It's happened again. During the last year I found something I really wasn't looking for and really didn't want: all the weight that I lost the previous year. At the beginning of my pregnancy I thought (ignorantly), "Oh, now that I've lost all this weight I'll get to be one of those cute skinny pregnant ladies". This thought however did not account for my aversion to eating anything green and leafy or any other healthy thing while I was pregnant. Instead, I opted for cheeseburgers (the greasier and cheesier, the better!), french fries, full-sugar sodas, and chocolate (LOTS of chocolate!!!). The first time I got on the scale around month three of my pregnancy I was (quite stupidly) shocked to see that I had gained TEN pounds!! I kind of brushed it off and then for the next couple of months continued to gain weight at an alarming rate. Luckily around month seven the baby began to cramp room in my stomach for all that food and I stopped gaining so much weight. By the time Eli came out I was pushing a weight gain of 50+ lbs (Yikes!! Did I just say that?!)
Luckily, two weeks after having him I weighed in at 22 lbs less, but then Christmas and New Year's happened and I found seven more pounds (okay, really, I ATE my way to it). So I decided that if I waited any longer to start eating healthier that it would not be a great scenario. A couple of weeks ago I did my walk of shame back to Weight Watcher's. Of course, I brought the baby so they would see that there was a good? reason for all the weight gain! The first week on Weight Watchers I went hard core, and stuck really good to my eating plan and was rewarded the next week with a weight loss of 7 and a half pounds!! (those dumb Christmas pounds!!) I am hoping to get back to my goal weight this year which would mean losing 30+ more pounds, and I would also like to run a 5k. I know it's not going to be easy but I'm pretty sure it will be worth it in the end!!
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