O.K. here goes, I'm not even sure what I'm doing with this thing. Hopefully I'll at least get some of it right.
Hi my name is Dara. I have two gorgeous boys. One is 15 months and the other will be 15 years in August. I have been a yo-yo dieter all my adult life. I've been every size from 5-22! When I got pregnant with my youngest I was already starting to pack on weight, by the time I gave birth I was 109 pounds overweight at 224 pounds. I am only 5'2" and believe me I was not carrying that weight well. My pregnancy was riddled with problems from the very start and I was bedridden for most of it. I had extremely bad water retention, it got to the point that I was gaining 3 or 4 pounds a week! Believe me, I was not even hardly eating, I was too miserable to eat. It was terrible, but I'm so glad I have my baby, because I went through a lot to have him. Anyway, I still have a problem with water retention and can gain and lose 5 pounds in a night. That's why I never trust the scales!! Always measure if you want accuracy. After I lost my "baby" weight I was down to 200 pounds. Then it took me a full year to lose 8 pounds! I started my diet plan in February, 2001 at 192 pounds. Since then I have lost 18 pounds and over 20 inches!! Yahoo!!! I am down 2 dress sizes and feel so much healthier. Unfortunately, I still have 59 pounds to go to get to goal. 115 pounds, seems like I'll never get there. I am losing this weight extremely slowly!! About 1 pound a week, if I'm not on a stinkin' plateau. Oh, how am I doing it you ask? Counting calories and fat grams. Up until last month, when I lost my "free" babysitter, I was exercising 5 days a week. 3 days at the gym and 2 days doing a video at home. I have to be honest and say that I have slacked big time on working out. Now that summer's here, I find myself wanting to go out and play and I just put off working out until it's too late to do it. But, when my eldest son gets out of school (soon) I am going to have him babysit so I can get back to the gym. I really did like working out. OK, that's all I have for today. Talk to you soon......Dara
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