DAY 1

 

Before pictures taken................. Check

Enrolled in Weight Watchers .....Check

Healthy food shopping................Check

Measurements taken ...................Check

Weight recorded..........................Check

 

 

 

    I am ready to start this journey!! I started this morning with a smoothie and toast and spent an hour or so in the kitchen doing food prep. I know that where I tend to stray is with healthy snacks and therefore everything must be readily available to me so I make the right choice. I had my mom take my before pictures as well as a Christmas picture of my little family and I HATE all the pictures soooooooooooooo much! But I will post them because they will be my inspiration to have much better pictures next year.

 

   One thing I learned yesterday is DONT START A WEIGHT LOSS PLAN WITH A HOUSE FULL OF JUNK! As some of you may recall,  I planned on starting eating healthy yesterday... and I started out making good choices while out to lunch with my best friends and then to Meijer to get my healthy on! Orrrrr not.... I got to Meijer and after purchasing Just Dance 2015 (I reasoned this would be a good workout though I have zero rythm) I reached in my purse for my shopping list with color coded categories for each area of the store and realized I left it at home. Rather then trying to remember everything on my list I decided to go home and drag my hubby out with me with my list to get groceries. Loooonnnng story short, I didnt get to the store until 7pm after giving in and eating left over pizza for dinner (it wasn't even good).

    I decided to enroll in Weight Watchers and chose the "meetings" package, only because they sent me a coupon for 50% off my first month. I may decide to drop it down to the "essentials" package if I do not consistently go to meetings because after my first month it is $45 a month for the meetings package. If anyone is interested in joining, I can send you the coupon to get the 50% off to help you save a little.

    I spent the last few days before Christmas writing out a week's worth of meals so I can make this as easy for me as possible, like I said before my biggest downfall is convenience. Like tonight when I get home I gotta throw some chicken in the crockpot for ranch chicken tacos tomorrow. Hopefully I can get in a little exercise before bed in the form of Just Dance 2015.... my husband was not thrilled at the prospect of that lol. Also, I would like to thank everyone for their words of encouragement and for reading my blog. I have had over 200 views in the week since I've started posting!!!!

Please comment, share and throw questions my way. My Next post will be next weekend :)

THE PLAN.....

    

It's almost Christmas, and I am OVER THE MOON excited!! I am off work the 24th, 25th, and 26th. Obviously the 24th and 25th will be spent living it up and cramming as much Christmas garbage into my mouth as possible lol (just kidding, I'm already over the rich food). Anyways the 26th is my self-imposed Day 1, therefore I must set my guidelines for myself (and anyone that wants to follow along).

1. NO POP (YUMMY SYRUPY MANNA FROM HEAVEN)... NONE, NOT A SINGLE DROP EVEN IF ITS FILLED WITH POISON CALLED ASPERTAME AND MARKED DIET, I WILL NOT DRINK ANY MORE DELICIOUS EMPTY CALORIES! I WILL WORK HARD AT DRINKING 4 BOTTLES OF WATER A DAY TO KEEP HYDRATED.
2. EXERCISE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. I THOUGHT ABOUT JOINING A GYM, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL FITNESS VIDEOS AT HOME THAT I HAVE HARDLY EVER USED AND I HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD KINECT FOR MY XBOX WITH ENDLESS FUN DANCE GAMES AVAILABLE. LIKE I SAID IN MY PREVIOUS POST, I PLAN ON STARTING A 5 K TRAINER IN MARCH BUT I NEED A HEAD START.
3. WEIGHT WATCHERS, I WILL FOLLOW THE WEIGHT WATCHERS PROGRAM WITH EXACTLY 1 CHEAT DAY EVERY 2 WEEKS (A GIRLS GOTTA LIVE A LITTLE). I AM NOT POSITIVE YET IF I WILL DO MEETINGS OR JUST FOLLOW THE PROGRAM, THEY ALSO OFFER A ONE ON ONE COACH (FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF $57 A MONTH... I WANT THAT JOB!). WW IS SOMETHING I KNOW GIVES ME RESULTS AND SOMETHING THAT ISN’T TOO RESTRICTIVE (AND I GET TO EAT POTATOES... I LOVE POTATOES...A LOT).
4. 8 HOURS OF SLEEP.. I ADMIT I HAVE A SLEEPING PROBLEM! I WOULD SLEEP 14 HOURS A DAY IF MY LIFE ALLOWED IT. I HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF MISSING APPOINTMENTS AND NEVER GETTING ANYTHING DONE DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY PILLOW AND I HAVE A SECRET AFFAIR. I WILL LIMIT MYSELF TO ONLY 8 HOURS OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT, SO I HAVE TIME TO DO MEAL PREP AND WORKOUT AND PLAY WITH MY LITTLE GIRL.

Now I know that I will need some time to adjust and that there are going to be good days and bad days, but these are my goals. These could possibly be changed depending on what works for me and what doesn’t.

Is it crazy that I am looking forward to planning healthy meals for my family? And I am looking forward to prepping healthy snacks for everyone. So many times I think about what my daughter consumes daily nutrition wise and I cringe, everything is processed! I need to start making her eggs and fruit for breakfast and help her to be healthy as well. I have so far to go, but I am at least taking a step in the right direction, and that first step is always the hardest.    

Introductions

    It's my first Blog post on my first Blog!!! This post is to introduce myself to all you people out there in reader land (if anyone ever reads this).  My name is Nikki and I am a 26 year old Wife and Mom and 911 Dispatcher.
     Mom, Wife, 911 Dispatcher.... I am all these things and I am passionate about each title because I have earned each one. Fat, Morbidly Obese, Overweight.... These are titles placed upon me that I am not proud of and that I am ashamed of.  But if there is one thing I've learned during a life of being the big girl, shame gets us nowhere.  I am embarking on a new chapter in my life, one I've failed time and time again. I am still trying to figure out exactly what will make this time different from every other time, but I'm determined to keep trying.
     As you may guess, being a Dispatcher is an extremely stressful career. I work 6 days straight every week. 8 hour shifts with no breaks, and little ability to get up and move out of my chair.  I can have a peaceful night at work where I am literally board out of my mind and doodling on my note pad and in the blink of an eye my stress level will shoot through the roof due to a 4 car pileup, or a baby not breathing, or an armed robbery. That's the thing about my job, I go from 0-100mph in 1 second and then 2 minutes later my stress drops back down to a 0. This is when the jitters set in, because your mind can't shut itself down that quick, and your hands need something to keep them occupied...... And in walks a short fat bag of potato chips from the vending machine... Or that candy bar you put in your bag for just such an occasion..... Although I don't have specific data, I would say that about 60% of 911 Dispatchers are overweight. We literally sit for 8 hours a day at work, throw in 8 hours of sleeping, leaving you with 8 hours in the day to be active.. I spend 3 of those hours commuting, 1 hour in the shower.... And I mean who am I kidding, I sleep for at least 2 more hours leaving about 2 hours of free time spent doing exactly what I am doing right now ( laying on the couch).   Something has to change, In my 911 center alone there are 4 people who have had weight-loss surgery in the past 3 years and 2 more people scheduled to have it next year. I was literally 2 days from having Gastric Bypass when I backed out. I believe that my profession needs a health overhaul, we need more people willing to step up and get people excited to become healthy... But alas that talk is for another audience, another day.
    I am the mother of an amazing 2 year old Princess named Emme Lynn, she lights my life with her smile every day. I am also the mother of a fur baby named Chilly (Doc McStuffins, is the center of my family's daily entertainment). My Husband Ron is a huge part of my life and in a round about way he is the reason I decided to start this blog... We are challenging each other to become a healthy family and become better role models for our Daughter. I want to be able to go down the slide with her, or crawl through Ebola infested play places if that's what she wants. I want to take her sledding and build a million creepy snowmen with her, I am tired of letting my weight weigh me down. Fluffy mommy will one day be Fit mommy, and that is the day I will work towards for however long it takes.
    I will be rejoining weight watchers for the 3rd time this year..... 3rd time is a charm right? I will also be starting some sort of fitness program... Any ideas? My goal is to start a 5k program in the spring, but I need to work off some of this weight first.  Please give me feedback and ideas, I am here to document my Success and figure out along the way what works for me and what doesn't.


Love always,


Fluffy