Day One... Successful. It actually was easier then I thought. By the time I was done with dinner I still had 9 points left in the day... that's a lot of points for only a few hours of being awake. The only hick up I had was that I was hungry mid-morning, but as I found out, I could have used a few more points in the morning. So today, I'm putting all my meals in my tracker right away in the morning so I know exactly how many points I have for snacking throughout the day. So I'm taking it one day at a time and it'll get easier as my body adjusts.
Now if only I could get my body to adjust to lack of sleep. Sami has 3 of her eye teeth coming in and she's just not the same kid. She's whiny and tired and won't go to sleep, so I only got about 5 hours of sleep last night, which I usually get 7-8 so I'm running a little slow this morning and not being able to go get a Caribou Coffee this morning was difficult for me, but I have my Diet Cherry Pepsi and I'll be just fine.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Today is the First Day
I will no longer be a slave to food. I will no longer think about food as soon as I'm done with a meal, I will however think about how I can make my meals healthier. I will plan ahead as best I can. I will not be on a diet. I will make better food choices one meal at a time. I will do this so my family and I can become healthier. I will do this to keep a promise to my daughter. I will do this so I will be here for my daughter.
This is the day. I even made a deal with Jason, yet he hasn't quite agreed to it yet, but I said if I loss and keep off 50 lbs by next summer, I get to buy a bike with the little cart that goes behind it for Sami. That way Nancy and I can go biking together next summer and I think Sami would love it. So today is the first day of the rest of my life.
This is the day. I even made a deal with Jason, yet he hasn't quite agreed to it yet, but I said if I loss and keep off 50 lbs by next summer, I get to buy a bike with the little cart that goes behind it for Sami. That way Nancy and I can go biking together next summer and I think Sami would love it. So today is the first day of the rest of my life.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Where did my baby go?
Okay so I know I haven't been good about updating this... okay maybe that's even wrong... I've been horrible. But it's summer and we're busy and work seems to be crazy right now and when I did have time, I didn't feel like I had anything to share with anyone... or anything anyone would want to waste their time to read. So to get back into the swing of things, I guess I'll just give you an update of what's going on.
Jason
Still working at Ford.
Playing softball as much as possible.
That was easy enough.
Sami
Where do I start with her? She's 16 months old today and she's absolutely AMAZING!!! I just adore her more then anything in the world. It's strange really, like last night... she woke up at 12:00am and didn't want to go back to sleep, I fought with her for 30 minutes before giving in. You see this is the hardest part of the day for me, wake me up at 4:00am and I'm fine, but late night, I'm not good with that. So I said fine, you can get out of bed, but we're not playing. So I went into the living room and laid on the couch and told her to do whatever she wanted/needed. So what does she do? She cries because she wants me to hold her. So she climbs up on the couch and lays next to me, but she doesn't just lay still, she's all over the place on my face, on my stomach, on her side, with her butt in the air, etc. It's like she just couldn't get comfortable. But as I lay there utterly exhausted, I started to ask myself how I could get so upset with her and then I started to cry. I was mad at myself for being short with her, she doesn't know any better and all she wanted was her mommy. As I lay there crying she stopped and looked right into my eyes then leaned in really close and hugged me. She's amazing. She brings more happiness into my life then anything I have ever known and that's priceless.
For her age, she's doing fabulous. Her vocabulary is growing daily and she LOVES to talk. She dances and bounces her head to music and it's so fun to watch. She has 12 teeth in with an eye tooth coming in as I speak... could have something to do with her being awake last night. And the most amazing of it all, she's sleeping in a big girl bed. We started her on Saturday night and she's been doing a great job, until last night. She sleeps an average of 12 hours a night and eats pretty well for being a toddler. The only thing not amazing about her, she hasn't done so well at the 2 weddings we've taken her to this summer. She won't eat and gets clingy and even threw up at the last one. Maybe she's overwhelmed by all the people or maybe it was just coincidence, but it's not fun either way. She is a handful, but she's so worth it.
Me
Well I'm doing alright, except that I'm getting fatter every day. I just haven't been motivated to get going until today. I went online today and signed up for Weight Watchers online. I wasn't planning on starting until Monday, but they have a 1 week free trial, so I figured why not get on and get prepared to fully dive in on Monday. It's time to do something... I made a promise to Sami when I was pregnant with her that she wouldn't have a fat mom and even though she'd never hold me to it, I'm going to hold myself to it. Plus, it's getting exhausting trying to keep up with her and I turn 30 at the end of this year.
Other then getting fat, the summer has been super busy, just like it is every year. We have something going on pretty much every weekend until September so there's not a lot of time to just relax. With softball, weddings, family get togethers, bonfires with friends we see once a summer, home improvements and just trying to keep our house in some sort of organization, fall can't come soon enough. Our big excitement for summer is at the end of August, Sami and I are going to a cabin with my family for a week... I CAN'T WAIT!!! I'm excited to just get away, not have to work for a week and spend a bunch of fun time with Sami and my family. We used to go to a cabin every summer when I was a kid and I've sort of missed it so it's something to look forward to.
That's about it I guess. I'm sure there's more, but I don't want to bore you with all the details of my life so I'll leave you with that and am sure I'll be on here more to help me through my weight loss journey.
Jason
Still working at Ford.
Playing softball as much as possible.
That was easy enough.
Sami
Where do I start with her? She's 16 months old today and she's absolutely AMAZING!!! I just adore her more then anything in the world. It's strange really, like last night... she woke up at 12:00am and didn't want to go back to sleep, I fought with her for 30 minutes before giving in. You see this is the hardest part of the day for me, wake me up at 4:00am and I'm fine, but late night, I'm not good with that. So I said fine, you can get out of bed, but we're not playing. So I went into the living room and laid on the couch and told her to do whatever she wanted/needed. So what does she do? She cries because she wants me to hold her. So she climbs up on the couch and lays next to me, but she doesn't just lay still, she's all over the place on my face, on my stomach, on her side, with her butt in the air, etc. It's like she just couldn't get comfortable. But as I lay there utterly exhausted, I started to ask myself how I could get so upset with her and then I started to cry. I was mad at myself for being short with her, she doesn't know any better and all she wanted was her mommy. As I lay there crying she stopped and looked right into my eyes then leaned in really close and hugged me. She's amazing. She brings more happiness into my life then anything I have ever known and that's priceless.
For her age, she's doing fabulous. Her vocabulary is growing daily and she LOVES to talk. She dances and bounces her head to music and it's so fun to watch. She has 12 teeth in with an eye tooth coming in as I speak... could have something to do with her being awake last night. And the most amazing of it all, she's sleeping in a big girl bed. We started her on Saturday night and she's been doing a great job, until last night. She sleeps an average of 12 hours a night and eats pretty well for being a toddler. The only thing not amazing about her, she hasn't done so well at the 2 weddings we've taken her to this summer. She won't eat and gets clingy and even threw up at the last one. Maybe she's overwhelmed by all the people or maybe it was just coincidence, but it's not fun either way. She is a handful, but she's so worth it.
Me
Well I'm doing alright, except that I'm getting fatter every day. I just haven't been motivated to get going until today. I went online today and signed up for Weight Watchers online. I wasn't planning on starting until Monday, but they have a 1 week free trial, so I figured why not get on and get prepared to fully dive in on Monday. It's time to do something... I made a promise to Sami when I was pregnant with her that she wouldn't have a fat mom and even though she'd never hold me to it, I'm going to hold myself to it. Plus, it's getting exhausting trying to keep up with her and I turn 30 at the end of this year.
Other then getting fat, the summer has been super busy, just like it is every year. We have something going on pretty much every weekend until September so there's not a lot of time to just relax. With softball, weddings, family get togethers, bonfires with friends we see once a summer, home improvements and just trying to keep our house in some sort of organization, fall can't come soon enough. Our big excitement for summer is at the end of August, Sami and I are going to a cabin with my family for a week... I CAN'T WAIT!!! I'm excited to just get away, not have to work for a week and spend a bunch of fun time with Sami and my family. We used to go to a cabin every summer when I was a kid and I've sort of missed it so it's something to look forward to.
That's about it I guess. I'm sure there's more, but I don't want to bore you with all the details of my life so I'll leave you with that and am sure I'll be on here more to help me through my weight loss journey.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)