Hiya, I'm Chel. I'm one half of the "Two Losing Friends". I'm a new mom, crazy eater, pre-diabetic, overly stressed, under slept mess. My imaginary weight loss goal would be 130 lbs... my REALISTIC goal is 90. My imaginary goal is so far off the mark, that I didn't even weight that little in high school. I really just want to get healthy, perhaps be less fearful of the diabetic creep up.
After my pre-diabetic diagnosis three years ago I took the diagnosis very seriously and locked into a diabetic diet. After a year I had lost nearly 80 pounds and felt great. Following that major success in my life I hit a few life snags that got in the way. My mother-in-law was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away and we found out that we were expecting all within a few months. Sad and happy combined into an extremely stressful time.
So our little bundle of joy was born nearly a year ago. He's amazing and making my life WONDERFUL! I unfortunately have been eating really poorly and very scattered since he was born. With the pre-diabetes, I of course ended up with gestational diabetes. I had to be extremely vigilant about my eating and was on insulin through my entire pregnancy. After all that stringent strict eating, I went totally the opposite direction! I'm now paying for it in a major weight gain. I've not gained back all I lost, but I'm getting closer with every poor eating choice I make.
I'm now making a conscious effort to change this and steer myself in the right direction once again. I'm finding it a struggle to balance my day with baby with the diet I so easily took on a few short years ago. I don't know why I find it so hard.
TOMORROW IS THE BEGINNING FOR ME! I cannot let it go on any longer. Tonight I remembered one of my tricks from when I was on the eating plan awhile ago. I tend to eat like mad at night and I think it's just from trying to get rid or change the taste in my mouth. I've got to go back to brushing my teeth right after dinner. That's a good place to start I think. A simple change that will save quite a bit of caloric intake. I'll work on that while I review the eating plan again and give that a week. I need to take in more water too.
