EmElizaShugh’s BodyBlog

So, the Wii Fit tells me my BMI is 26 something, which means I’m in the overweight category.  However, my bodyfat % is 16. something.  I am 5′7" and weigh 164 lbs.  I don’t think I’m overweight.  Sure, I’m not stick thin, but I’m athletic.  Geesh, the Wii Fit totally lowered my self esteem!  It even changed my Mii to look tubby!!!  It gave my Mii a gut!  Yeah, we joked around about it, but I think the Wii Fit should take into consideration more things than just the BMI.  It doesn’t know my measurements or what kind of workouts I do at the gym.  All it goes by is the time you spend playing the games on it, or if you enter in the mins of light, moderate, or hard activity.  It is a fun game though and I guess it’s totally worth it for sedentary children and adults who do nothing but play video games all day.  I just wanted to vent about how it called me a cow!!  haha. 

So, my mom has been obese pretty much all my life.  Well, over the past 4 years she’s become MORBIDLY obese and she also has Spinal Stenosis, so she’s bed-ridden.  I’ve watched her become more and more unhealthy to the point where she’s now in the hospital because she has an enlarged heart (due to the fact she’s so overweight).  She is over 300lbs and can’t exercise to lose anything because of her back condition.  It’s sad, but frustraiting as well.  She will NOT have gastric bypass or a lapband surgery (I don’t recommend this for everyone, but her back and weight issues are feeding off one another).  Ever since I was growing up our family never ate healthy, it was always comfort food.  That’s how I became an obese child…and developed an eating disorder.  Well, over the past year or so, I’ve really made it a point to become as healthy (mentally, physically, and emotionally) as I possibly can.  I have watched my mother basically ruin her life and I WILL NOT go down the same path.  Obesity runs in my family and now that I know I will always have to watch what I eat and ALWAYS exercise, I can accept it and deal with it on my own.  I also made a vow to never become my mother or raise my kids (eating habit-wise) the way she did.  I will never "diet" in front of them or let them get to the point they need to lose weight.  My children will be active and eat healthy food because that’s all I will keep in my house.  I was not allowed to play sports in school due to a knee problem I had, so my kids will be active along with me!  This is kinda a rant more than anything because I got the bad news about my mother’s heart and I know that she’s influenced me to be as healthy as I possibly can.  It’s a shame she’s so stubborn, but I can’t control what she does with her life.  All I can do is control my own and try to teach my kids healthy/active living.  

So, I made it through ALL the holidays without gaining anything and without getting lazy.  I stayed the same weight 165 (give or take a lb or 2 depending on sodium/TOM) and I managed to get my ass to the gym regularly.  Usually, once winter hits, I get in this funk of not wanting to leave the house and take naps all afternoon.  There’s something about getting out of the house and being around people that’s different this year though, maybe it’s because I’m single and I enjoy meeting new people, or maybe it’s because i don’t have the ex depressing me so much!!  Either way, I have never been happier than I have been the past 5-6 months.  I even took a second job working at my gym!!  I love it!  Now that the Superbowl is over and all the junk food and bad holidays binging is over with, maybe I can get past this plateau I hit this month.  At least I haven’t gained!  Heck, I haven’t had any time to gain weight.  I started a new job (just got out of the Navy in Jan.), took the second job, fit friends/dates in, and I still try to find time to hit the gym when I can!!  It’s been good for me to keep busy.  But, I know how to get over the plateau, I’m just at a weight now that it’s going to be more difficult to lose as much weight as I had in the past.  That’s why I’m focusing more on building lean muscle and lowing my body fat %, that way the lbs will follow.  So, I’m super excited to get off work soon so I can my butt to gym and check out all the yummy eye candy!!    TOTALLY helps with the boring cardio!!

<3 Emily  

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