1st Weigh In

Well it's been a week since I've been trying to lose weight and eat healthy. I lost 1 or 2 lbs. I have a cheap scale with a dial and it's hard to tell exactly what I've lost but I lost at least 1 lb. for sure. I think I'm going to change my goal to 7 lbs. because I think 10 lbs might be too much. Anyhow my main goal is to look more fit.
Now I have to say that I haven't eaten the healthiest I possibly could but I'm going to be realistic this time. I do not want to eat just fruit, veggies, and grains the rest of my life. I allowed my self a cheat day where I had pancakes for breakfast and hot dog and chips for lunch I don't remember what I had for dinner though. The other days I have been eating more veggies and just eating less overall. I'm trying to eat only if I'm hungry and not go back for that much desired second or third helping. I'm trying to think if I would rather be skinnier or eat another helping just because it tastes good. Most of the time we are not even hungry when we go back for more. Right now it's a constant effort to think before I eat too much, but I hope it becomes habit to stop when I'm full. I'll update again next Tuesday :)

Weighing In and Accountability

Okay I stink at keeping the weight off. I have been able to lose weight for a short time but it always seems to return. I'm a sucker for a ice cold coke and almost any kind of sweets. My ability to fight off fatty, carb loaded, greasy goodness is almost shameful. I may not be huge and some people may look at me funny when I say I want to lose 10 lbs. but clothing can hide a lot. About 6 months ago I did a Daniel fast (basically no meat or sweets) and started exercising regularly. I never felt better and lost over ten lbs. After comments that I was getting too thin I decided to try and gain a little back. Despite the fact that I felt great and thought I looked great (so did my husband) I started to eat meat again and then sweets and eventually got back into my old eating habits. Ultimately gaining almost all the weight back.
Once you start eating unhealthy again it is really hard to stop. So I got the idea from my seester to blog about my weight loss and healthy eating. Hopefully this will help me have a sense of accountability and eventually get back into eating healthy and as a result feel good and lose weight.
Well I'm giving myself one more day to eat whatever but starting tomorrow I'm getting serious about eating healthy again. I think I will post what I've eaten and maybe keep track of weekly (hopefully) weight loss. Once I get to my goal of ten lbs. I will treat myself to a new sports car! Okay maybe not but I will treat myself to something new.
Okay now I'm going to go eat a donut :-)