1%. Next I think I'll see if he's willing to switch to all whole grains next time we go pantry shopping. Baby steps.
I've also been contemplating a new tattoo for this new journey in my life. This morning I think I came up with one I like... scales which could mean 2 things for me... a healthier (thinner) life and also my future career as a lawyer. I also want to get it some where that I'll always see it but I'm torn on that. I was thinking wrist but I'm not sure.
I also have a random question for the ladies in this thread. I'm wondering who else experiences this phenomenon. So, we gain weight, and our boobs gain weight (read:get bigger). They say that whe we lose weight that we'll lose some in our chest too... but I never do. Is this an issue for anyone else?
Oh, and one more thing... Bruce, you are truely and inspiration.