After months of battling weight issues, I have finally decided to do something about it! I have a really good way of finding excuses to eat junk (i.e, eating out is much faster and I get home late.) I am also constantly looking for an "easy fix" to lose weight. If I don't lose weight fast enough, I get frustrated and give up. I finally went to see an endocrinologist to make sure everything was well with my metabolism, cortisol, thyroid, etc. Well, it turns out everything is fine. I am definitely happy to find out that I am very healthy, but it's definitely frustrating to realize that there is not an underlying reason for being overweight other than myself. Now that I have crossed my "t's" and dotted my "i's" in order to make sure there aren't any underlying issues, I have decided to finally take matters into my own hands. I will be doing Weight Watchers as well as working out 7 days a week. At least 3 or 4 days out of the 7, I will be working out twice a day. Because of this new goal, I purchased a bicycle. I figured, "hey, this will be an easy and fun way to get into shape!' Oh boy was I wrong! It is fun because I get to be outside, but it is SO hard! I can't believe I rode a bike every day when I was younger! I have only been able to go about 15 minutes each ride, but I have only gone twice so I figure this is pretty decent considering the shape I am in (round.) I will just keep working at it and build up to a longer time.
I had Jason take some "before" pictures, but I am not posting them until I have pictures to put up showing some success! The pictures are definitely great motivation. I didn't realize how big I am until I saw them. Another HUGE motivating factor in all of this is Shylee. I DO NOT want her growing up thinking about diets and her weight. She is such a smart and beautiful girl already, I don't want her innocence to be tainted with ridiculous things like that. We were at Target today and we saw a young boy (probably about 5 or 6) that asked his Mom for a snack. She told him "no" and he responded back saying "But Mom! I am not on a diet!" This made me so sad! A child that young should not know about diets. They should understand eating healthy and how it provides them with energy to play and learn, but they should never worry about diets at this age!
Wow! This post turned out to be a lot longer than I originally anticipated! Anyway, thanks for reading and check back for updates on my progress!
I had Jason take some "before" pictures, but I am not posting them until I have pictures to put up showing some success! The pictures are definitely great motivation. I didn't realize how big I am until I saw them. Another HUGE motivating factor in all of this is Shylee. I DO NOT want her growing up thinking about diets and her weight. She is such a smart and beautiful girl already, I don't want her innocence to be tainted with ridiculous things like that. We were at Target today and we saw a young boy (probably about 5 or 6) that asked his Mom for a snack. She told him "no" and he responded back saying "But Mom! I am not on a diet!" This made me so sad! A child that young should not know about diets. They should understand eating healthy and how it provides them with energy to play and learn, but they should never worry about diets at this age!
Wow! This post turned out to be a lot longer than I originally anticipated! Anyway, thanks for reading and check back for updates on my progress!
Go Ashlee!!!
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