The motivation behind my goals

[SecSandleford]

Well my 8 yr old is all the way in North Dakota visiting her Dad for a month (we live in Florida). And her return date is July 3. So that's my motivation behind my first goal weight, to wear a cute outfit to the airport and see if she notices. Ok Granted she is only 8, but lately, even before i was doing atkin's i started gently telling her about not eating too much snack foods, etc, because it wasn't healthy and it makes people gain weight and not feel good. I don't want to give her a complex, but i don't want to let her run rampant on the sweets either. She eats snack foods out of boredom. SO my whole strategy is to show her how mommy lost the chunky legs, (shes built just like me) and feels great by not eating too much sugar. I've been experimenting on my 3 yr old, giving her sliced cucumbers and ranch instead of sugar filled snacks, and she doesn't care at all, she just eats what I give her. I'm not saying I want tot put my kid's on atkin's, just lower there overall sugar intake and give them more good carbs. Anyhow I am 27, so I can sort of get away with dressing younger (not teenagery) but sort of the younger styles my 8 yr old is starting to notice and hopefully one day we can share clothes! The ones appropriate for both ages, anyway.

My second goal waight (123) says vacation to california, and that's true, but my main reasoning behind that date is because that's when my retired parents get to FL. They are housesitting and enjoying FL while we go on vacation. In a sense they are coming to FL for a vacation while we go on a vacation, haha. Anyhow my point is that if i get to 123 by the time they get here i'll be about 20 lbs down. For some reason I've always felt ashamed for being chunky around them, especially now that I'm older and they don't see me much since we live several hundred miles apart.

Also, and this is sort of off topic, my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant. On and off for over a year. We've probably given it a real effort maybe 4 or 5 months out of the last 16 months. This is crazy because i got LOOKED AT and got pregnant the last two times! In fact, i distincly remember with my 3 yr old my husband and i had one little slip and i got pg like *that. Anyway, we're hoping that by both of us eating by atkin's we'll get healthier and possibly conceive. I'm not worried about not having conceived yet, but we're trying! I have even decided to stay on atkin's when i get pregnant, and do maintenance. Perhaps I'll be at my goal weight by then, and then i can just do maintenance anyway.

Since I'm bouncing around topics, I want to say one more thing. I got my first visible wrinkle 2 years ago at 25. Ever since then I felt like i looked grey or greasy or just OFF when i wore makeup. No matter how perfectly i applied it i felt like it was always wrong and i looked tired or something. Well I only wear makeup on the weekends since i am a stay at home mom. This past weekend i put on my makeup and i looked in the mirror in the car to check my lip gloss and i couldnt not beleive how good my skin looked in natural daylight. Honest to god my skin looked great! I couldn't beleive it. That right there was a huge motivator. It has to be my new healthier diet.

I've had people tell me it's not healthy blablabla, and i just respond by saying, "well it works for me, i think tonight i'll have a cow carcass slathered in buttter, and i'm just not going to use utensils when i eat it." Sometimes being a smart *** is just plain fun.
-Sec

[Sirine]

"This past weekend i put on my makeup and i looked in the mirror in the car to check my lip gloss and i couldnt not beleive how good my skin looked in natural daylight."

I know what you mean...I think it's all the vegetables and water!!!

It helps me to have goals too in order to feel motivated to lose more weight! My goal is to be at 120 by July 15. I'm going to see my parents and sisters after one year..hee hee I can't wait to see the looks on their faces! I also think it's adorable that you want to look good in front of your 8 year old when she comes back home.. soo sweet

Anyways good luck and keep posting, as will I to see if we have reached our goals since we pretty much have the same to lose and the dates are close!

Sirine

[Squeaker]

You've done really great.
I look healthier than I did before I started I'm sure of it. But my real main goal is to lose more weight than my husband's first wife (not on atkins she lost 35lb). However she'll put all hers back again, whereas I won't. And I look better than her overweight or not........



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[MontanaRebel]

Hey July 3rd is my birthday!!! lol Johnny :guns

[texwife&mom]

I totally understand wanting to have your 8 year old notice. My boys are 3 and 4 and I started this for them/ me/ hubby. I want to be able to take them to school with confidence. I don't want them to miss out on anything because Mommie is tired or doesn's feel good about how she looks. And it is working. We go out more now, talk to more people etc.