My youngest baby is now 2, yet I still have people (me included) who will blame my weight on having kids. There are plenty of people who have had way more kids than me and they aren't fat. I was getting fat before I had kids, and I've had plenty of time to lose my "baby weight". At some point baby weight just becomes weight that needs to be lost. I believe I have reached that status.
My weight has increased steadily for the past decade. I realize that it will continue to increase with each year as my metabolism slows and my fat ass moves around less and less(boy do I wish I could parlay that into some extra height). Basically if I continue wallowing in my self pity and complaining that it's too hard to make a change, I can expect to be pushing 200 (or more) by the time I've reached my 40's and possibly 300 by the time I'm in my 50's (and believe me I know how real this is...my mother followed this very trend).
So I'd be fooling myself if I thought I would just be THIS weight for the rest of my life if I didn't do anything. Even if that were the case I'd still be miserable. But the reality is each year that goes by our bodies and metabolism become less and less efficient so we will gain weight just because of this (unless we do something to fight it).
I can see my future and cringe at the thought...and yet all it does is make me want to hide under the blankets with a bag of chips =(
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I've been thinking about aging a little bit more lately, and how our struggles are only going to get harder if we don't take the appropriate actions. What if you made a list of mini-goals you'd like to achieve, like drink 6 glasses of water a day, get at least 3 or 4 servings of fruits and veggies each day, etc. Tackle one every two-three weeks, so by the time you move on to the next thing in the list, the first item will be almost routine? When you break it down, it's not as overwhelming.
I think you, me, and Jen should get together soon! We can either go out for a healthy meal or have one in, and then go for a nice long walk or do something outside. It's been so beautiful out, it'd be great to take advantage. Picnic? Wine?
I can relate to the baby weight issue big time. Because I have a two year old and an 8 month old, I often feel like I have an "excuse" to be heavy. When I am in public, I can't help but think to myself "oh, I'm not fat, I just have two babies!". However, I actually LOST 40 lbs. with each of my pregnancies because I was so sick. I REALLY have NO excuse!!!
Yeah I am working on coming up with mini goals to master...my daughter is even helping me come up with a plan (it's so cute) I'll explain it further in a future post.
We should get together soon. The weather has been great lately. I know Jen's mentioned the park a couple times. Let me know when would be good for you both.
Holy cow, I can't imagine being so sick that I actually lost weight with the pregnancies! That had to be terrible! The diet control for the diabetes kept me from gaining too much. I have 20 pounds left from my pregnancies (10 after each one) but I have between 50-60 to lose so really my baby weight wasn't even my biggest problem!!
Yours are still little though, so I really give you a lot of credit for making progress during that sleep deprived, never knowing if you're coming or going stage! It wasn't until recently (mine are 4 and 2 now) that I feel like I have any kind of mental stability to think about anything beyond, feeding, changing, making sure the oldest isn't hurting the baby and sleeping!