I'm Back! ...

I'm back in the saddle again! (Thank you, Aerosmith!) Yup, I feel like I'm back. I woke up and went to work this morning (side note: I typically have Mondays off work and then do 10 hour days the rest of the week. In order to keep my regiment of MWF am cardio, I need to work 2-2.5 hours Monday mornings, and I haven't been doing that the last few weeks), then I went to Zumba. I LOVE ZUMBA!

Okay, let's back up a little bit. I realize that I haven't really given too much of a back story for my weight loss goals. I'm not sure about others, but I don't remember my weight being a part of my thought process until my first midwife appointment after discovering that I was pregnant with my daughter back around February of 2005. I was talking about this with my friend a few weeks ago, and it actually surprised me. No matter how hard I try, I truly cannot remember a time before that first midwife appointment where weight and/or exercise entered my mind. That first weigh in had me at 218 lbs. To date, that is the lightest I've been. I only gained 15 lbs with that pregnancy. All I wanted to eat was turkey tacos, fresh fruit and vegetables, and real fruit lime popsicles. I did the same thing when I was pregnant with my son. I don't remember my base weight, but I only gained 15 lbs. I wanted the same things, but add potato chips to that. I was a GSTL (front-end manager) at Target for both pregnancies, and I think that helped with my 15 lb. gain. I was walking about 3 miles per day, 6 days per week. Then, in November of 2006 I changed companies and got a desk job at the home offices for Regis Corporation. While it is a great company to work for, I believe it was the beginning of the end for me.

I had never had an office job prior to Regis. So going from 3 mile walks each shift to sitting on me arse for 8-10 hours per day... yeah, you can put 2 and 2 together. sigh.

ANYWAY - I started becoming really aware of my health in August of 2007. Around that time my office built a clinic inside it. They offer health coaching/personal training sessions. Last September, as some of my readers may remember, they held a Biggest Loser type competition where I really kicked myself into gear (lost 22 lbs!) and I have been going to the gym and tracking my food every day (mostly) since. Every day is still a battle in the war. Sometimes I win, other times I lose. But I always get back up the next day and at least start out well.

This week I plan to hit the gym 6 days out of 7 like I used to. Wish me luck!