I have finally started to seriously start losing weight and getting healthy. As a little kid I was what they called a skinny minnie. I was a picky eater who never sat still. I can remember so many times my parents trying, begging, threatening, bargaining to try and get me to eat. When I reached middle school I finally decided to start trying new foods and I liked it. I started gaining weight and I got a little hefty. I was never over weight, but I was a little bigger than I probably should've been. I was not athletic at all, I didn't have an athletic bone in my body. I hated any kind of physical activity because I wasn't any good at it. When I reached high school I knew I was heavier than some of the girls, but I wasn't really worried about it. I had my friends who liked me for me and I didn't try to change myself for anyone. Until Prom came up. I started trying to lose a little weight cause I wanted to look good in my prom dress. I succeeded too! I lost a little and had a sort of flat stomach. I kept the weight off for two years and then I got married. In the first four years of my marriage I gained just a little weight, enough that it was starting to show. In the fourth year I got pregnant with our first son and after that I had that "mom pooch" around my waist that never went away. After our second son was born it got worse and I weighed the most I've ever weighed in my life. I'm about 5'4 and I weighed 147lbs. I was not happy with that. For two years I would stare at my body in the mirror wishing I looked better. I didn't like the way clothes looked on me, I didn't like how I felt about my body, and I knew there was only one way to fix it. But for two years I kept telling myself that I didn't have time for a workout routine, that I wasn't really fat, it would go away on its own, that I couldn't do a workout, I wasn't strong enough or coordinated enough. Then I started seeing other women my age on Facebook telling about their weightloss. I wanted that. I wanted to be able to post before and after pictures and say how many pounds I had lost.
I finally started one day after two years of putting it off. I started slow. I own Zumba Fitness 2 for Wii, and I started with that every other day. Zumba is so much fun and burns so many calories. After about a month of Zumba every other day I had lost two pounds. That was good, but I wanted more. So I borrowed the X-Factor ST workout from my sister in law, I printed out the workout calendar it provided, I stuck the Week 1 DVD in and I began. I am in Week 6 and have lost five more pounds. I'm down to 140 and I feel great.
It's been hard. I've changed some of eating habits, given up a few things and replaced them with healthier choices. I admit to that I slacked off my workout once one week and once the next week, then my mother took me to Applebees and I stuffed myself. With the slack off and the extra food, I gained two pounds back. But I'm working them off extra hard.
I've also started Zumba at my church once a week. I carry my Wii and my Zumba game and I boogie with a few of my church members! That's a sight, older people doing cha-cha's and salsa!! Even my pastor, his wife and my own parents have joined in. Everyone who has tried it has loved it.
When I get through with X-Factor in two weeks, I'm starting Les Mills Body Combat that I have ordered and is on it's way. My husbands cousin who lives in Wisconsin is a coach for BeachBody and she convinced me to get Body Combat and we're going to go through it together.
So if you're like me, thinking you'd like to do a workout and lose weight, but you don't think you can, take it from me. You can. I really did not believe I had it in me to do the moves: pushups, squats, lunges, planks. They seemed so hard and I knew I was not strong. But I did it. Some I have to modify so that I can get through them but that's okay. As long as you're doing as much as you can do, you're getting a good workout. Even though I'm doing assisted pushups on my knees, it's still a lot better than sitting on the couch watching tv, which is how I used to spend my mornings. Sometimes during the workout I have to stop and rest, sometimes I'm going slower than the trainer. But that's better than walking around with a box of Cheez-Its in my hand.
I wanted to share my journey with you. It's been a little over two months so far, and I plan on it going for a very long time. My overall goal is to lose the 'pooch' around my stomach and tone up my muscles. I'm not concerned too much over the number I weigh. As long as I'm fit and healthy. I'm not looking for a body like those Hollywood skeletons, I don't want my bones showing through. I hope my story has encouraged you to consider where you want to be and what you have to do to get there.
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