I'm Worth It!

Hi. So far I'm the only author on this blog, but I plan to invite a few friends who are also doing this Body For Life thing (or other weight loss plans). I need the support and help! I would love to have this place to share successes, recipes, snack ideas, struggles, etc. And this will help keep me accountable! I'm willing to post my weight, with my weight loss (or gain) each week, along with my long term weight loss goal. Are you?

Currently it is 4:20 in the morning and I haven't been to bed yet ...
I do this occasionally, especially when my husband is out of town, which he is. I just stay up all night trying to get caught up on things. I always weigh in on Wednesdays, so I'll weigh myself in a few hours and then post it. I'm not expecting a great showing because on Valentine's Day and for 3 days after I allowed myself quite a few freebies (which, of course, are not really free)! I think I will go to bed for a few hours or tomorrow will be a very long day.

First I want to post a huge success for me tonight. When I stay up late like this I get very hungry and tend to make bad choices with food. However, tonight at 11 pm I was starving (I had a cheese stick and apple for dinner at 7 pm) I took the time to broil some vegetables with a little bit of seasoned salt and to make brown rice in the rice steamer. I mixed the vegetables and rice, and I put a little bit of cheese in it. It was so delicious, as was the feeling of success that came because I didn't give in to that voice saying, "Go ahead and eat some nachos. It won't hurt this one time." (That is one of my favorite late night snacks ... lots of melted cheese on tortilla chips. And not low fat cheese or baked chips!) Anyway, my biggest struggle with eating well is taking the time to make healthy meals, even if it's just for me. My husband is gone a lot and my kids are picky eaters so I've used the excuse for years that it's not worth cooking just for myself. But I've learned in the past few weeks that it IS worth it! I'm worth it! And it feels good to eat have healthy food in the house and to eat healthy! And I've lost almost 9 lbs. in 4 weeks. Yay for me!

Also, I got happy meals at McD's for my kids ($1.25 night) and I did not eat their leftover fries or nuggets or hamburger that they don't eat anyway. A few weeks ago, I would have gobbled those up and not even thought twice about it. But not tonight. These little things will make a big difference for me, I think.

Off to bed ... I'll post my weight in a little bit.