Hi everyone! By everyone I mean all the potential people who may one day read this, and the 3 family members I will force to read this. My name is Marly, and I am a proud wife and mother. Happily married for three years, and I have a 4 week old son and 15 month old daughter. I also have an angel in heaven, who was born in Dec. 2009, 13 weeks premature. So if you do the math, that is three kiddos in 3 years. I am not sure if anymore kids are in the cards for us, but I know I am READY to get my body back!
Any mom knows that when you decide to have kids, you are signing a waiver that basically says, "stretch marks, extra LBS, stucco tummy and cellulite accepted." Unless you are one of those lucky gals who pops out a baby and still has the body of a gym godess. Well, that is definitly not me! In fact, I have never been toned and fit. I was skinny at one point, but I still had that shelf of cellulite under my tush, and jiggly theighs. My tummy has always been small though, concave even. Oh how I miss it!!! I have a smaller upper body, small waist and big hips.
The smallest I have ever been was a size 7. <3 This was in 2009, and was due to my mild eating disorder and addiction to Red Line energy drink. Even though I loved my weight, I did not love how I attained it. Or that even though I was skinny, I had ZERO tone. Looking back at pictures, being able to see my sternum was not sexy. I feel that for my body type, 130 was JUST too skinny. I would like to hover around 140. That my friends is my goal!
If you haven't caught on yet, that is why I am starting this blog! I am ready to slip into the category of a hot mamma! Not just for the boost it will give my self confidence, but for the health benefits. What is the point of having kids young, if you are too heavy to keep up with them? Right now, I CRAVE junk food 24/7! There is always something better to eat out, than at home. The sad part is that 8 out of 10 times I will give in! I am tired of excuses, and just thinking that one day the weight will come off. I want that day to be in the next six months, not six years. I am 25 years old and want to enjoy my youth! I want to run around with my kids without constantly pulling down my shirt because my muffin top pushes it up. I want to go backpacking with my husband and actually enjoy myself. I want to look in the mirror and LOVE what I see. Furthermore, I want to ENJOY healthy food. Dare I say CRAVE it?!
When I was in the slim, I enjoyed yoga but wasn't quite a yogini.
Never have I enjoyed any real sort of endurance exercise. Hubby can hop on a bike after recovering from Mono and cycle 100 miles with ZERO training! Granted that kicked his ass, but he did it because it was fun. I call him sick in the head, but my 56 year old mother is a cyclist too. She only started 4 years ago or so, but if you ask me that is even more impressive. Right now, she is the skinniest she has even been in her life and looks great! She embarked on a life of exercise no more than 12 years ago. If she can do it, WITH a knee that needs to be replaced why can't I?
So here I go. Here begins my journey to slim land. (Picture on the right shows me frolicking in slim land in 2009) A wonderful place where I will feel comfortable in my skin and at the department store shopping. What a grand day that will be! My goal weight is 142 lbs, my current weight this AM was 178 lbs and I am 5'6.5. 35 lbs is my goal, and I KNOW I can do it. The only thing that is stopping me in my mind and Jimboy's tacos. Since I cannot exercise until 6 weeks post baby, I am going to spend these next two weeks getting my diet in line, and researching my exercise plan. All I know, is I want to become a runner. It seems like a highly effective weight loss exercise and is free! I really like the free part.
Tonight, I will have my last fatty meal. After dinner I am going to throw away EVERYTHING fatty and unhealthy in my house. I am going to stop buying unhealthy food. I am definitely going to stop buying food under the excuse, "It is for the toddler." When in reality I eat it. Graham crackers and cheese crackers are the worst! I think the last four boxes I bought, hubby and I completely ate. (Sorry Audrey) This Momma is ready for a change!
So if anyone of you readers out there (maybe one?) have fitness or healthy eating ideas, I would LOVE to read them! Or if anyone out there wants to join me on the journey to slim land, let me know.
TTFN!
