Your Shape Challenge ~ Week 2
January 25, 2010 by CraftyMama
Filed under Project Skinny Minnie
Well I just finished up my second week with Jenny and Your Shape and what a trip it has been! It’s getting easier but I’m still amazed at how out of shape I actually am.
After a frustrating week 1 where I didn’t loose any weight I’m happy to announce that I have lost 11 pounds this week! It feels really great to say that. I’m not exactly sure what made the difference but I changed several things this week.
1. Upped my water intake ~ I’m still nowhere near the suggested amount of water a day, I have to keep working on this, but I did drink more than I used to which was only about 1 or 2 glasses a day. I used to reach for a Pepsi, now I reach for water.
2. I changed my diet. This was big for me, I never ate breakfast, I usually snack all day a little at a time, eat what the kids don’t eat after I make lunch and then eat dinner with my family. Drastic changes here.
Project Skinny Minnie
January 6, 2010 by CraftyMama
Filed under Project Skinny Minnie
Skinny Minne, thats what people used to call me a VERY long time ago. Check out this waistline (me in 1989, hubby was pretty skinny then too…)
Over the years I attended college (can you say Freshmen 30), had 4 kids (used the fact that I was gonna have more as an excuse not to loose weight in between), and quit working (thus sitting around more on the couch). Put this all together and I have gone from “Skinny Minnie” to someone I don’t even recognize, someone who has gained 80 pounds in 14 years, someone who has to buy new clothes when the seasons change cause she keeps gaining weight, someone who is disgusted that she let it get this bad. I have been disgusted for years but I have not been ready to do anything about it, I think I am finally ready. Maybe its because I’m quickly approaching 40 (only 2 more years yikes!), maybe its because I can’t keep up with my kids anymore, maybe its because I can feel the fat around my midsection folding up when I sit down, whatever the reason, I want to be healthy for me and for my family. It’s time, it’s been time and I keep ignoring it.
