Starting a diet in the holiday season? Some may think so, but I say not. When you reach that wall where you believe the time to do something proactive, it does not matter what the calendar says.

 I have been overweight all my life, and my son is overweight. DH has become overweight as well. I had one of those watermark sorts of moments over the weekend that made me say this has to change. Now. I wont go into details, protecting the parties involved, but lets say it was a humbling moment.

 Before my pregnancies, I lost 110 pounds. Solved a 10 year struggle with infertility. The first pregnancy was a stillbirth, and the second pregnancy was high rest, requiring 5 months of bed rest. In that time I regained 70 pounds, my living son, and a lot of fears. Three subsequent pregnancies ended in miscarriage, all of which left me feeling rather insecure. I attempted weight loss again, losing 70 pounds, but doing so in a rather unrealistic fashion that I could not keep up with.

 This time I am going back to the program that I had the most success with- Weight Watchers. It is an intelligent, healthy, manageable program , and full of real life learning. Son is joining me on the journey as well as DH. Weight loss as a family will be a lot easier than as an individual.

 Wish us luck !

Posted by smokeybutter

You are more brave than I to attempt weight loss during the holidays. We too were attempting to do the same, but when Thanksgiving came it went by the wayside. We are hoping to get back into the swing of things after Christmas. I hope you all do really well with your new healthy eating lifestyle.
Blessings,
Missy

Posted by tagsfan

...as you will be more motivated right now, and will probably do pretty well this month. If you were planning to wait until January, I would think you would indulge a bit more than usual this month just in anticipation!

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