So this post is all bit random but thats me so deal or click the x in the top right corner of the page..
So really the title has little to do with what I am about to talk about. Well sorta. The topic is weight but I am not a warrior by any means. As for Samurai Pie....thats one of Rilyns favorite episodes from The Backyardigans .
So I have been in a funk (is that even a word...hmm) lately. I dont have anything to wear that I feel remotely cute in (I am such a girl). Ok I take that back. I do have that one shirt and those one jeans and maybe a couple more shirts...but you get the point. I wish I had a closet full of awesomeness and I dont right now...everything is just so-so.
This post is all coming from a picture that I have failed to scan so therefore you wont be able to see it. So instead you will have to see a picture that I have online already...
Jeff and Carla @ Alpha Sigma Alpha Formal 2001
So this is not the picture that started it all but it is the physical appearance that started the conversation. As you know I have been trying to lose weight. Well, working out with Taryn never got started. We both have such different schedules that we just didnt find the time to get together for physical work-outs...Girls Nights Out on the other hand was a totally easy time to schedule. Anyway, I have made a million excuses and lost a couple and gained a couple but nothing close to my 10 lb goal. I have just been masking the fat with cute clothes and a pretty face...(this lady does not leave the house without make-up on...EVER.)
So, back to the picture. I was at work talking to a co-worker/friend and I told her how I used to be super skinny with big boobs. I told her how I had a breast reduction about 7 years ago and wanted to get back to the weight that I was at before I had Rilyn. She didnt believe me. She thought I was joking about the boobs. I told her that I was indeed telling the truth and that I would bring in a picture as proof. The picture that I brought in was a doozie. I had a picture of Jeff and I from another formal. I had on a long pink sequin dress and my boobs were hidden but in full force. Those babies were massive. I wish I had the picture posted. Anyway. When I showed the picture to her she looked at me and said..."OH MY GOD! Your boobs were HUGE!" I about died laughing. She was like..." You were so skinny" She also said " Ew...your face was so skinny...skeleton like"( I dont know if that was a side-ways compliment).
She was looking at the picture and asked who was in the picture with me. I said that it was Jeff. She was like no way. That is not him. I said yeah it was . She kept looking and said that he was so cute. I said we both gained pregnancy weight and neither one of us took it all off. She was shocked. She said that he was " the cute white guy at college that all the black girls fall for". I died laughing. She kept saying how cute my husband was. Now I see why you married him...you had to snag the hot guy on campus. I am still laughing at it.
I went home and told Jeff all about it. He was like what picture did you show them and I showed him. He died laughing too. Then we both fell silent. He said " I need to lose weight" I said " me too". I think that was the turning point. I told him that I was going to start counting my points ala weight watchers again. He said he was going to start the program with me. He set up a excel spreadsheet that would track our weight and points. I signed up with our wellness committee to participate in the 100miles in 100 days program that they started.
Jeff and I are serious. We set goals for ourselves. We weighed in and are going to weekly. We have even started measuring our portions before we eat so that our points will be accurate. One big thing that I am excited about is that he is going to walk with me. We as a family are going to do the 100 miles. I am pumped. We have been walking around our neighborhood doing at least 1.5 miles everyday. The other day we did 2.3! Some days Rilyn rides his bike. We put him in the stroller and push him if we want to up our speed. Things have been going good and I am actually excited to have this be a family goal to get in shape and not just a "I am going to get in shape so lets eat seperate dinners" type of thing.
I will try to keep you posted as we continue on our journey to lose weight. Jeff and I have both made a temporay goal to lose at least 5-10 lbs by the time we go on our mini vacay to KCMO with our friends Taryn and JD in the middle of June. That gives us a little over a month to do so. I think that we can do it. I think setting this goal together will be just the motivation we need to succeed.
The following is our BEFORE family pic:
Jeff, Rilyn & Carla on Easter Sunday 2009
p.s. We have lots of fun things going on this summer so hopefully I will get into more of a "post happy" mode and fill you in.
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