lindsayloosing

Ok, so I thought I could at least post about the history of me trying to get healthy. I have always been chunky.. When I got pregnant with my 4 year old daughter I weighed around 195 lbs. and wore a 14… By the time I was ready to deliver her I had gained up to 248 lbs. Talking about eating for two! Two grown men maybe… lol  But anyhow, after that I hovered around 215.. Not too bad.. 33 lbs gone… But still wearing an 18… I then decided to join a gym.. I had a workout buddy and we went 3-5 days a week… We both dropped some weight… I really didn’t follow any diet, just cut back… That helped me see the 180’s for the first time in years… We slowly dropped out of exercising but I still maintained between 185-190. Christmas of 2006 my grandma became very sick with lung cancer. I had been working as a server for around three years and took off during the weeks to help care for her.. I ended up quiting due to my boss being very cold about it 2 days before Christmas… She passed away two days after Christmas. I weighed at about 188… My life became considerably less active. I wasn’t going to the gym nor was I running around that Resturant anymore.. I got a job at an assited living home.. A lot of sitting on your butt time.. I also started nursing school in september.. Things got crazy and I found myself whipping it through drive throughs to save time and not have to cook.. Going to school 5 days a week and working weekends you begin to try to find things to cut corners to have more time for everything else.. SOOO, I weighed in the month of Decmeber and about fell out.. 220 lbs. I had gained 30 lbs this year?!? This is not going to work. So here I go again… I do not have tons of time to be able to devote.. I am in nursing school, I work, & I am a mom & wife. I am going to make time for this though. I am going to excercise 30 minutes a day. I am going to avoid drive throughs like the black plague. I am also going to pack lunches for school… With dinner I am going with portion control and not eating after 7pm… I am leaving the sugar drinks behind and I am going to feel better and look better.. So here I go!

 (pls excuse typo’s and misspellings.. :)  )