Today is a new day for my health, my body, my weight, and my heart. Ever since I met Leah Segedie (@bookieboo) at TypeaMom last fall, I’ve be watching moms involved with #Mamavation get healthy and lose weight.
I’ve been watching from my sofa, from my kitchen table, and from a distance.
I’ve been extremely inspired by Stacie from The Divine Miss Mommy (@StacieinAtlanta on Twitter) and Renee from Cutie Booty Cakes (@ReneeJRoss on Twitter) and many other moms as they shared and share their get fit challenges and successes each week online.
So today I am finally able to listen to my natural inner wisdom and pledge my commitment to the #mamavation Sistahood.
Today I’m expanding my circle of support to get fit and lose weight. I’m also going to start shedding light on what I have not been doing and what I want to be doing to move forward towards my ultimate fitness goals.
I want to lose weight.
I will be writing about my weight loss challenges and successes, but I don’t just want to focus on weight loss.
I want to focus on getting healthy and fit!
How I Got Here…
After my 3 year old was born, I joined Weight Watchers. I gained almost 60 pounds during the pregnancy and lost over 75 pounds with Weight Watchers. In September, 2008, I hit the top of my weight range and declared that to be my goal weight. I then became a Lifetime Member and maintained my weight for the past 16 months. Although I celebrate the fact that I have not gained weight, it also frustrates me that I have not lost weight either.
In all honestly, the Weight Watchers goal weight I set is not my authentic goal weight. I still have 10-15 pounds I want to lose.
Where I’m Going…
- I’m going to create a Mamavation Monday post every week to explore my weekly successes and challenges as I begin to live the healthy lifestyle I was born to live.
- I’m going to be twittering about my healthy lifestyle successes and challenges using the hashtag #mamavation.
- I’m going to get involved with Mamavation Mondays on MomTV at 7pm PST/9pm CST/10pm EST. I welcome you to watch the Mamavation Mom live on MomTV with the Mamavation Coaching Team.
- I’m going to connect with and support other moms involved with mamavation. I think this connection will probably be the most rewarding part of the process.
This Past Week
Goal – My goal was to become aware of my eating habits, how much I moved, and how healthy I truly felt throughout the day.
Challenges – I craved sugar and carbs all day, every day.
Accomplishment – I worked out for 45 minutes last night!
Check out Mamavation if you want to join me! Cheers to getting fit and to living a healthy lifestyle.
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Woo, welcome to mamavation! You will have plenty support surrounding you as you go forward. Your goals look balanced and not overwhelming. Small steps each day. Looking forward to your posts
WELCOME!!!! Good luck this week, and I can not wait to see your progress!
Welcome to Mamavation- we truly are a sisterhood!
Melissa Multitasking Mama´s last blog ..Mamavation Monday
Welcome and enjoy the motivation from the ladies! You can get those last lbs off!!
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Way to go on making the committment. I look forward to seeing you on Twitter and supporting you however I can.
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I’m so happy you are going to be joining us! I love Weight Watchers too. I lost over 100 lbs. with them…can’t say enough about the direction and support there. XXOO
Leah @Bookieboo´s last blog ..Mamavation Mondays: Congratulations to @LisaSamples and @FrugalFemina!
I am with you with your goals. I want to lose weight, but I really want to feel better and get healthier more than focusing on the number on the scale. So glad you are joining us at Mamavation!!
Amy´s last blog ..Mamavation Monday – Follow Along Week #1
Yay!! Welcome, Stacey!! The support and encouragement from the ladies of the Sistahood have been so key for me, I know you’ll find the same. I’m so glad you’re joining us and I look forward to encouraging you too!
welcome…lots of luck on your journey!!
Welcome! I can’t wait to see your progress! This is a great group!
TLEstrogen´s last blog ..Mamavation Monday: January 25, 2010
Welcome to the fold. Renee also indirectly got me hooked on the Mamavation ladies. I look forward to supporting you on your journey. With baby steps you’ll reach your goals.
kia´s last blog ..mamavation monday 25 jan 10
Welcome, and congratulations on taking that next step! I’ve really enjoyed the Sistahood, and I’m sure you will too! Good luck this week, don’t forget to ask for support on twitter if you need it!
Ooolalah! good luck on your endeavors stacey! But always bear in mind that being healthy is more important than being sexy..
As i can see it (through your pictures), you are already fit! 
Go go go! We are here to support you.. 
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Good for you! Thank you so much for encouraging me to join Mamavation, too. I’m in and can’t wait to write my first post about the cleanse I started this week. The encouragement will be great and getting back to my personal blog posts is just another benefit. Thanks again, Stacey!
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Welcome to Mamavation! I’m fairly new too and so far it’s been good for me. Keep working on your goals! It sounds like you off to a good start and wow! That’s great about all the weight you lost with WW.
SuburbHouseWife – The support is already helping me. Cheers to baby steps.
Fbbmomma – Thank you for the warm welcome.
Melissa Multitasking Mama – Cheers to the sisterhood. I’m officially a sista now.
Beth – Thanks for believing in my goals!
KarlaB – Thanks for offering your support.
Leah – Thank you for being you!
Amy – Cheers to health and fitness over the number of the scale.
Heather – Looking forward to offering support and encouragement to the sistahood.
Colleen – Looking forward to watching you succeed along your journey too.
TLEstrogen – I’m so excited to be part of Mamavation.
Kia – With baby steps you will reach you goals too.
Rachel – Thanks for the reminder to ask for support on twitter if I need it.
Jane Holiday – It’s all about being healthy – body, mind, and spirit for me.
Mary@Everyday Baby Steps – Yeah! I’m so happy you are joining this journey w/ me.
Heidi – WW always works for me. Now I need to find a new time/meeting to start attending again (especially b/c I’m a lifetime member).
I hope you enjoyed your 45-minute work-out and smiled during it! I plan to smile as i take the dogs around the block a couple of times after lunch (which is actually breakfast, as I’ve only had a coffee and a banana so far today — forgot to eat.) As I walk I’ll be working my arms a bit with my wonderful brand-new 3-lb dumb bells, whoo-hoo!!
You have actually Mamavated me for exercise in this post, thanks, Stacey!!
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You are definitely on the right track! I have very much the same start in my weight gain, and it’s time I am doing something. This is such a wonderful way to support each other. Good for you, and best of luck on your journey!
Some great advice in this post. I will certainly have to bookmark this page for future reference. The little things seem to have the biggest impact for me.
Great post. Thanks