I better go to bed...

... I'm super hungry!!!

Good morning!

And yes it is!

I feel like I did good yesterday.

Although I didn't count POINTS yesterday,

I did write down everything I ate

AND I even passed up

birthday cake and icecream!

Wow... a first for me!

So all in all it was all good!

I even had an emotional night

and I didn't fix it with food.

I know I have a long way to go...

but this is a good start.

I'm fed up...

I'm starting fresh with everything I have done in the past to lose weight!!! I've done it before, I can do it again! There is no reason why I should have gained weight back!!! Well... I know the reason I gained it back, but what I'm trying to say is I know better. But now that I realized it is my meds that made me do this... but not in the sense of I had no control over it, but in the sense that I was finally enjoying life and being happy with me... and it wasn't dependent upon my weight. So I ate lots of yummy, not good for me food and have been slowly adding the pounds back on. They just snuck up on me... I didn't realize it until just recently. I mean, I knew my jeans didn't fit anymore, I knew my tummy wasn't so flat-ish anymore... but it wasn't until I saw some pictures of me taken by someone I realized my face wasn't thin anymore!!! So then I took some pictures of me exactly like the ones on my sidebar at goal weight... and I'm fat again. But I'm in control again. The first step is to realize the problem and now I can move forward. So starting today (11 yrs since becoming a mom) I'm taking control once again and I'm off on my journey. This is for me... and for my family (but mainly for me). So join me on my journey. I will be posting here often. Yummy menu ideas, my exercise routine, my ups and downs (b/c we know there will be plenty of those), and anything else I feel like sharing!!! So... not b/c I want to, but here are my updated pics of me right now. I won't be like this forever... I will lose it again, and then keep it off forever!!!

PS- no... I'm not pregnant... I'm just fluffy!

PSS- and as for my liquid sanity... not giving it up, just having it in moderation! I enjoy it too much!

Starting Over...

My weight loss journey...

I have been slowly gaining weight

and I'm not happy about it right now!!!

So tomorrow is a new day...

my new life (once again)!!!

I'll keep you posted...

My ultimate goal...

get back to my goal weight...

My first goal...

get back into my jeans in 8 weeks!

Weekly goals...

So last week my goal was to give up my "LiQuiD SaNiTy!!!" And I have been successfully off it for 9 whole days (once i shut my eyes tonight it will be 10!!!). I'm so proud of myself. I almost caved on Saturday, my my BFFF talked me out of it... she told me I didn't really need it... and she was right! I'm still here and ALIVE!!! (And so are others around me, so I must be OK!)

I decided I hate dieting, right? So I have a plan... one that started last week with giving up my DP. I'm choosing one new "healthy habit" every week to incorporate in my life. So this week it's exercise. For the past 2 days I have gotten up, got the kids to school and then I pop in my DVD and workout. I got a "Walk Away the Pounds" DVD for Christmas and I have never opened it... until Monday. And I LOVE IT!!! It is super fun! I look forward to working out now. So here's to my goal of the week.

How about any of you?

What do you do to "live a healthy lifestyle" without dieting?