Making good decisions...

I loved being pregnant and I love being a mom.  As much as I love my children, the damage they did to my body needs to be fixed :-).  After I had Addison and shed most of my pregnancy weight quickly, I became very involved with the everyday joys of being a parent - not at all involved with taking care of myself (BAD DECISION), and let that extra 15 pounds stay on for over a year.  I kicked it into gear and got down to my pre-pregnancy weight, but then the talks of baby #2 began.  I was going to be pregnant in a few months anyway, so why not enjoy a few chesseburgers right now, right??  BAD DECISION!  I ended up gaining quite a few pounds before even getting pregnant with the little man.  Again, I dropped most of my pregnancy weight fairly quickly, but still held on to that last 15.  But now the problem was that I had even more to lose because I made too many BAD DECISIONS before getting pregnant the second time.  I managed to get down to my pre-AJ weight, and that leads me to the GOOD DECISION making time!

2 weeks ago from yesterday I decided to make GOOD DECISIONS regarding my weight-loss and fitness.  I didn't want to make excuses anymore - and believe me, there were lots...

• I have two kids, so there's no time to work out
• I work full time and have two kids, so there's no time to work out
• I will start next Monday
• I'm too tired

The list went on and on.  I finally just told myself that I was tired of making excuses and I needed to make a change.  So two weeks ago from yesterday, I made the decision to lose 20 pounds by October 29 - AJ's first birthday!  That weight will actually put me back at my pre-Addi weight.  On top of eating healthy and small portions throughout the day, below are a few more rules I made for myself during these 4 months:

• No fried foods (that means no buffalo wings or fries and I was pretty sad about that one)
• 3 diet pops a week (I found that I was replacing water with pop and it just wasn't healthy)
• Workout 6 days/week for at least 20 minutes each workout

To hold myself accountable, I'm sharing this with all of you!  I've got a great support system behind me - thanks Aaron for making me get up and run, and thanks Brandi for all the encouragement!  I intended to send Brandi weekly progress reports, but it's turned into daily :-).  I'm finishing up week two and feel great - the workouts have been fun and I'm working hard at making good food choices.  Check out my weight-loss status at the top of the blog to keep up to date on my progress!

Wish me luck on my journey to make GOOD DECISIONS!!