Since getting married almost four years ago, I've watched my weight go up and up....and up. I'm not happy with it, and I haven't been for a while. I have an extremely busy work schedule, but honestly - I can work with that. I also have a husband who loves fast food and fried *anything* - and I'm just lazy enough to join him in consuming whatever unhealthy item he's chosen for that day.
But recently, I decided that I don't want this to be my starting point. If/when we go through the IVF process, I'll be pumping myself full of progesterone and other lady hormones that are sure to make me swell up way past where I already am. It would be nice if I was even ten pounds lighter to accommodate for some of that growth.
So what's the plan? Well, in the short term, I'm eating less. Not necessarily eating BETTER, but eating less. The eating better will come, I think. I need to put together a food plan, and I haven't had a chance to do that yet. For now, I'm just watching my portions and consuming less food overall. Also, I'm trying to eat dinner earlier and avoid late night snacking.
Running. I've been a runner for a long time - since college, really. But in the last few years, I have been....well, sporadic about it. And it shows. So yesterday I started Couch to 5K - C25K, if you will. It's not that a 5K is out of reach. I did one in 30 minutes just about six months ago. But I love the idea of gradually building up to it and re-training my body how it's supposed to exercise. I'm just not going to stick with anything too intense. I get burned out WAY too easily. So now that I've recognized that problem, I think I've got a good solution. Slow and steady wins the race. Or in this case, slow and steady leads to weight loss before pregnancy.
No comments:
Post a Comment