Take 2

Here I am four months later and two pound lighter. And I'm back on track... again. I weighed myself on Wednesday (which is weigh day for me) and I was at 131. I've been at 131 for a month and a half or so now. At one point I think I was even down to 129. But that's not the point.

The point is that I have a 10 year class reunion coming up at the beginning of September and I want to lose some weight. A couple significant things have happened in my two month hiatus from this blog and they have become part of my motivation for losing the weight. First, our class reunion got planned. I weighed 85 lbs the last time most of these people saw me. I certainly don't want to be that small again, but I don't want to be this large, either. So September 1st is my goal deadline. The second thing that happened is that I got pregnant. In March we started trying again and May 1st we found out we were expecting. A week later we learned that the pregnancy was ectopic. I had surgery and took two weeks to recover from that while my mom came up and took care of Ellie. She went back home on Tuesday morning and I am back on my own again. The recovery went well, but I am still limited in what I can do. Like exercise. I'm not allowed to exercise until I go back to the Dr. on June 7. However, I am going to try to do a little walking once the weather warms up again.

In the meantime, I am back to using Fitday to track my calories. I am keeping between 1200 and 1300 calories and trying to make wise choices. I am also being held accountable by Lis, a friend from Babyfit.

If I lose a half pound a week I can be at 124 (2 lbs below prepregnancy weight) by the end of the summer. If I lose 1 lb a week, that number drops to 117. At 1.5 lbs, I could be down to 110 lbs. And in the extreme chance that I could lose 2 lbs a week over the next 3 months, I could be down to 103 lbs. According to the hospital, my ideal weight is 100 lbs. That's not my goal, but it's a good number to keep in mind. My goal is to get down to 110-115 lbs by the end of the summer. We'll see if it happens, but that is my goal. One day at a time, one meal at a time, one choice at a time.

Progress, not perfection, in 2007.