Dieting is certainly nothing that I’m new to. I’ve been on this ride before, but always I’ve strayed the course and put myself in a worse position than I was at the beginning of the diet. I lost 40 pounds from February 2009 to around July 2009. I was in sizes I hadn’t been in before and felt good and more confident about myself. But, I let things go and I’ve gained that and then some back. So thus the point of this post.. we’re starting over again. This time, it’s Chris and I working this out together. He’s never really been on board before. He’s been supportive of my efforts, but wasn’t dieting himself. Now we both have goals and reasons why this needs to work and last this time.
My personal goals are pretty simple. I want to lose weight, become more active, keep the weight off, and train my brain to accept healthier options and smaller portions as the norm. I want to curb my emotional eating and quit vegging out in front of the TV all the time. I would like to lose 57 pounds this year. It’s a big task, but not impossible. It’s a little over 1 pound a week and since doctors recommend losing no more than 2 I feel I’ve got a healthy, reasonable goal that I can stick to if I just work hard and don’t let myself go crazy anymore.
I’ve got new recipes to try that I’m counting calories on, and a big thing is that I need to start having a light 200-300 calorie breakfast in the mornings to keep myself going and avoid pigging out when lunch rolls around. I have the desire, and I’m gaining the motivation and hoping that we can stick this one out together with support of family and friends. I’m going to try to blog at least weekly about my progress to keep myself going, and I’m also using sparkpeople.net as a tool to help track my weight, food, and to find recipes and motvation from others out there going through this same struggle.
Tip – AllYou magazine at Wal-Mart has a 10.00 off any Healthometer scale. We bought a 29.99 scale last night and was only 19.99 after the coupon. The magazine is only 2.24 at Walmart so it pays for itself just using the one coupon, but they have 30+ dollars of other coupons in there as well as article and yummy recipes 
