This is not the first weight loss journey and not my first time to join weight watchers. In 2010 I reached my largest at 230 lbs. This was when I discovered I was pregnant with my first daughter. The Dr. told me I had gestational diabetes and that I needed to go on a special diet before the birth. I did at 7 months pregnant (over 230 now) and was roughly 200 the day my daughter was born! Yay!
I continued to keep some of this off and lose more as I was breastfeeding the first year of her life.
My then husband, Shannon Seaton (who has now since passed) decided the he wanted to join Weight Watchers. I was so excited! We could now do this journey together.
I became a lifetime member when I reached my goal 7 years ago of 160 (but got down to 155) at 5'9. I felt confident and happy with my body. I was healthier than I was at my High School graduation. YAY!
See my previous journey here...
After this achievement, I had another child. I had lost again and gotten back to 160 by a year after her birth. Following what I learned from WW, I was able to keep it off pretty much for 6 years. This past year I have gotten comfortable and felt as though I didn't want to make the daily sacrifices as usual. It slowly added up to me being 20 lbs. away from my life goal. I sat in denial for a while, went do Disney World and lived it up for a week. But it's back to reality and can't be ignored anymore. I feel wrong in my skin. Being an art teacher, One of my favorite things to do is express myself with my clothing! I love my thrifty closet collection. I love to be open each day to wear what I feel. But it feel more and more lately, I am picking out clothes for the purpose of hiding myself rather than standing out.
My new husband, Todd, and I decided to join WW 2 weeks ago. I weighed in at 182 when we got home from Disney World. It has not even been a full 2 weeks yet and I am down to 177.5! Yay. Still got a way to go. I wanted to keep a diary on here of how I feel and what I am eating. I am not only doing this to help and encourage others, but for myself to refer to later if I should gain the weight again. I can encourage myself. It is weird, but I look back at my old self and am jealous of how much determination I once had. I am still "me", "her" though. So, this journaling to future self helps me.
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For starters, I eat a little weird. I’m not quite a vegetarian ( although I could be easily). But, I rarely eat meN unless it’s cooked by someone else, I feel as though my body is in need of it or it’s all there is. Since pre-k, Happy Meal burgers have been a cringe for me. I remember being dropped off at pre-school and pulling all the pickles, cheese and veggies off my gross burger patty and putting it back on the bun for lunch. Bye bye burger. Hello veggie sandwich. My parents thought I was picky, but I just couldn’t explain it. My choices have been more of an inconvenience to me and others. I usually eat meat purely to please others and not seem rude. Honey, Meat gives me the wiggles. So, you will notice most of my meal choices are meat free.
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Spicy Black Bean Stacker
2 Black Bean Patties
(5 points)
1 low fat Frigo string cheese
(1 point)
4 Sandwich sliced kosher dill pickles, salsa & mustard.
(0 points)
* I do different versions a if this. If I had guacamole at home, I would sub the cheese for that. If I had lettuce that wasn’t slimy, I’d add a bed underneath. But I go with the flow of what’s available. I like to keep it real like a HappyMeal (without the patty of course). 😉
