Well here I am deciding to write a blog for the first time. It's weird because I don't really want anybody to read it as I am embarassed, but oh well, probably nobody will anyway hehe. I am starting this because I have read a few peoples blogs of their weight loss journeys and found them inspirational so thought I would write one for myself. I guess I should introduce myself first, I am Amanda, 23 years old and a mother of 2 (girl and boy -born christmas 2008- lucky me!), I live in outback Australia with my fiance. I have just started weight watchers (online) two weeks ago and have since lost 2.5kg.
When did my weight problem start? Well I always felt fat when I was a kid, but in hindsight I think it was just puppy fat because even though I still felt fat in highschool I can look back on photos and realise that I was actually healthy, I don't think I even had rolls! I had a little blip when I was 18 years old where I sunk into a depression after quitting my second attempt at year 12 (for a guy) and then being unable to find a job. During that depression I watched DVD's and ate peanut M&M's all the days except Saturday and Wednesday, the days the employment section was out in the newspaper. I did manage to lose that weight, it was only 15kg after all. In 2005 a week before my 20th birthday I was surprised to find out I was pregnant, we both were haha. So after all my hard work and fitness training I totally succumed to the temptation to eat like a pig and blame my pregnancy and I gained one kilo for every week I was pregnant.... I went full term...
THAT is when my real problem began. I never quite lost it, the lowest weight I have been in the past 3 years is 98kg. At the start of 2008 we moved to the desert, with no fast food around I thought I would lose weight but when our belongings were relocated and I weighed myself I was horrified to find I had gained 10kg and now weighed 124 kilos. I put it down to my lack of movement seeing as I no longer had shops to walk around or friends to spend time with. I just had my baby boy almost 6 weeks ago, I peaked at 133.8kgs the week that I had him, he weighed 4.65kg on his own (10 pounds 4 ounces) and I got rid of a lot of fluid and to my surprise I actually ended up lighter than I was before I got pregnant with him. So here I am today right now at 114.5kg, this is where I will start my journey (for blogging purposes) and I plan to finish this year at my goal weight, or damn close to it! My goal for now is 75kg which may still be slightly overweight but I was very happy and healthy and fit at this weight and wouldnt ask for anything more than that.
Sorry for the long post, the rest will probably be super short : )
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