{"id":453,"date":"2008-08-27T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=453"},"modified":"2008-08-27T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T17:32:05","slug":"watching-my-weight-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/watching-my-weight-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching my weight… again"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds following the Weight Watchers<\/a> plan.<\/p>\n

I could have been their poster girl: I followed the plan exactly and the weight fell off. I even kept losing after I reached my goal because it had become so easy and (okay, get ready…you may not believe this part) fun. I loved my new look. And I loved the way I felt.<\/p>\n

Soon I became pregnant and had our third baby. (Guess I wasn’t the only one who liked the new look.)<\/p>\n

After her birth, I weighed in each month, breast-fed and tried to be responsible with my eating.\u00a0 On her three-month birthday, I was back at goal. Remember, I had a lost few beyond that, so I wasn’t completely back. But that goal weight was just fine with me.<\/p>\n

Fast forward until last November.<\/p>\n

Last November I began training for a pretty ambitious bicycle ride to take place in April: 180 miles in two days. I began to work out more than I ever had in my life and my physique changed again, as did my weight. It inched up a bit. Some of that was probably muscle, but some of it could also be attributed to a few too many recovery milkshakes.<\/p>\n

After my training tapered, and after a few delicious vacations this summer, my weight inched up a bit more.<\/p>\n

And now I’m 10 pounds over goal! And I’m enjoying my breadmaker! YIKES!<\/p>\n

So yesterday, after a 30-minute swim, I went back to Weight Watchers. And I signed up for my second time. And I’m on a mission to lose those pounds and establish good habits again before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

The last time I did this, I ate a lot of foods with artificial sweeteners. But this time I’m going to avoid fake foods and really focus on eating healthy options. So the breadmaker stays… and will continue to make delicious bread for me and my family.<\/p>\n

It was a little humbling to go back and admit I had slipped. But I am glad I did… Because I don’t want to slip anymore. And I know that Weight Watchers works for me.<\/p>\n

Writing this is a little humbling, too. But I’m inviting you to join me on my journey into being healthy. I’ll share any good tips or recipes I learn. And I’d love to hear of any you may have, too.<\/p>\n

I’ll try to give a progress report each week. (Yikes!) And I’ll also try to include WW points values and recipes for some of our family meals\u00a0each Monday in my menu planning post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here goes!!<\/p>\n

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