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Gained A Few Pounds

I have never really struggled with my weight. I usually stay within about a 5 pound range. Well, I went for my yearly physical and discovered that I have put on 13 pounds since last year. I made them weigh me twice and I almost died to find out that was actually my weight. I know that I haven't been paying that much attention to what I eat, but still I was so concerned about my weight gain that I actually made them test my thyroid. That is how sure I was that I really hadn't gained weight. My thyroid is just fine, but my appetite and eating habits obviously need some help. I complained to Josh, who told me the usual guy thing, you look great to me. That obviously didn't help me any.

I went online to look up healthy weight loss and printed up a whole bunch of articles on fitness, exercise, and dieting. I found some good information and I decided what my course of action was going to be. I decided I would start doing Pilates 3 times per week in addition to joining Curves (the local women's gym). In addition to those 2 changes I was going to have to start eating right, and made a diet plan for myself which had me eating low carb / low fat meals. Also, I am going to start taking natural vitamins, getting more rest, and definitely drinking more water.

With these changes I know for a fact that I can make a change in my weight. My goal right now is to lose 15 pounds, and create a few healthy lifestyle changes to keep myself at my goal weight once I get there. I know that at first these changes won't be easy, but I think once I get used to them, I will be okay. After all, I really don't want to wait to gain anymore weight before taking some steps to fix this problem. I can't become one of those people who can't get out of their house or anything like that, that would be awful. Plus who knows Josh and I may be getting married over the next few years, and I definitely want to look good on that day, after all, they take millions of pictures of you and I can't imagine being immortalized as a heifer if you know what I mean.