Some of you by now have heard my schpeil about weight. Now it's time to officially post it on the diet blog!
The chub gene is a heredity trait in my family. I have a large bone structure, and I am Irish Italian, so what do you expect? Definatley not skinny minnies. Growing up, I was always bigger in both height and weight than the other kids. When I was in the 7th grade, I started to run cross country and I lost all of my baby fat. My height also leveled off. From about 8-10th grade, I was 5`2 and 110 lbs. My junior year I was extremely busy and convinced myself that life was more important than eating so I began to basically starve myself. I was a ball of nervous energy. When I did eat, I hardly kept anything down. My weight went down to about 92 lbs. The summer before my senior year I fell in love and became happy and comfortable with myself. I began to gain some weight. At that point, that was a good thing. I leveled off at 125 lbs and stayed there for a long time. That's where I believe my ideal weight should be.
When I met Hardin, I became rather comfy with myself yet again. We gnoshed on cheese fries, ice cream, and pepperidge farm cakes just about every night. This took quite a toll on my weight. After 6 months of relationship bliss I had managed to put on about 30 lbs. I was up to about 160.
In the summer of 2001, I was in a terrible car wreck. When I saw the doctor for physical therapy, he suggested that I take ballet lessons to help my knees heel and loose about 30 lbs. That's when I realized I needed to do something. Hardin and I decided to go on the Atkins diet together.
The weight rolled off. I got down to about 115 in 9 months. The only problem was that I felt dizzy all the time. The doctor said I should stop dieting and pay more attention to getting sugar in my system. I was diagnosed with hypoglocemia. I then began to eat in moderation. A year ago I weighed right around 128.
Then Hardin and I got married.....
I was always so freaked out because all I heard was how people tend to put weight on when they get married. I began to really watch what I ate and I started to work out for the first time in years. I constantly ate because I was working out so much. At first I ate right, then I discovered NY pizza, gyros, indian food, and ice cream. Even though I watched what I ate most of the time, I now in hindsight realize that having pizza three times a week mixed in with a gyro and ice cream now and then probably is where it bit me in the ass.
I got on the scale yesterday and I am up to 137. I need to loose about 10 lbs to be considered as "healthy weight." My mom found this diet online called DASH. It sounds a lot like weight watchers. It deals with portions and servings. I have been on it for a week, and I just feel way healthier. I've been recording my food in a hard cover journal, but thanks to Tex, this makes it 10 times easier!