TaniaD

I am a teacher, small business owner, mother of a 6 year old son and 3 year old daughter. I am always busy taking care of everyone else and not of myself. I have started a diet many many times before with some success, but something has always come up (illness, house flood) that made me stop working on being healthy.

My "aha" moment came from our recent trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Firstly, I just made it into the seatbelt on the plane without having to ask for an extender. At the resort, I was by far the heaviest woman there and for the whole two weeks I felt like a whale--unattractive, and fat, hiding behind lose and baggy clothes.

This time around, I will work more on my emotional/mental state of being. In other words, this time, I will think myself thin.

I'm starting now, not as a New Year's resolution, but because if I chose not to do anything, I will still be fat come June, July, September and so on.....

I will work on my eating and exercise habits and do what's best for me.....which will end up being the best for my family.

The pic is of me at a much healthier weight and I'm using it as a motivator to keep going.

WEEKLY WEIGH IN DATA

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12.11.10 --
12.18.10 --
12.25.10 --
01.01.11 --


INTERIM GOALS
250 lbs. --
240 lbs. --
230 lbs. --
225 lbs. no longer morbidly obese (bmi)
220 lbs. --
210 lbs. --
200 lbs. --can't wait Goal Date is August 1st, 2009
197 lbs. no longer severly obese (bmi)
190 lbs. --
180 lbs. --
170 lbs. --
169 lbs. no longer obese (bmi)
160 lbs. --
150 lbs. --
146 lbs. no longer overweight (bmi)
140 lbs. within ideal weight (bmi)