The history is that I was extremely skinny (yes, skinny, not thin) in high school. I graduated at 5'6" weighing only 104 pounds with about 11% body fat. Yeah, it was pretty 'concentration-camp-esque'. Within a couple years I'd probably gained 10 pounds, which really didn't look like much.
After moving to San Diego and turning 20 and then 21 I really started to pack on some weight. I got to maybe 140, which didn't look terrible, but was a drastic change from 104. I lost 15 pounds pretty easily when I moved back to Lincoln, Ne in the spring of '02 kept the weight off mostly, and fluctuated only about 10 pounds up then down. In the summer of '04 I was in phenomenal shape at about 135, riding my bike approximately 75 miles a week, eating really healthy and in general staying busy and active.
Then in July I got married to a psycho (that story is for another blog) and the next couple months lead to me leaving with post traumatic stress. After meeting Darren, I moved back to California, this time Orange County, stopped riding my bike, was stuck inside for my job and wasn't very active and my weight sky-rocketed. Getting remarried in October of '05 lead to all that 'happy newly wed weight' which I really wasn't happy about. It's kind of been in check at times, increasing at others, but was never really going back down. The next thing I knew the scale was at an all time high of 170. Although no one would probably guess it's that high since I generally maintain a lot of muscle mass, it's really not a pretty sight.
It's hard when you're married with 3 kids to justify spending a bunch of time for yourself at the gym, but as of this past week I'm getting up at 4:45 (yes AM) to hit a spin class Mon, Wed, and Fri, I take a Lift class on Sat, Yoga Tues night and have gone back to really healthy (but do-able) eating habits. I love my family too much to be too fat to spend quality time with them.
So off I go, and hopefully you'll be seeing less and less of me.
2 comments:
You're getting up at 4:45am??? Wowza! Good for you!! Can't wait to hear about your shrinking. I started working out this week too but not nearly as much as you are. :)
Good for you Girl! You get major kudos for the early morning. I am so happy if I can sleep till 6:30 now. With Spring coming in I'm hoping to have a daily walk with Evan to get us out of the house and to help my backside.
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