spice2621's journal

**spice2621** · 08-20-2008, 04:09 PM

Good Morning! Well today is my first day on the meds….I took ½ of the pill around 7:15 this morning…not quite hungry yet…I am excited about started my new journey. I will be making me some breakfest shortly.Well here is a little about me just incase you are interested...Lol! I am 28 yrs old married 6 yrs in November and have a 3 year old daughter who is full of life and keeps me going. I gained my weight after my pregnancy. Which I know is not an excuse but what happened. I let go and now I am feel the consequence’s of doing that now. I have been eating healthier now since march and have lost 8 pounds on my own. I got my correct weigh yesterday...my scale was off. I know it is not a lot of weight but hey it is a start right. I have been exercising 4-5x’s a week. I now enjoy it and feel bad if I don’t. I have learned to portion control and not to just eat if I am bored. I am not perfect and still learning. I cleaned my cabinet out of all the foods that I do not need to tempt me back in March. I also have the support of my husband. He has gained some weight too…so we are doing this together. I mainly want to do this for me…I want to look and feel healthy and to love to go shopping again. It’s depressing to do that now. I have a lot of family members who have high blood pressure so I want to get this weight under control before that becomes an issue. I had preeclampsia towards the end of my pregnancy so I had my daughter at 33 weeks…and I was blaming myself for her being born early. Thank God she was fine just had to stay in the hospital NICU for a little while. So while I was at home I ate, and ate because I felt like it was my entire fault. At first I did not want to eat and dropped all my weight quick and was back in my clothes...Then I ate when I was sad. The only time I was okay was when I was with her at the hospital…I would sit there for so many hours…But she is a healthy child now and I thank God all the time now for that…if you were to see her you would never guess she was a preemie. At all her check-ups the doctors say she is taller than average and healthy than average…so I am blessed…and want to get my health in shape so I can continue to see her grow and be happier with myself too. I do not like what I see in the mirror. I am motivated and ready for a new me. So I will continue to chose healthy choices when eating…continue to exercise drink my water daily and drop this weight. I know it will take time….but I will try as hard as I can….I hope you all have a great day!!! We can do this TOGETHER!!!

jessicacagan2007 · 08-20-2008, 04:22 PM

Hey spice! I'm glad you decided to make the choice to loose weight! You gotta stay on here and keep updating us now! I'm glad your daughter is doing well. That is great!

When I get depressed I eat also... But I'm depressed for entirely different reasons lol. But congrats on making your journal! I'm sure you will make lots of buddies! And your already 8 lbs.down , what a great start! Well talk later!
Jessica

**spice2621** · 08-20-2008, 04:39 PM

Thanks I will...I am going to try and write everyday or atleast every other day...well done to you too girl...keep up the great work!

**sahmof4** · 08-20-2008, 06:57 PM

Hi spice,

Iam very happy you decided to journal with all of us.

I can't believe you already had one other visitor already

sometimes it takes a couple or more days to start getting friends.

I try to visit different journals everyday myself, so if I happen upon one not posted in yet, I will usually post in it.

That's great about you and your DH losing weight together.

So sad about your Daughter, what a miracle baby she became.

look at that taller then average and a great weight to boot.

That's wonderful.

My 2nd child my son was three weeks early so not quite a preemi but he sure was a tiny thing and weighed very little compared to all my other 7 1/2 lb babies.lol He was 5 lbs nothing after a few days because they lose water weight. After they've been floating in water for nine months.

My son was 6 weeks old when he had a bad reaction to his immunizations (pertusis). He ended up developing the whooping cough that landed him in the hospital for a week. How horrible

he was laying there all hooked up to wires and such.

We figured he was allergic to the (pertusis strand) and would have it taken out of his shots and would split his shots up a couple of weeks inbetween so to lesson any bad effects for him in the future.

So I can just imagine how rotten you felt, because I did, but some things you just can't help and preclampsia is one. It happens to the best of us. I was border line Gestational diabetes while I was preggo.

Have a great day and hope you stick around.

ttyl c.c.

**spice2621** · 08-21-2008, 01:31 AM

Well overall today was a good day. I went to they gym and good a little workout in. But today was day #1 and it was good...I will try and post tomorrow...

**sahmof4** · 08-21-2008, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by spice2621

Well overall today was a good day. I went to they gym and good a little workout in. But today was day #1 and it was good...I will try and post tomorrow...

Good so sounds like everything went like a charm,cool.

Great going on working out that helps immensely.

Look forward to your next update.

ttyl c.c.

**spice2621** · 08-21-2008, 04:51 AM

Okay...I will keep you posted..take care!

ariel31 · 08-21-2008, 05:13 AM

My weight is due to having babies too. After having my second baby I lost all my weight gained during pregnancy plus the extra weight I carried from my first pregancy. I think it was from exclusively breastfeeding. So when I got pregnant with my third child, I didn't worry about the weight I gained, which was 55 pounds. I figured I'd lose it. Wrong!