Getting Healthy (and ready for the beach)

I just signed up for my second bet/game!!!

This journey is about getting me to eat better, get healthy, beat the menopause weight gain that has been slowly creeping up on me and I guess also it is a little bit of vanity. Even though I am 55 and a grandmother to 6 grandchildren I do not want to be a grandma that looks like my grandmas did. Both of my grandmothers were lovely women but they were short pudgies. I am not ready to be s short pudgie. Not that th is anything wrong with short pudgie grandmas but I am just not ready for that yet. So I am trying hard to work at staying healthy and at a good weight because I also want to be able to do things with my grandchildren. I have tried losing weight on my own but always fell back to old habits. I am also a Weight Watchers Lifetimer. I lost 17 pounds about 20 years ago. I have gained them and lost them over and over. I have paid a lot of money to do this. So when I discovered DietBet I thought it would be a great way to motivate me. So far it is working and the cost is so much less than Weight Watchers. My next goal is not only to lose several more pounds but to also get into an exercise routine. One that I will stick to and get the jiggly stuff less jiggly. Afterall I have to get into a bathing suit this summer when I go on vacation.

So I am betting on me. The nice thing is even if I don't win my game I still win because I am adopting good habits and losing a pound here and there.

So bet on yourself and prove that you can do anything even if it's just for vanity sake because along the way you will be eating healthier and moving more. You can do it! I bet you can.

EyesinFLDenise

03/29/2016 4:49AM

Ivy, Great POST! I am also a Grandma (only 1, though) so I know what you mean. Most of the older people in my family were short and dumpy. I'm short and kind of dumpy. I am encouraged by your blog that we Grandmas CAN do this! YOU CAN DO THIS!!! You'll be the Grandma on tv that is out playing with the Grandkids and travelling and enjoying life. 55 is too young to be short and pudgy. Okay, well, the short we can't do anything about, so we will forget that one. But, we can be PETITE!! Go for it!!!

Ivy

Thank you Denise. We hot grandmas have to stick together.

Marcie

03/28/2016 3:56PM

I love this! I love the comment "I am betting on me!" The gift of health is the best you can give yourself. I was also a weight watcher for years and it wasn't until dietbet that I was able to really lose what I needed to and keep it off. The community aspect is fantastic. You don't need to EVER be a pudgie grandma! I am 60 so I know what you mean! 4 years ago I looked around me and decided I didn't want to look like most people my age looked - overweight and unhealthy (and old!)... You CAN get to a healthy and you CAN get yourself into a healthy exercise regimen - best medicine in the world. I feel better now than I have in years. You've got this! Just go get it!

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