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I have struggle with my weight for a long time. Not because I am trying to fit into the mold of what our society says is beautiful but because I don’t feel good/healthy, etc. I was always athletic as a child–gymnastics, softball, soccer. I played soccer the longest and was good at it. It really kept the weight off. As teen I age just about whatever I wanted and it never really showed because I was so active. I have PCOS–which makes it difficult for me to lose weight. I won’t go into the long description of what happens with PCOS to make losing weight hard and gaining weight oh so very easy. But this has been a struggle for me the past 10 or so years. I have gained and lost the same 70lbs over and over and over. I was pushing close to my all time high weight of 250 again and realized that I really needed to do something and not just for me, but for my children. I want to be a healthy role model for them as there are so many unhealthy choices and enticements in the world. I have never smoked, I don’t drink much and I knew that I needed to change my eating habits to really treat my body the way it deserves to be treated. I also came to the realization that I couldn’t do it on my own. I was not taught as a child to have healthy eating habits. We grew up poor and when you don’t have a lot of money you tend to eat less healthy as process food tends to be less expensive than whole food.

I had some recent success when I was following a nutrition program at my gym, but I also discovered it was not going to lead to longtime success as I abandonded the plan after 6 months because I couldn’t take it anymore. I missed so many foods–mostly non-green veggies and fruit. I need freedom to choose and variety. I love flavors and I love fresh food.
So, I searched for a program that I thought would work for me. I landed at Weight Watchers–online–I am not a meeting type of girl. They have two different plans. I do not like to eat a lot of processed and prepackaged foods–of course that is how I got fat–so I chose their Core plan. I don’t have to count the food I eat as long as it is a core food–all fruits, veggies, lean protein and fat free dairy. You get a certain number of points to use during the week for extras… I really like it as it is so easy and allows me to really eat good whole food.

Today was my weigh in for the end of my first week and I have lost 4.7lbs. I feel great and my skin looks and feels better. I have more energy and am really motivated as I feel that I am really doing it for all the right reasons this time and not because others seem to think I should lose weight. The power we have within us if only we would unleash it.

We have so many great parks in our area that it is amazing that we live in a relatively large city. There is one that is an Elk and Bison reserve. You can get really close to the elk it is great. I spent many a day here as a kid and I was so happy to get to take my son there for the first time today. I am sorry to report there was not a Bison sighting but there was a great deal of other wildlife.
The turtles soaking up the sun.