December 3, 2009

Weighing In: Going "Four" It

Every Monday for the last two and a half years I have "started over". I think to myself, This will be the week that I start to lose weight. This will be the week that I make the change. This will be the beginning of the new me. And I always got the same result... I can work out on the treadmill for three days. Or eat the right foods for three days. After three days, I'm done. I get caught up in laundry or paperwork or a TV program or the many, many things that cause stress in my life. I can never get past the three day mark.

I'm trying something different. A "Two Week Total Body Turnaround".

Wait, did I just hear someone chuckle? Only a stupid person would think you can turn obesity around in two weeks.

Trust me, I am not stupid. However, I am counting calories and working out for an hour each night.

Did I say an hour?

Yes, I said an hour.

An entire sixty minutes.

Devoted to myself.

Yes, me.

Super Mommy.

I find it hard to believe, too.

But...

This time. This week. This chance. This begninning. I am going to make it four days. Because I can. Because I have what it takes within me. Because I deserve it.

December 1, 2009

Weighing In: The Bottom Line

A few nights ago, I was reading books to my children at bedtime. I was laying on my stomach while reading on my daughter's bed. My almost-three year old came up behind me and pushed on my rear end, trying to get me to move over. Suddenly, he started laughing! He kept pushing on my rear, "jiggling" my fat. My other two children started giggling, too. Giggle, jiggle, giggle, jiggle. Then my husband came in, wondering what all the giggling was about... I was mortified.

I don't have a full length mirror in my home so I don't often look at my rear end. Now I'm thinking that I should invest in one. Before the jiggle gets any worse. Before my random eating gets so far gone that my only option is to audition for The Biggest Loser...

The Bottom Line: I need to lose some jiggle! TODAY!