Day 4-Harder Than I Thought

This is so way harder than I thought...I don't know what I did in October, but I've gotta find the will power and strength I did then.  Seriously, it's like 'wow, we have food in the house...gotta eat it.'  I'm not snacking healthy and I'm not thinking about every little morsel I'm devouring...maybe I have a tapeworm...NO it's me.  NO excuses for this.  I have got to get back on track.  I care about my health and how I look and I've got to keep that in mind as I try to get over whatever is blocking my success.  Wait, I am the only one blocking my success.  The only thing that stands in my way is me...I have control here and it's time to get some.

Day 1...Need a do over, please!

Ok, it's like this...I always start so strong, and by the afternoon, forget it.  I was great in the morning.  Counted calories, made conscious decisions about what I was putting in my mouth...yada yada yada.  By lunchtime, I had only consumed about 800 calories and 8 grams of fat.  Hello afternoon snacking.  Totally messed everything up.  After my snack of birthday bash ice cream and two glasses of cherry coke...I just said 'screw it' and ended the night with some Checkers fries and half an American Double melt.  I am guesstimating that my calories exceeded the 1671 I was supposed to eat.  Not even worth trying to count it all up.Yup, great start...can I have a do over now? 
So, today I've had a large mocha from Tim Horton's and am about to eat a Jimmy Dean D-lights Turkey Sausage Muffin (260 cals 8 grams/fat).  I am hoping I am able to keep things more in check today.  Going to the grocery store and stocking up on fresh veggies/fruits.  Maybe I'll get the pantry cleaned out too.
The one good thing from yesterday was the work-out.  I can totally feel that I used muscles and it gave me a lot of energy during the day.  I guess I missed it.

Day 1-No more hiding...

As a part of this blog, I want accountability...I want to show results...I want numbers I can be proud of...to do all that, I have to post my weight.  There is just no way around it...so here it goes...I weighed myself 2 ways this morning.  I used the home scale and the Wii 'The Biggest Loser' game.  At my lowest-the home scale showed 201 and the Wii showed 203.  Here are the current numbers:
                    Home Scale (HS):  206.5
                    Wii (W): 208
Worse than I thought.  Kinda devestating.  I worked so hard and in a couple of months, my numbers are totally different.  Just means I gotta work harder I guess.  I can see three downfalls that helped gain the weight back:  1)Stopped exercise  2)Started drinking pop  3)Stopped counting calories/reading labels.
All things that I'm changing today.  1)Worked out for 29 minutes on the Wii today!  2)Cut down the pop consumption (I can't quit cold-turkey)   3)calorie journal started!  We're on the road to weight loss/healthy life once again. 
I will post on how I did calorie-wise for the day...'The Biggest Loser' said I should be eating 1671 calories a day to get to my goal of losing 7 lbs in 4 weeks.  Did I do it?  Stay tuned!

Not a blog virgin anymore...

Hello out there! I've wanted to start a blog for awhile now, I just didn't know what to blog about. There's not a whole lot to my life right now except work and kids. Last October, I started a journey with my husband to lose weight. We want to get healthy and live long happy lives with our children. It was going great! He lost 20 lbs and I lost 18. Over the winter, we kinda lost our way. I since have put back on about 5 1/2 lbs and my husband won't even step on the scale (but I think he's only gained back about 7 lbs).
So, this blog is me getting back on track. Keeping a daily food/exercise/overall look at life in order to lose more weight and keep it off. This is more than counting calories, working out with the Wii, more than talking about health. It's a visible, public reminder; it is a living testament to myself and my family that with hard work, determination and support, I can undo the years of overeating, eating my emotions, not wanting to get up and get out, not seeing myself for who I am and who God wants me to be.
So now what? I guess it starts here and it starts now. Better eating. Exercising. Holding myself accountable daily for what I do with my body-my decisions. In the weeks to come, expect to read calorie counts, daily menus, exercise logs, and probably some gripping and groaning too. But, I know that I CAN reach my goal-20 less lbs on this body by the end of August. I hope some people come along for the ride too! Afterall, I can't wait to share what life is like, when the weight is over!