Chubby Mommy

I’ve always loved the thought of jetting off to one of those fancy weight-loss spas — the kind where a 4-star chef turns ordinarily salads into culinary masterpieces and, between rounds of seaweed wraps and Swedish massages, you still manage to drop 15 to 20 pounds. Unfortunately, my budget can barely stretch to cover the cost of travel supplies, much less the actual travel to such a location.

That means I’m actually going to have to work at weight loss. Fortunately, with Spring just around the corner, I’m hoping that becomes a bit more easy to do.

See, I plan on taking up walking this Spring. I figure that it’d be a good thing for my son and I to do together as a break during our homeschool day and, besides, it doesn’t require any extra equipment. After all, I already own a pair of feet so why not use them?

Besides, I’m pretty inspired by Becky Tuttle’s success: she’s lost 44 pounds by cutting out Coca Cola, eating 5 servings of fruit or veggies each day, and walking 10,000 steps.

To boost the number of steps she takes, she parks as far away as possible, wherever she is. She makes two trips by foot at home when one would do. She takes the dog for an extra lap around the block (the dog has lost weight, too). If she’s still short at the end of the day, she runs up and down the steps at home. And “If you go to Wal-Mart and Sam’s on the same day, you’re almost guaranteed to get 10,000 steps.”

I’m pretty certain she doesn’t mean going to Wal-Mart to stock up on Doritos and Sam’s for a gallon of Ranch dip, though.