Bye Bye 180s!!!
Yes!! I am officially in the 170s!! Okay, so I was just there a month ago and then I creeped back up, but I wasn't changing the way I eat. I was just not eating. Oops! I feel like a new person. I have such a commitment to lose this weight, the right way, for once in my life. I don't remember when I started dieting but I was probably 16 or 17, trying to make myself super skinny. Yah. So not healthy. I think that is where most of my diet habits came to be, because it worked. I was able to wear shape hugging shirts, and short skirts and summer dresses.
But it never lasted and so now here I am, almost 36 years old, trying to choose a better way of being for myself. And really for myself this time. I mean, I want to look great for my husband who is only about ten pounds from being fit (that's so annoying), and for my son so that he can see a great example of healthy living, but I am mostly doing this for me. Because I deserve to feel good about the way I look and excited to shop for new clothes, instead of dreading the dressing room. I deserve to feel incredible when I play outside with my son or go for a hike with my husband, instead of hot and winded and wishing I was anywhere but there.
So, that is why I know I can do this. And for good this time. No more up and down, yo-yo dieting. I am changing the way I think about food. I am changing the way I think about exercise. Because I know it is all a mental game. Of course french fries, and cheesecake, and pizza taste great. Who are we kidding here, they taste really great! But getting fit and feeling healthy are so much more important to me now than all the junk food in the world.