Anyway, moving on, I did indeed gain a pound from last nights dinner; 224# this AM. Well, I expected it, and can deal with it. Todays 4pm class will take care of THAT!! :D As I've been reading these books about people who were grossly overweight, like by hundreds of pounds, I feel thankful that I wasn't! I mean, I've been pretty "gross-ly" overweight, but not like that. Thinking back on my dieting history, I realize that I didn't ever really start a diet till I was about 24 years old.
I'd been married a couple years, we were thinking about starting our family and I didn't want to get pregnant weighing whatever I did at that point. So I began Weight Watchers with my friend, Lori. I remember that in about 3 months, I lost 33# and felt amazing! That summer I got pregnant for our first baby; what an exciting time! I was SO eager to wear maternity clothes and "show" that I bought my first outfit (a royal blue, pin-wale corduroy dress) in like, October (I was 3 months along!) and started wearing it! Isn't that funny??
During that pregnancy, I developed pre-eclampsia (http://www.webmd.com/baby/tc/preeclampsia-and-high-blood-pressure-during-pregnancy-topic-overview) and gained over 40#, my ankles, feet and hands swelling with retained fluid during the last trimester. My doctor hospitalized me for strict bed-rest after I'd had to quit working to be at home for bed-rest. I was in the hospital for about a week, in March. My due date was May 7th. On April 15th, after an untrasound showed that the baby was under stress, they decided to induce labor, and Erin was born about 24 difficult hours later. That was quite an experience, but with a happy ending!
The coolest thing (besides having this beautiful baby girl!) was that within 3 days in the hospital, I lost 27 of the 40+ pounds I'd gained!! All that fluid just got pee'd out! :D By the time she was a few weeks old, I lost the rest of the pregnancy weight, and felt very self-satisfied. Unfortunately, as I settled in to become a happy homemaker/mommy who loved to cook and bake, I gradually gained the weight back. At different points in the following years, I'd get to a point of disgust with my weight, and would try a new diet.
I remember reading a book called "Free To Be Thin" by Christian author Neva Coyle, and following her diet, I lost...33# in about 3 months! Eventually gained that back PLUS some, and the next diet I did was Atkins on which I lost...33# in 3 months! Same deal, gained it back. Few years later I read and LOVED "The Weigh Down Diet" by Gwen Shamblin. Her foundational premise was that God gave us a variety of good foods for our health and enjoyment, and that we should allow his built-in guage of "hungry/full" to limit our intake, therefore limiting our weight. It made such good sense to me, and I enjoyed 3 months of great Bible study, journaling and weight-loss using that standard of eating and lost, yep! 33#!! Isn't that funny?? Every time I dieted, I'd lose 33 pounds, feel satisfied w/ the noticeable loss and then kinda fizzle out...
It wasn't till 2fatchicks in 2008, when I'd ballooned up to 266#, that I was able to get past that plateau and level of satisfaction to lose more than my typical 33 #. It's very encouraging to me now to know that I was able to accomplish that, and know that I can do it again, with God's help, hard work, and the help and encouragement of friends and family.
Okay, I'm video chatting w/ Kyle now, so will end this long post. I'll be on later though, I'm sure! :) If I can find and access some pictures of those former diets/losses I'll post them for your amusement/enjoyment! :D
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