Oh My! I said it!

I know that I am not the only stay at home mom out there that would like to lose a few lbs. by the summer, so I decided that if I'm going to succeed in this venture then I need to be held accountable. So this is where the whole blogging thing will come in handy I suppose. What made me decide to finally do this? Well, the normal reasons of course like fitting in a favorite pair of jeans or looking good in a bathing suit are all part of this decision, but the main reason is a crazy promise I made to my husband. I told him that I would like to fit into my wedding dress again by our anniversary on August 7th. We will be married for 6, yes 6 years! Time has sure flown by! In order to accomplish this I believe I would need to lose about 15 pounds, but I'm going to say 20 to be on the safe side, why not! Between having Adalyn and a very VERY stressful year last year and on top of that working in a restaurant at the time, I let my girlish figure get a way from me just a bit ;) Last summer/ fall I was doing pretty well and went from 196lbs. (OH MY! I said it) to a current 174lbs. After having healing from surgery in September and then the holidays came.... and went....and then the New Year is so cliche to begin dieting (those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them! ), so here we are in April and I feel like there aren't any more reasons not to get back on the wagon!

Just a funny/ sad aside: For Christmas by wonderful husband bought me an iPhone, which I absolutely love and I can't imagine life without it! Anyway, I came across an application called Fitness Pal. The application is a calorie counter and it asks you how many pounds a week you'd like to lose and you enter your activity level and it calculates how many calories a day you can consume to reach your goal. So here's the sad part... I wanted to see if I did absolutely no exercise and stuck to the allotted 1200 calories a day if I could lose 2 pounds a week! Yes I know this is ridiculous, but ... well there is no excuse, thus the confession people ;) Number One: I realized it was pretty much impossible to eat that few of calories and not be starving throughout the day and Number Two: I'm smart enough to realize that exercise is good for you and is something I do enjoy, once I make myself do it and get in the habit. Moral of the story: I will not only watch my calorie intake (Maybe more like 1500-1600 calories/day) AND I will exercise!

I LOVE to be outside, I am the type of person who literally could NOT live in places like Alaska.... I NEED the sunshine and fresh air, otherwise I would be so depressed and miserable! Fortunately, my boss a.k.a Adalyn, also loves to be outside! We are going to go for lots of walks and go to the park as often as possible! I'm also going to start going back to the gym for Bodypump, a class I used to do a lot, but for excuses listed above I haven't went. I am also being more mindful of processed foods and eating only whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables and lots of water! Well I think I'll check in once a week and be accountable, so wish me luck and say a little prayer ;)