Ok, so I've had the comments asking me why I want to lose weight.  Like I'm nuts for wanting to shed the lbs.  Well, I can say that before I had my child, my body was proportioned well where I had some fat, and I looked healthy.  I was also a size 4, and could wear just about anything.  I think I was 107-110 lbs. right before I was pregnant.  During my pregnancy, I gained 25 lbs. (my daughter was tiny) and I ate like a horse!  I lost 10 lbs right away, but the rest I have been struggling with these past for years.  I was a size 8 for a few months, then dropped down to a 6--but not a comfortable 6.  We're talking size 8 legs with a 6 waist.  Wearing skirts or pants at work was such a struggle, because I couldn't get anything that fit my upper half of my body to go up my legs!  I still have that problem now, even though I'm slowly getting to where I might be fitting better in a 6.  My legs are very slowly looking less flabby.  What screwed me up even worse was 2 years ago I dislocated my knee, and that caused me to put on a ton more weight on my thighs because I couldn't exercise without pain.  It took a year before I was able to walk normally again.  Only then did I resume any exercise.  Sooo if I didn't have that happen, I would probably be in better shape.  So I'm not anorexic, I do think people should have some fat on their bodies or else they'd be cold, and I don't think seeing a really thin person is sexy.  My mom is about 30 lbs less than me, and she is 2 inches taller than me!  Now that's scary!!  She's just got a very high metabolism (which I used to have) and so she can eat and eat and not gain.  I think in the past couple of years she has gotten some tummy fat, but that's about it.  Everyone else in my family is normal sized.

 

I did go to my doctor yesterday because I was concerned this is all hormonal.  I will be getting some blood tests in a few days, to see if this is a thyroid issue or what.  We'll see.

 

Now that I got that out of the way...

 

Weight today: 122.7 lbs.

 

Exercise: 10 minutes aerobics, 10 minutes resistance band exercises.

 

Breakfast: Kashi Go-Lean with milk, water to drink.

 

Midmorning Snack: Honey yogurt and a mango smoothie.

 

Afternoon Snack (had late lunch): handful of shredded carrots.

 

Lunch: leftovers - rotisserie chicken and tomato risotto, water to drink.

 

Dinner: Pork roast, green beans, mushroom risotto (believe me, I don't usually eat so much risotto in a week, it just happened like that!), and water to drink.

 

Dessert: brownie and 1 piece baklava.