Count me in, Sister!

Thanks for the invitation, Jen! I can totally relate to the ups and downs of dieting and weight gain and loss. I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas, plans, and suggestions. And adding a few of my own that hopefully will indicate some success!

My baby is 2 months old now and it's about time that I make some effort to work on ALL the weight I gained during pregnancy. . . . I wasn't one of those who couldn't keep food down - rather I was one of those who felt like she needed to eat all the time - and boy, did I take advantage of that and am now paying the consequences! I won't even go into the 20 lbs. that I gained after getting married Oct 28, 2006! Let's just say that my husband lost 20 lbs. post wedding and I gained those 20! I have no idea how that happened!

Another thing that I have struggled with for a long time is the fact that I have poly-cystic ovarian syndrome. They say that this can cause obesity. I'm afraid that I often use it as a excuse to eat unhealthily (because I'm going to be fat anyways, right!?), rather than use it as a reason to eat even more healthily and keep the weight down! So, don't let me use it as an excuse!

My goal in the next month is to stop the 3 am feeding binges I've been having while I'm warming up Nathan's bottle (I'm still nursing and doing formual)! It shouldn't be too hard as he is now sleeping 5 - 7 hours during the night! So I can say that my first goal is pretty much taken care of! hee, hee! (baby steps, right?)

And secondly, I'd like to start going out for 15 - 30 minutes walk at least 3 times a week, if not more. But I'll start with 3 times a week as that is the number of times the maid comes and I'm able to leave my sleeping baby with her.

And thirdly, I'd like to start some sort of a program for eating - perhaps Weight Watchers as I have heard from many of my friends as to how well this has worked for them. But probably my main goal in this area this month is to start weeding the junk out of my diet and start focusing on more healthy alternatives.

Thanks again for doing this Jen! And I look forward to hearing from others as well!