Reset Button

Dec 14, 2011

As of October 1st (my surgiversary), I've lost 103 lbs. and I'm still at 178 lbs. today. I think that's a great accomplishment; however, I'm disappointed in myself because not only have I not been exercising but I've also been eating more.  When I read Nik's discussion post yesterday about how much she loves to eat, I realized that that's exactly my sentiment. I. Love. To. Eat.  So I thought to myself, What can I do to change my bad habits and get back on track? I've been reading articles and looking at ways to refocus.

Then it hit me.  I can hit the reset button and start over.  Many of you log your meals daily to stay disciplined.  I've never done that this entire time.  It always seemed so tedious to me.  But you know the old saying goes, You can't do the same things and expect different results.

So here goes.  As of Monday, I have logged every meal, snack and drink I've had.  Even the bad things I didn't want to admit I had.  It has made me look at how much of the wrongs things I eat and how I can replace those same snacks with protein-filled snacks and be just as satisfied.  The MyFitnessPal app I downloaded to my BlackBerry works wonders.  It records my meals, workouts, water intake and has a database full of everything imaginable.

Its like looking into a mirror and not like what you see.  I'm looking at my food intake and I don't like what I see.  So I went grocery shopping last night, and bought better snacks for myself and my family.  I also just got a Zumba dvd set, since I'm not able to go to the Y at this time.  I plan on renewing my Y membership in March when I'm no longer sharing my vehicle with my SO.

So, I'm positive that this will work.  I'm positive that I will start losing again.  I'm positive that I will reach my personal goal weight of 160.

I will also blog about it because it makes me even more accountable for what happens next....

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