Good morning, Friends. Long time, no blog. Sorry about that. Busy life and what not. I might blog about what all we've been doing, but I might not. No promises. ;)
I wanted to sit down and write a little blog today to share a little honesty. It was great getting such a response to the initial weight loss posts, but if you look back over our blog the year before, I didn't post much. That's because this weight loss and lifestyle change thing is hard and, frankly, I didn't want to be held accountable (no matter how small my reader pool may be). :P But I figure that's not the way to be, and I don't want to backside back up 40 lbs, because then nothing has truly changed, so here goes... I struggle with snacks. There. I said it. I think I have been struggling with snacks since our Harry Potter Marathon about a month ago. Michael and I had been working hard to finish our goals, and I even went out and bought my new clothes (that I wasn't suppose to get until my goal was reached, shame on me) and things were going well. Then we enjoyed lots of taboo junk food at our Harry Potter Marathon... Let me just say that I took that day and ran with it. Even though I felt pretty miserable in the end, and have had a couple other junk days that left me feeling ill, I still reach for snacks. And when I begin snacking, I simply do not have the willpower to stop. Sometimes it's a handful of chips that were just too yummy, they turn into a bag, sometimes it's goldfish crackers that I get for the kids, then I end up eating more of them than the kids do, sometimes it's Chinese food (that's technically bought for the kids) and I'm just going to have a bite, but end up making myself a full plate (plus my "healthy" meal), and sometimes it's thinking, just a bite or two of cheesecake, then I eat the whole slice. I just can't help myself, Friends. Even more than I cringe at telling you that, is that I must tell you, now, the effects of my snacking. This morning I was up to 138.8 lbs. :( Now, please don't get me wrong, this is not a bad number. It's still a healthy weight for my height (but so is 130 or 135). I simply like being a little lower, about 5 lbs or so. I feel thinner, healthier, and, frankly, more attractive. (I'm singing 'You're so Vain' to myself, it's ok, you can do it too.) I haven't been making healthy choices, candy, cheesecake, chips, sugar cereals, etc, and I don't like that. Yesterday I did fine until we went to dinner at church, cue the candy and cheesecake. So today I am making the commitment to change and do better! This might be a bit of a challenge considering we're leaving for Arkansas the day after tomorrow, but I'm determined to make healthy choices! To start this effort off on the right foot I am doing what I suggested to all of you not that long ago, drinking water! It's 10am now and I already have 80 ounces drank! I'm going to enjoy lots of veggies today as well. Thanks for being my accountability. Wish me luck. Hopefully these 5-8.8 lbs come off easily. Stay tuned next week when Michael and I will be trying lots of new recipes again to revive our motivation. :) Love you all! Happy Tuesday!
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