On New years eve our youngest daughter got engaged, so the wedding plans started in January. we started looking for dresses for her and her brides maids. I decided i needed to go ahead and see what there was for the mother of the bride. we went to mccomb to looks on January 28, i was very dissappointed to find out how much weight i had gained. I hadnt bought a dress in a few years. the size I had to get in was a 14 and some 16. It was an eye opening experience to say the least. I had about 4 1/2 months until the wedding.
I weighed 176 and in a size 12-14 pants. My shirt size was large. So i resolved that day to make a change. So I started doing the same things , i did years before to lose weight.
First i bought me a little notebook to keep track of my calorie intake, writing all my daily log of foods eaten.
Second I recorded my weight first thing every morning.
Third I started choosing smaller portions. I cut out cheese and mayonnaise on burgers , chose smaller orders of fries when ordered. we started grilling our foods on a gas grill. I cut out alot of foods, biscuits poptarts, crescent rolls , mac and cheese . we ate alot less casseroles and cornbreads.
fourth i started making changes at the grocery store. i bought slim fast and special k protein meal bars.i found snack with 100 calories and less. I found bread with 100 calories and less. I bought lean cuisine meals,
I bought fruit for snacks. I found special k snack bars with a hundred calories. I decided I could have two snacks a day, but they had to be 100 calories or less.
Last I needed to start exercising to get in shape, so just about every day i walked on a heath walker for 30 minutes at nite to music. At first I had several people laughing and making remarks. That so made my determination more to get the weight off. I havent exercised much lately but i need to start back.
