Back to the Beginning

My health didn't take a front seat until after I had my third child. I finally realized that I had to be proactive. I joined Weight Watchers and went to the meetings religiously. After a short ten months I lost over forty pounds and I felt better than I ever had. I had never been so thin. I really loved it. I joined Curves and kept the weight off for the better part of four years.

BUT.....

yes there is a but. Last year an evil demon crept up inside me and it kept telling me that I could eat this because I wasn't going to get fat eating just one gallon of ice cream. Okay okay it wasn't an evil demon and okay it wasn't just ONE gallon of ice cream. Little by little I got heavier and heavier till about a month ago I got sick of it. I got sick of my clothes not fitting anymore, sick of getting winded walking up my stairs, sick of my scale screaming at me to "GET OFF!" My dear sweet husband agreed that he was having the same demonic possession and we decided it was time to start being proactive again.

My motivations have changed since my last weight loss journey. Back then I wanted to look good and frankly see if I could even do it. This time around, I know I can do it so I feel even more pressure to lose the weight because I know I have done it before. I know what to do. I know what works. Crap......now I actually have to do something.

I started Weight Watchers again, only this time I am doing it online instead of attending the meetings. WW switched up their program recently and so it feels somewhat new, but the purpose is the same, train yourself to eat the right things and get out of the frame of mind that it's a diet. It's not a diet, it's a way of life.

So I am off and running.

This blog is for me more than anyone else. It's for me to keep myself accountable. This blog is so that I can write down my triumphs and frustrations. It's a way for me to journal my experience while I encourage myself and others that this body is the only one I get. I don't believe in reincarnation. I believe that I have one chance at this life, and God gave me one body to do it in. It's my responsibility to keep this body fit and maintained so that I can make it to the end. So unless I am wrong and come back as a monkey, a snake, or luck out and come back as an elusive unicorn I am going to do my best to take care of what I have.

So here is my first accountable stats.

1-21-11

Starting Weight: 166 lbs (1-9-11)

Today's Weight: 162 lbs

Weeks Weight Loss - Well nothing since this is my first Blog. DUH

Total Weight Loss: 4 lbs

UGH, when I put them down on paper and know someone out there will see it, it makes me cringe. But I can do this. Breathe in Breath out.

The People on the bus go up and down up and down up and down.