I'm trying to lose weight. I have been since October 2008, but I'm still a Fatty-McFat-Fat, twenty months later. So not the plan.
I had kind of thought that maybe by this time, Hubby and I would possibly be working on bringing Baby #2 into the world, but I just can't bring myself to do that when I haven't even lost all the preggo weight from the first time around. When Hubby and I were first married, I decided (and when I say decided, I mean I did so without actually consulting Hubbs) that it would be a fantastic idea to put no more than two years between each of our children. At the time I did not realize that Hubby would actually have to consent to this plan, nor did I account for the fat still hanging out around my mid-section.
I really feel I should explain myself here... I'm OCD. I thought that if I meticulously planned my child-bearing years, I could have my chosen number of four children before I reached the age of 30.
I now see the flaws in this plan.
For one, by the time I'm 30, if I had four children between the ages of 0 and 8, I'd be crazy-pants and not even able to raise them... as I'd be institutionalized.
Two, labor and childibrth hurt like a mother. Three, I'm still fat-pants. Four, I'm poor. Five, I live with my parents. Six, I don't think I want four kids. I think maybe I'd like two, because... seven, my hoo-ha can only take so much. Eight, I don't want to be the next Duggar woman with a tv show. She seems super-sweet, but I don't want to perpetually shop at Motherhood, Pea in the Pod, or Boat World.
Now, this is not my little Roo's fault. I used pregnancy, and then nursing, as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted to, saying, "It's for the baby. He needs this chocolate mouse cheesecake laced with 300 grams of fat!" Ugh. Hindsight is 20/20.
So anyway, I'm going to do a cleanse! It's a ten-day herbal cleanse from AdvoCare. I've done it before, and even though I struggled to follow all the tiny, little food do's and don't's, I still felt great by the end of it. So this time, I'm hoping that not only will I have more energy and clearer skin again, but that it will also jumpstart my weight loss plans and get me back on the right track.
Hey, there! Welcome to this crazy world of thoughts...I shall need more time to read through your blog...
ReplyDeleteKimi, you are HILARIOUS!! I gained a LOT of weight (65 pounds) when I moved back here. Then I started Atkins and have since lost 45 of that. That's an excellent diet when done correctly. Read the book! And if you do this right, seriously, that weight is SO easy to lose. Coupled with exercise of course. Dr. Atkins said it is a MUST! That's no matter what diet you're on though. Anyway, good luck with your weight loss!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Imola and jennashaped!
ReplyDeleteI've lost some weight through diet and exercise, but then I took a break for a while. I got burned out on restricting my food so much. I needed to just be for a while. Now I'm back on the diet wagon and starting to get back in the habit of exercising. It's rough, but I think this cleanse will help me get started. :)