Welcome 2012!

It's a New Year! A New Beginning... so they say.

I started the New Year on a very positive note. I have made up my mind to finally lose weight! After 7 heavy years of gaining weight and losing and gaining and losing, I have decided that my roller coaster fight with obesity needs to end. 

I started gaining weight the moment I got pregnant with my first child. I thought then that it was perfectly alright to gain weight since I'm pregnant. I actually found it cute. I was at 105 lbs before I got pregnant gained 22 lbs thorought the entire pregnancy.  That's actually when my nightmare started ....

I simply started gaining and gaining. It was non-stop! From 127 lbs post-pregnancy weight, I became 130.. then 135 ... then 140 ... 150 ... 160 .... 170...
and now I'm at my heaviest at 175 lbs! It's crazy. Given my heigth of 5'1, I am considered obese.. (or maybe more).

Please don't get me wrong. I have nothing against women (or men for that matter) who are on the "heavy" side. I just don't personally don't want it for myself for several reasons.

• My Health. I am very concerned with my weight now more than ever simply because of health reasons. You see, I'm turning 38 on April and there has been several occassion where my BP went as high as 140/110, and since hypertension runs in the family I better watch out before it's too late.

• My Kids.  My eldest daughter is now 10 years old and she too is on the "heavy side". She weighs 130lbs. She is really big for her age. What's sad is that she looks up to me. Whenever I tell her to watch what she's eating because she is getting bigger, she would always tell me "You're also big mama, I think it's okay. I want to be like you".  And NO I said. I don't want her to be as un-healthy like me.  My youngest daughter on the other hand is 2. She is at the "very active phase" and I am finding myself having difficulty catching up with her activities because of my weight.

• My Self.  I simply want to regain my self-esteem back. I want to be able to fit into clothes that is still within the size range of Small, Medium or Large. No more extra this time (unless it's XS which I doubt I will be, hehehe).

I'm sure that not all of you will agree. But these are just my personal opinion. It's my blog anyway :)

Happy New Year! Come and join me in my journey towards living a completely healthy life!