How did I get all this weight to begin with?

I decided instead of a series I would just use one post to cover this topic

When I was younger I was always skinny. I could eat whatever I wanted without thinking about it. When I got out of High School I was 130 pounds with a 28 inch waist. Oh I wish I could get back to that. So what happened?
The first 10 pounds.
I got pregnant gained a total of 30 pounds and then only lost 20 of it. I don't know why that last 10 pounds didn't come off. I used to take the baby for walks and was generally very active.  I guess I just need to chalk it up to my body adjusting to parenthood. I would be thrilled if I could even get back to 140!
The next 10 pounds.
I got pregnant again gained 30 lost 20. Do we see a pattern forming?
The rest of the weight.
I have had a total of 8 children all with the same weight gain pattern. Also I used the depo shot between a couple of them and was told by my doctor that one of the side effects is weight gain, and not just a little bit but like 10-20 pounds.
As I look back I can also see that I became less and less active. I am trying to reverse that but Newtons law of motion keeps getting me. You know the one something in motion tends to stay in motion and something at rest tends to stay at rest. With each baby I needed to spend a lot of time feeding so I was sitting quite a bit. Every chance I got I would take a nap. As I got more kids it became more difficult to go for walks or even just go to the park because it was such a big production to get everyone ready.
I developed some very lazy habits and now it's time to change. I have found that if I try to change too much though that I always revert to my lazy ways. That is why I am doing little changes each month in hopes they will stick.

Weight Loss

Recently I decided it is time to get rid of this extra weight I have accumulated over the years. I know that the only way to keep it off is to make permanent life changes. I think that one of the reasons so many people fail is because they want it to happen all at once so they try to make all the changes at once. Well that is not going to work for me. I am going to change 2 habits each month one for nutrition and one for physical. The first month my nutrition one was drinking more water. I really like my coke so I told myself I have to drink a glass of water before I have each coke so that way I am not taking anything away from myself I'm just adding in something good! I also enrolled my family to help me they have permission to ask me if I have had my water before I have my coke. It is working fabulously. As for adding in more physical I took on switching the laundry (the kids have been sharing this chore up until now) as that involves going up and down the stairs at least once a day. I am wanting to add in habits that don't seem like they are much but that after a while will really add up.

Since this is a new month I am adding 2 new habits.
The nutritional one is eating breakfast. I used to eat breakfast all the time but for some reason I stopped. I don't usually like many of the traditional breakfast foods so I am trying to think of things I like. So far I have come up with cottage cheese and fruit, couscous with almonds and mandarin oranges, and garlic bread and orange juice. I like eggs and breakfast meat but it takes so much time to fix. I don't like the things like cereal and pancakes and such.
The physical one is keeping this blog updated. I know that doesn't sound like it fits, but I think that if I am keeping this updated I will be more aware of what I am doing and not doing. Plus I think I am going to add a weekly weight check in.

That's it for today. Next post will be the first in the series of how I got the extra weight in the first place