My 'weight', amplified...that's where I'm at, it's me bigger than I ever thought I would become. I reconsidered renaming this blog to make it more 'appealing', but to be honest, me physically...not so appealing, so why sugar coat it? So, the name stays.
About two weeks ago, I decided to start eating better not because I want to get into a bikini or to look like someone I'm not, but because at one point, I had a nice, athletic figure and I want that person back. The person with energy to chase around our little 1 year old and also to have the ability to live as long as I can for each of my kids and my Husband, because let's face it, life without me would be boring! I've given birth to all the children I want to bring into this world, so now it's time to get my body back into shape. No excuses.
In the last couple weeks I've stopped drinking soda, I think I might have had one or two, I don't add salt to my food (I think I slipped up once or twice), and have had maybe two candy bars. You might think that by that statement that I eat nothing but junk, but in reality, I used to eat maybe one meal a day and snack here and there which of course, that would consist of fast food or some junk food quick fix.
I've tried and have mostly succeeded in eating better since the beginning of this new found me. I have to say that I've really noticed an improvement not only financially (imagine how much we save by not eating out or eating so much junk!), but in that I can hardly handle to look at a fast food menu without thinking, 'I used to eat that crap?!'. My mind can't seem to comprehend that a greasy burger is actually appetizing, however, put a salad in front of me and it's devoured just as fast as a chocolate bar used to be.
This evening, I had dinner with my Husband at a local BBQ joint that makes amazing ribs and it was during our meal that we both realized that we would have demolished that meal in the past, but we actually ended up bringing home approximately 3/4 of it. That's huge! I'll admit though, that I followed good ol' Alton Brown when he said that it's ok to have a dessert once a week and if you're going to have one, then do it up right, so I ordered the Pecan Pie :)
