Just in case, for some crazy reason, someone wants to read this later on and really so I can remember how hard this is, I thought I might explain a little bit about me and how I got to this point. I'm almost 35, a wife, a mother of 2 amazing daughters, a registered nurse who works the crazy graveyard shift by choice, and helping to put a husband through school. Those are just a few of the reasons that I am overweight....that and until the last few years I never, NEVER exercised. I was always a little chubby, always one of the bigger girls, but I didn't ever let it get me down. One day, I was 28, almost 29 and weighed the heaviest that I had been to that point (219). My boyfriend at the time, now my husband, had just broken up with me (another story, another time) and I was devastated! I did something crazy and impulsive, I got a dog. Not just any dog, a puppy with a ton of energy. I loved her as soon as I saw her, but she had so much energy! I started taking her for walks. We walked everyday in the morning and almost every night. That was to keep her calm enough that I could keep her in the house. Long story short, I ended up losing 40 lbs, eventually my ex-boyfriend realized the mistake that he had made, we started dating again, got engaged and we were married in June of 2007. Two years later we were blessed with a little girl, but unfortunately I put on some weight with her and it took a long time to get that weight off. Right before I got pregnant with my second baby, I was at my lowest weight that I could remember, 180 lbs. I gained A LOT of weight with my second baby. It could have been that I baked almost every day and ate at Jimmy Johns almost every day. I had cravings for carbs...and not the good kind. So needless to say, here I am 2 years later, still struggling to stay motivated and unfortunately, still loving sweets and carbs!
I informed my husband today about my plan to lose 35 lbs by my 35th birthday....he laughed when he remembered how old I would be this summer, but I am determined to be better at 35 than I was at 34! I want to be healthy and be around to enjoy my girls. I want them to remember me as a mom who played with them and who taught them healthy eating habits!
Currently, one of my downfalls is this little drink shack here in St. George called Swig. This little place has erupted into something huge and is now listed as one of the top 5 attractions to visit in Southern UT.
To say that I love Swig is an understatement. I go there on a daily basis, as do many people I know...I am a frequent swigger! My girls call it the drink store and Halle and Addi know that we go there for the cookies. I go there for my daily caffeine fix, Large Diet coke, easy ice. I also go there for the sugar cookies. I LOVE the sugar cookies. Today I have place myself on a one per week sugar cookie ban. I can't take them away completely, but I also can't have them every day. In order to lose this weight, they have to go away a little bit. From now on, these will be my weekly reward for working hard. Diet coke is still ok, ok, I know it's not ok, but when you sleep as little as I do, it's ok.
I read a quote yesterday that I think will help me out when I have my cravings for a Swig sugar cookie...."Someone has said only those who resist temptation really understand the power of temptation." ~Elder David A. Bednar, Act in Doctrine (He said this in reference to the Savior and his example of resisting temptation, so I think this is applicable. I don't mean to be blasphemous, but I can't imagine anyone having an easy time of resisting a Swig sugar cookie!)
Ok, so Swig sugar cookies only once per week. Daily food and exercise journaling on weight watchers...35 in 35!
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