It's Time to Kick Some Weight Loss Ass

I've never been what I'd call a skinny girl.  I always had some meat on me.  When I was in high school, my lowest size was a 5 in juniors (4 in misses).  When I got to college, I was more into a size 7 in juniors (6 in misses).  Of course as a high schooler/college goer, I was always self conscious about my weight.   If I had known then what I know now, I would not have considered myself overweight. 

I worked in retail from 16 on up.  I was always moving and hardly eating.  I never had an exercise routine or counted calories.  I just went to school, worked and ate whenever I felt like it.  It wasn't until I got a bank job that I noticed the weight gain. I was always sitting and never moving and it did nothing but hurt me.

Now a size 9 in juniors (8 in misses), I still didn't feel that bad.  I should have seen the pattern here and stopped it but I didn't.  My husband (at the time boyfriend) and I went on vacations to Mexico and Bermuda and I still didn't think much of my weight.  I'd crash diet the month before we left, drop ten pounds and feel great while on vacation.  I look back at pictures of myself in my bikinis in Mexico and would kill to look like that now!  Why did I think I was so fat?

I did the same thing for my wedding.  I did a crash diet the month before we got married and I dropped ten pounds.  My wedding dress was a size 8 and I was thrilled.  I wasn't at my high school weight but I wasn't at my highest weight either.

I realized just before I got pregnant with my daughter that I had gained quite a bit of weight.  I'm not sure how much but I could see and feel the difference.  I decided that I was done so I signed up for Lose It and started tracking my calorie intake.  It worked and I lost a little weight but then I found out I was pregnant so I stopped.

I didn't worry too much about my weight after I had my daughter but after a while, I had enough.  I started a new weight loss program with Lose It and was hoping to drop the weight before I got pregnant with Baby #2.  I lost about 15 pounds when I found out I was pregnant.  So my calorie counting ended yet again.

Now I'm almost three months post partum and the weight loss has completely stalled. 

And I hate it.

So here we go again.  I've set a new weight loss plan on Lose It and I intend to stick with it.  My daily calorie budget is 1131.  I know this might seem a bit strict but that says that I will lose 2lbs per week and that I will reach my goal by March 2nd.  I know I need to be aggressive about it because if I'm not, I won't do it.

I'm also creating a 30 day workout program for myself.  It's going to be a combination of the 30 day ab, crunch, squat, arm and plank workouts.  This is where I'll start.  I won't just stop after 30 days.  I'll either keep up with that routine or start a new one.  All I know is that I need to get moving.  If you're interested in my routine, let me know and I'll post it.

I don't know that I will share actual weight because I'm way too self-conscious for that but I might share how much I'm losing.  I'm not sure that I will share photos of any kind either until I'm more comfortable with my weight.  I won't be posting weekly updates or anything like that.  I might just drop a line every now and then on how it's going.

I know that it's going to be tough with the holidays coming but I know I need to do this.  My biggest goal is to make sure I am as healthy as possible by the time we decide to have a third child.  Oh yes, I said third child!  I think the plan is to wait until our little guy is a year old and start trying for our third so I have until August but I'd really like to achieve my goal much sooner.