First day...

OK, here goes my first post!

I have no idea how this will go, but it is good to get a start. Sometimes I am a fairly good writer. I love writing. Sometimes my writing is fragmented and disconnected...that's just how I am. I also use a lot of ellipses and parentheses. This affected my college writing scores, but I'm hoping my professors aren't grading my blog. Hopefully as I do this more often, things will get better! Bear with me please :).

My name is Kate. I'm 31 years old, mom to an active two year old, a Pit Bull, and a cat, and step mom to a pretty darn cool 4 year old. Oh, and did I mention engaged to my partner? I'm messy, ADD, and often depressed/codependent/something, and kindof a cheapskate. Some posts may be about all of that too :).

Most of my life I've been "the fat girl." Sometimes I was OK with it, sometimes I wasn't. Right now I'm not. I'm tired, I snore, I'm sick more than I'd like. I want to take my kids for hikes and play on the playground but I'm too lazy and tired. So it needs to change. I remember being healthy and active before my daughter was born. It was awesome to go to the gym and be ABLE to jog for 20 minutes or more. Not fast, but I could do it. I could find clothes in my size in almost any store and didn't have to hunt around or pay 3x as much. I didn't feel laughed at or ridiculed in public.

It has been a long and windy road to get here (see my next post!) but the current situation is that I'm 5'6" tall and 255 pounds, last I checked. Size 22-ish, with hips over 50".

So, I'm looking into weight loss surgery.

Before I take that huge step, though, I decided to try nutrisystem. A modified/cheaper version of nutrisystem. Basically, I have the nutrisystem food and program, then I buy similar foods at the grocery store for less than nutrisystem would charge (following similar nutritional guidelines). Doing this, I can spend around $350 for 2 months of food, with coupons for nutrisystem and sale items at the store.

 

I will post more about the specific foods in a bit. If you’re interested in Nutrisystem and want to see what it looks like, and my honest reviews, keep checking here. I will do as much as I can remember J. My plan is to purchase two months of nutrisystem food, doing the diet for 4 months. As time goes on, I can really work on incorporating more regular food into the diet and will post recipes that work with the program if they come out well. If I continue to lose, then perhaps weight loss surgery isn't right for me. If I plateau on this diet, if all else fails, then I will have to continue my pursuit of the medical option.

I will also be posting weekly weights and measurements and monthly photos. When I get a new scale (dog peed on it) and measuring tape (I had four...where did they all go?!?).