It's all about accountability...

I have been trying to decide if I was going to post about my adventures in post offspring weight loss because it is becoming a rather large part of my life, but it's easy to see why I would be hesitant in such an open public forum.  Then I realized, for me, I think it would be beneficial to blog about my journey to help others and mostly to hold myself accountable for where I have been and where I am headed.  I won't be the only person to know my goals and missteps, and I think that will help me in this process.

I have felt that my hormones have been jacked up for years, and I also am fully aware of many eating issues that I have.  I eat too many processed foods (even though 90% of them are "diet"), drink too much diet soda and don't eat anything but breakfast with any kind of consistency.  Although, since Piper and I are getting on more of a schedule I am eating breakfast at 7am and then I crave lunch about 10:42 give or take a few minutes. :-)  After that, all bets are off.  I tend to snack through out the day, and I didn't think I ate that much.  When I was doing Weight Watchers a month or so ago the weight started falling off.  Apparently, I am eating more than I thought I was.  Shane and I had our leave block and ate whatever we wanted... I put back on 5 pounds.  I realized that I am at a point in my life that I need to start eating many more whole foods and cutting out most everything processed to try to rectify my mess of a metabolism that I feel I am fully responsible for.  Calories aren't everything.  There are a multitude of reasons why I believe that my hormones are out of whack and have been for many years - many that I won't share here.  I am hoping by getting on a program of whole, mostly organic foods and swapping the Diet Pepsi Max for Green Tea (God help me!) that my body will start performing the way that it was meant to.  I am not expecting miracles, but knowing how lacking in real vitamins the Edwards family diet (minus Piper) tends to be... I sure don't think it is going to hurt.

I am going to go by a majority of the ideas in Master Your Metabolism which fully explains food and hormone interactions.  It's written by Jillian Michaels of the Biggest Loser, and while I think she gets a little dramatic in places (gasp!) the program just makes common sense.  The information on the hormone effects of certain foods is very eye opening though.

Since I hate cooking every day, I am going to go shopping for 2 recipes per meal time for the week and make it all over just 2 days and eat left overs.  This is doable.  I am going out of town on Wednesday, so I am going to wait until I can go to Trader Joe's in Raleigh and then to CoOp here when I get back to do most shopping.  Until then, I am just going to eat sensibly and attempt to sustain that while on the road.  With a little planning (ha!) I can do it.  That is the hardest thing for me.. and now with a baby.  Lord, help me.  I just have to make it a priority... make me a priority.  This weight has received it's final overdue notice and foreclosure is on the way.  I refuse to buy new clothes, so it is going to be an awfully frigid winter or one full over oversized maternity clothes if I don't get my act together.

There it is for the world to see.  The beginning of my attempt to a somewhat return to more natural living and foods which will in turn result in weight loss and the eviction of these final baby pounds.  I hope to carry that on when Shane gets home as well because his eating habits could use a real makeover as well.