The Long and Short Of It

What led me to try this diet & workout you may ask? Why try it now? Why would I write a blog about it? All good questions! 

Let's start by why I am doing the Jumpstart to Skinny diet & workout. I had my first child in August 2012 and man, did I enjoy being pregnant! I got to eat donuts, McDonald's & Burger King, lay around when I was tired and really take advantage of growing that beautiful baby. It was great. Until I realized that I was packing on some serious weight. 50 pounds to be exact. I don’t know if that is a lot to anyone else but it was a lot to me and I had done it to myself! I had eaten 5 donuts in the car while driving home from Dunkin Donuts one time. IT WAS A 5 MINUTE CAR RIDE!

So, I was weighing in at 195 lbs the day my son was born. That was a hard pill to swallow since I had always been on the thinner side during high school and college. Now, almost 11 months later, I weigh 153 lbs. (Is a woman really divulging her secret weight!?) Yes I am because that is the point to this blog: to see the results that come from doing this diet. I have not yet lost all of the baby weight if you do the math. I've lost it and gained it and lost it and gained it. It’s not fun.

Starting on July 1, 2013 I am putting my best foot forward and starting the diet. It is a 21 day diet and engineered to jump start you to skinny. (hello!) 

It is ideal if you have a class reunion, a wedding or a week at the beach. I have two reasons. 1.) My husband and I have a wedding to go to on July 20^th; day 20 of the diet and I want to feel comfortable in a summer dress and not worried if my baby pouch is showing, if my stretch marks look grotesque or if my arms are jiggling. 2.) We are heading to the beach mid August and I don’t want to be in a bathing suit with my body the way it is right now. Not to mention, my sister in law is skinny and sitting on a beach with her would be torture. (Sorry Em, love ya!)

As for this blog, there are probably a million blogs following people as they do this same exact diet, what makes me special or different? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Seriously! Nothing! One of my best girlfriends writes a blog about her experience after winning a raffle where she won 52 gift cards valued at $50 each. (www.52firstmeals.blogspot.com)  Now THAT is special! As soon as I found out she was writing a blog I said to her “I want to write a blog! It seems like its so much fun!” Well today I went to her and said, “I found my blog inspiration!” and then second guessed myself because let’s be serious, who wants to read about a diet? Being the great friend that she is she told me it is a good idea and that it may be interesting to people who want to try the diet or people dieting in general. Not only that, it will hold me accountable for following through with the diet. The latter seemed like the best answer to me

So there you have it. I have 5 days left to mentally prepare for this diet & finish reading the book so that I am ready to go come Monday! Wish me luck!!....