About Me and this Blog

My name is Bridget, and I'm a 26 year old wife and mother. I've been married to Matt for 5 years, but we have been together for almost 10. We have 2 boys, Benjamin and Camden. I'm also a photographer.

I'm starting this weight loss blog to keep myself in check. To hopefully inspire others, and by hoping to do that, it puts more pressure on me to stay on track and actually commit to losing the weight. My goal weight is about 155. But when I plug in my height, weight and frame size HERE, it tells me that I should aim for a lower weight-

Ideal weight range is 130 - 143 lbs. (59.1 - 65 kg.).
You are overweight by 78 lbs. (35 kg.).
You may wish to consult with your physician for medical help.

I think with my frame, 143 is too small. Maybe not. I haven't been 143 in a long time. Think high school (almost 9 years ago). So we'll see how I'm feeling once I get to *my* goal.

No on to how I'm going to accomplish this massive task of losing at least 66 pounds of myself.
I have joined Weight Watchers Online. I've been there and done that. The last time I was serious about losing weight, I started at 216 and was down to 182 at my lowest. That weight loss was within a 3 month time period and I felt good. I was a part time college student and was working a lot. I was living with Matt, but we barely saw each other due to our conflicting work schedules, homework and classes. I rarely cooked meals for us because of that, and I lived on frozen Lean Cuisine and other meals of the sort. That was easy! No one else to worry about. Pop a frozen meal in the microwave and I was good to go. Snacks were easy too. I measured out my snack, knew exactly the amount of points and I didn't have little fingers eagerly grabbing at whatever I was trying to eat or drink, compromising those sacred points. If I wanted to work out, I didn't have to be a jungle gym in the process. Now that I'm a mom, it's more difficult. Not only do I have to worry about taking care of my family and cooking something the entire family will enjoy, being pregnant twice has taken a toll on my poor body. The weight doesn't come off as easily as it once did, and things aren't where they once were--even at 26. Boobs that are perky and don't need extra-strength supportive bras--forget it. A belly that rivals a deflated tired--that's affirmative. I had 2 c-sections and I fear that my poor belly will never be the same. Such is life. Moving on.

So anyway--I am following the Weight Watchers online program, working out on my treadmill that we just bought, my husband is doing this with me and I'm not making any more excuses. I'm also a moderator for a Mom's board and we have a fabulous group of girls. A few of us have be participating in a thread called "Getting Fit in 2009". So they are helping me stay in check there too.

I'm done putting myself on the back burner. I will make time for myself every day. And that time will be spent making sure that I get what I need, when I need it. Especially in the form of working out for at least 30 minutes on the treadmill, taking the time to measure my portions correctly and not just guess, drink the amount of water I should (by the way-it's AT LEAST 8 glasses a day), and log in my food journal. I also want to try new recipes that I think the family will all like. With 2 toddlers, that will be interesting, but I think if we continue to push healthy food and vegetables, they'll get it. Our youngest doesn't mind vegetables for the most part, but our older son is insistent that they are "yucky". We'll see.