I had my first weight in today on my Low Carb Journey.. I started on September 24th 2012.. I weighed in at the 1 week mark and weighed in at 290 lbs.. Yeah.. 5.5 lb loss in 1 week! I am super excited about that.. I found this really awsome forum/message board called Low Carb Friends.. www.lowcarbfriends.com It's a great place to get support! Love it!! So much information!
On another note, I had my first out to eat test today.. I took my son to Old Country Buffet as it's closing and that used to be our favorite place! So, we went and I actually stayed on program.. Big salad with blue cheese and had baked chicken and broccoli and cheese... I drank water and for dessert I chose a sugar free orange cream cake and only had 4 bites.. I am so proud of that..
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wow has it been along time....
Well, I started on a Low Carb Journey so decided to blog about it, then I remembered that I still had this blog so here I am..
First a homeschooling update. We are still homeschooling. It's been 7 years since we started this journey. I have since graduated 1, have another in 11th grade and my youngest is doing 2/3rd grade work.. My oldest is in Community College and excelling there.. My middle son is doing great homeschooling. He has lots of friends and does lots of activities and just is an all around GREAT young man.. My youngest (the baby) is still struggling a little with his schooling. He's alway's had a hard time with reading and fine motor. Still there but getting better.. I have found some great curriculum items this year that has helped ! (Teaching Textbooks has been a life savor)
Now for the diet update.. I haven't alway's had an issue with my weight. Growing up I was "just right" as my mom put it.. Not skinny but not big either. I think in highschool I was a size 7/9 and up until my first child that's about where I stayed.. Then came my baby girl.. I had gestational diabetes with her and gained almost 80 lbs during that pregnancy.. (nobody told me how hard it would be to lose it :( 2.5 years later I was probably about 170 when I got pregnant with my 2nd baby.. Big Nick!! lol... He weighed in at a whopping 9lbs 15 oz.. YIKES!! I gained another 65 with him... I struggled and struggled to get the weight off.. It was just sooo tough.. By the time my 3rd came around 8 YEARS later I was weighing in at 230!!! UGGGG! I was lucky with him.. I only gained about 30 lbs.. I was diabetic with all of them but with him they finally had to put me on insulin shots.. (probably why I only gained 30 lbs) Well, that baby is now 8 YEARS OLD!! and I am at my highest weight ever!!! I weighed in at a whopping 295.5 last monday!! I want to just die!!!! Obesity runs in my family. My great grandmother was 400lbs.. My mom had WLS at 365 lbs 8 years ago.. My cousin, 2 brothers and more are obese!! It's tough when most of your family is FAT!! My dear husband just doesn't understand. He comes from a family of SKINNY MINNIES!! lol.. When I married him he was 6foot tall and weighed 155.. Now 20 years later he only weighs 183!! LUCKY HIM!!
Oh well, so, last monday I decided I needed to go back to Low Carb! I have done almost everything over the last 19 years. I would lose some and then gain right back!! I even did low carb before! I did lose, but didn't stick to it for long! This time, I am determined.. When I couldn't get on the bumper cars this summer that was it!! I knew it was time to really do something!!
So, I will be posting my low carb journey here along with our home school journey! Hopefully someone will get something out of it! (hopefully ME)... lol..
First a homeschooling update. We are still homeschooling. It's been 7 years since we started this journey. I have since graduated 1, have another in 11th grade and my youngest is doing 2/3rd grade work.. My oldest is in Community College and excelling there.. My middle son is doing great homeschooling. He has lots of friends and does lots of activities and just is an all around GREAT young man.. My youngest (the baby) is still struggling a little with his schooling. He's alway's had a hard time with reading and fine motor. Still there but getting better.. I have found some great curriculum items this year that has helped ! (Teaching Textbooks has been a life savor)
Now for the diet update.. I haven't alway's had an issue with my weight. Growing up I was "just right" as my mom put it.. Not skinny but not big either. I think in highschool I was a size 7/9 and up until my first child that's about where I stayed.. Then came my baby girl.. I had gestational diabetes with her and gained almost 80 lbs during that pregnancy.. (nobody told me how hard it would be to lose it :( 2.5 years later I was probably about 170 when I got pregnant with my 2nd baby.. Big Nick!! lol... He weighed in at a whopping 9lbs 15 oz.. YIKES!! I gained another 65 with him... I struggled and struggled to get the weight off.. It was just sooo tough.. By the time my 3rd came around 8 YEARS later I was weighing in at 230!!! UGGGG! I was lucky with him.. I only gained about 30 lbs.. I was diabetic with all of them but with him they finally had to put me on insulin shots.. (probably why I only gained 30 lbs) Well, that baby is now 8 YEARS OLD!! and I am at my highest weight ever!!! I weighed in at a whopping 295.5 last monday!! I want to just die!!!! Obesity runs in my family. My great grandmother was 400lbs.. My mom had WLS at 365 lbs 8 years ago.. My cousin, 2 brothers and more are obese!! It's tough when most of your family is FAT!! My dear husband just doesn't understand. He comes from a family of SKINNY MINNIES!! lol.. When I married him he was 6foot tall and weighed 155.. Now 20 years later he only weighs 183!! LUCKY HIM!!
Oh well, so, last monday I decided I needed to go back to Low Carb! I have done almost everything over the last 19 years. I would lose some and then gain right back!! I even did low carb before! I did lose, but didn't stick to it for long! This time, I am determined.. When I couldn't get on the bumper cars this summer that was it!! I knew it was time to really do something!!
So, I will be posting my low carb journey here along with our home school journey! Hopefully someone will get something out of it! (hopefully ME)... lol..
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