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I have been doing a lot of research and finally made the decision to count calories.  I did Weight Watchers on three separate occasions and had great success.  Successes were interrupted by pregnancies.  Now, the meetings just don’t fit in my life style.  I started very simply by eating only 1400-1600 calories a day.  Divided into 3 meals and two snacks. It has been easier than I expected.  I know the weight loss will be slow, but I am in this for the long haul.  I don’t feel deprived or hungry all day.  I know that I have 3 meals and 400 calories so I don’t feel any foods are off-limits.  In the past, I felt defeated after a few weeks.  I think, make that, I know I will get to my goal weight and be able to maintain it.

Well, it is the beginning of a new year.  I don’t want to make any new year’s resolutions because I feel those are never permanent.  I have been eating better already.  My treadmill has seen some action also.  I feel I am taking the right steps to get where I want to be.  I am not going to achieve my goal of losing all the baby weight by the time my son is one, but I know I am going to get there .  I am moving forward and not looking back.  Here’s to seeing less of me in the new year!

I take my boys over to my grandma’s once a week to visit.  Whenever I walk into that house, I want to find all the junk food and binge!  I bring healthy food for my lunch and even a snack, but I still want to be a piglet.  It takes all my willpower to keep from eating every thing in sight.  I will eat, even if I don’t like the food.  It is a reflex that is ingrained in me from my childhood. Today I did not indulge, but I wanted too.  I took my oldest out in the backyard just to get away from the temptation. Hopefully, my strength will continue to grow.

I enjoy looking at Facebook to keep up with my friends.  I saw that 2 of my classmates from high school ran a marathon this weekend!  This is something I have always wanted to do and never felt it was possible.  Since I saw these posts, I have been on my treadmill three times and have also starting jogging on it.  I wasn’t looking for motivation that day. But it found me.

Well, it is the end of day 1 and I feel great.  I ate healthily. I exercised. I am ready to get back to my prebaby weight!  I plan to be back there by the time my little guy turns one.  Bring on day 2!!!!

I have been eating healthfully for a week now.  I actually feel better and have some extra energy.  I am still not exercising yet.  However, I do have that on plan for next week.  I wanted to do this one step at a time.  I wasn’t even ready to “start” my diet last Friday.  I didn’t have my customary “eat everything I can because I start my diet tomorrow!” day.  I woke up that morning and just knew it was time. /When your fat clothes are getting too tight, it is time.

I am trying to set a good example for my son.  He is 2 1/2 years old and I want him to know the right things to eat.  He just ran over and asked what happened to all the grapes?  If I sow the seeds of health now, he will not have to struggle his whole life like I do.

Why is it so hard to stay motivated?  Why is it so hard to eat the right things?  I already know what I need to do, but everyday I get up and make bad decisions.  I eat the wrong things and I am so tired that I don’t want to exercise.  I know, exercising will give me more energy, but I just can’t do it.  I need a kick in the pants, but I just haven’t gotten it yet.  I do want to make good eating choices and I actually started out right this morning, then things took a turn for the worse.  I don’t know what is getting in my way, except for myself.  I want to make healthy choices to help my children learn to eat right.  Tomorrow is a brand new day and i already have a plan to start the day off right.  Here’s hoping I keep up throughout the whole day.

I just did Insanity with Shaun T. Holy cow! This is some tough stuff! I am out of shape from my lack of exercise during pregnancy, but this video lives up to its name.  I am still out of breath and I already took a shower.  I enjoy the hard work and feel great but boy oh boy!  I will need a little of repeat sessions to get up to pace with the people in the video.  Great workout!

I had a date with my friend today and new I was going out to eat at chili’s.  I also knew I was going to have a strawberry margarita ( it has been nine months of no alcohol afterall!)  I decided on one of their lunch size portions with soup and salad.  I was satisfied with my meal, but my friend wanted dessert.  I used the excuse that all desserts have nuts, which my friend won’t eat to get out of that one.  After I got home i looked up the points value on the dessert I would have chosen, chocolate chip paradise pie.  It has 31 POINTS!!!!  That is more than i am allowed for the whole day.  I know I enjoyed my margarita far more than i would have enjoyed that dessert and didn’t have to share it.  I am so glad I did not give in to temptation. 

We also went for a day of shopping, so we did some light walking.  I also still did my treadmil after I got home.  This girls’ day out could have derailed me, but I made smarter choices and kept going.  I am proud of me:)

I know I fell off the face of the earth.  I haven’t logged in since 2009.  I did get to my weight goal then, but became pregnant.  Now, I am trying to lose the baby weight AGAIN!  I have about thirty pounds to lose and am ready to go.  However, I am a little flustered because I am back to following Weight Watchers plan and have actually gained 2 pounds this week. I also started exercising yesterday.  My son is only one month old so I am not exercising at full throttle yet.  I don’t want to bo on a binge or anything.  But am a little discouraged.  I am obsessed with the scale and am trying to wean myself off of weighing everyday because I know that our weight does fluctuate on a daily basis.  Here is to keeping up the effort and losing the baby weight!