Going Down, Anyone??

So, almost 5 years ago I started on a weight loss journey, and one that proved to be successful for me. I started the Sonoma Diet. It cuts sugar out & limits your bread/cereal/pasta. It's not really low carb, but it's certainly not high carb either. I lost 115 pounds on this diet. I was going to go all the way! After being so big after my first two pregnancies and having pre-eclampsia and coming amazingly close to having seizures with both of them, I was told that I would not survive another pregnancy if I didn't lose some weight. So, wanting a third child, I lost a significant amount of weight.

And then came my sweet, funny baby #3! Tagging along with that was 50 extra pounds. So - he's almost 3 years old, and I'm hanging on to 40 of said 50 pounds. Way to go Janelle!

After many attempts to lose the weight by myself, I asked Matt to go on a diet with me. Matt has high blood pressure and a family history of heart disease & high cholesterol. He agreed and at the beginning of the month we started Sonoma again.

Matt has lost 10.5 pounds and I've lost 11.5 pounds. We are really on a roll. Matt is really into this and he should be at his goal weight this summer. While I have 40 to lose to be at my pre-pregnancy weight with Henderson, I would like to lose another 40 on top of that. Losing 80 pounds would still label me "overweight", but I'd be happy, and I think it'd be a good weight for me.

We took the boys out for pizza tonight. They had pepperoni and we had veggie. I ate three slices (way too much) and Matt had 2 slices. Stinker. Show off. Now I feel guilty and gross, but he said I should just move on and not be all-or-nothing. That's my diet pitfall. If I stumble at all, I figure I've already done bad...why not blow the rest of the day & have a pint of ice cream too???

I'm so thankful for Matt in so many ways - and we've done so many things together & we work well as a team - but I'm so glad he is doing this with me. He balances me. He talks me out of my extreme all-or-nothing attitude. I steer him clear of too much bread!

I'm excited about this challenge that we are doing together. We are dreaming of buying a new wardrobe of clothes for our newer, healthier bodies. How exciting. And this time, it's not so I can get pregnant again, it's so I can live the next 60 years of my life healthy! Who knows, maybe this time next year, I'll have reached my goal, and I'll shop in the normal stores for my clothes! That excites me.