So, anyone who looks at me knows I have weight issues. I gained 10 pounds the first 6 months of marriage. I'm currently 45 pounds heavier than when I got pregnant for the first time.
I did the South Beach diet in 2004 and lost 29 pounds... only to get pregnant shortly thereafter and gain it all back. I have dieted so many times WITH failure.
So after having Chase I waited thinking that the weight would all come off and I'd be back to (or close to) normal in a few months. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! I struggled through the summer trying to fit into clothes. I don't have money, nor do I want, to go buy a new wardrobe.
So, a few months ago I decided to check out some Tae Bo videos from the library. For a few weeks they sat by the tv. Suddenly when I couldn't take it anymore I picked one up and did it and I hated it. Thankfully I had checked out two different ones. The second video was a HIT!!! I decided to do it at least 4 times a week- although my goal is 5 times a week.
I have been doing Tae Bo now for 6 1/2 weeks. I have gone down 2 jeans sizes WITHOUT CHANGING MY DIET!!!! I still eat chips, pizza, etc. I'd probably be losing more weight if I changed my diet but it is so tough. I can fit all of my pre-Chase clothes. The scale isn't changing as quickly as my body is.
I still have a long way to go but putting on a t-shirt today just made me excited. My left arm is bigger than my right arm and usually I have to stretch my left sleeve. Today I didn't have to. It's a comfortable fit. :)
Tae Bo is fun and motivating. If you don't want to give up food but don't mind spending 30 minutes a few times a week doing the exercises then you might have the same success as me.
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Your most recent blog post is showing up on google reader for me, but not here, so I'm going to post on this one even though my comment is related to the one that is missing.
I hope you don't think that our photos are bragging about anything. We generally do not overindulge our children at Christmas, and this year was especially meager because Eric is on unemployment. If someone who we don't even know hadn't given us a gift card specifically to purchase gifts for our kids, they may not have received anything. I post a lot of pics on FB. It's a way for my sister and I to experience a part of each other's lives that we wouldn't be able to if we didn't have pics on FB since we're so far away. I purposefully post the pics in which the kids have great facial expressions or in which a gift is from a specific person who will want to see their reaction. Anyway, I hope that my pics weren't offensive to you. I love photography, and I take far too many pics. If what I posted rained on your Christmas spirit, I apologize.
Hi, Kendra. I can honestly say that I was NOT bothered by your pics in any way. I love the facial expressions... especially when it was that perfect gift that you searched or saved hard to get. That is the honest truth. I loved the pic of your wreath and cheesecake and the gift from your Dad. Your pics are full of love, traditions, and joy.
I was mostly speaking about people- and we all know them- who buy their 3 year old an IPOD... not an MP3 player but a REAL IPOD. And also get their 3 year old a Wii. And also get their 3 year old a cell phone. Okay, I'm exaggerating a little about the cell phone but not about the other things.
Sometimes I feel like everyone just wants to show their "STUFF" off. Not showing traditions or happy faces. Half of the time the pics are of the GIFT and the person who received the gift only has a hand or arm or foot in the pic. Those are the pics I'm talking about.
I don't think any of these friends read my blog but after thinking about it I decided it wasn't christ-like- nor was it any of my business- to post such frustrations. So that is why I deleted it. PLUS... I was afraid that my friends (like you) would see the blog and wonder if I was talking about you- WHICH I WAS NOT!!!! I promise.
Please don't be upset with me. Sometimes things are frustrating and I am learning to not "put it out there" for everyone to know. If it frustrates me it must be a problem within myself that I need to work on. I just ask myself WHY is that bothering me?? And once God reveals the answer I can work on it again, and again, and AGAIN.
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