DIETS make you FAT!

Yay!  I made it over the slump…the motivation is BACK.  And thanks to all of you who wrote such inspiring comments and helped me through my wahh-wahh time.

I figured I might as well get it over with, did a weigh in, and……DRUMROLL PLEASE…..201!!!!  Yippeeeee!  The last weigh in (a few weeks ago) I was at 205, 207 the week before that, 211, and began at 216.  I like the direction that scale is taking.  Next weigh in, I just might be in the one-hundreds.  THAT will be cool.

I know now that I CAN do this. This is working.  Just trying, each day, to make good choice after good choice, and if I do make a not so great choice now and then ENJOY what I eat, withough any guilt, and then keep on making good choices.

It’s so simple!  It’s not easy, but it is simple.  I was thinking today while driving that I really used to put a lot of garbage into my body.  It tasted great, sure, and I definately enjoyed it, but…ick!  We’ve really gotten away from basics as a culture…just good old meat and ‘tatos meals, and hard physical work.  My daddy was a farmer & rancher, he was wonderful (as was my mom too) and they both worked hard, and we ate the basics and pinched pennies.  Garden raised veggies (year round because my mama canned and froze them) and farm raised beef (Dad was a cattle rancher).  Probably more red meat than was healthy, but both of them (and my brother and I too) were slim.  Exercise was not sought after, it was just a part of our lives without trying.  Ever go irrigate fields by hand?  You walk miles packing a heavy shovel, turning over dirt and mud as you go!  I had to do it ONE DAY for my Dad when he had hurt his back…and it wore me out!  And I was about 16 at the time!  He did it daily all summer, every summer.  Then chasing cows on horseback, and out doing chores all winter…a simple, wonderful way of life and a great way to grow up.

Now food is so easy to prepare or even just buy, and the easier it is to get (sometimes, not all foods) the worse it is for us!  And the better sometimes it seems to taste!  Or at least thats how it’s marketed.  I love jalepeno poppers at Arbys…the crispy crunchy deepfried shell cracks open, and you get this creamy chees and spicy pepper combo, dipped in that amazing sauce…yum.  I used to eat those almost every day!!!  And they’re good, no denying that!   Is there any wonder that a plate of broiled chicken breast with a side of steamed broccoli doesn’t seem as exciting as the crispy gooey fatty stuff?  And yet, give me that plate of chicken and broccoli, add some great seasonings, and I love that too.  I guess I just love food.  I love to eat!  And now, thanks to ww, I am learning that I AM IN CONTROL.  I eat when and what I want…but there is this new awareness and accountability that makes me believe I can reach my goal of a healthy weight, and stay there, lifelong. 

Hub and I were talking to a lady today about doing WW, and she asked if I am starving.  Ha!  Far from it!  For the first time in my life, I’m NOT starving and I AM losing weight!  Slowly.  I think in my last blog I was losing patience.  I’m used to losing weight quickly, getting down into the next size smaller in a week, and then gaining it back with interest.  I’m finding it difficult, despite the shrinking numbers on the scale, to be patient and wait for the weight  to come off.  Yet part of me is glad it’s going slow, because I know this time it’s real and lasting.  Kinda like love and relationships!  Hee hee…when they start off hot and heavy and passionate, they burn out quickly.  But when they start off slow, and things build gradually that ’s when they last.  Hmm, interesting!  That thought just came to me as I was typing! 

Off to tomorrow.  Should be a bit of a challenge, hub (who is doing great again btw,) and I are showing our photography at a bridal fair, and there are always tasty tidbits and morsels from the catering companies for potential brides…and they share with all us vendors.  So, flex points be ready!  I was there today, and there were these chocolate and caremel covered pretzels…I had one.  ONE.  Not six! Go me.  In the booth hub and I are doing, instead of the usual chocolate we set on the table (way to tempting, I’d eat dozens) this year I made labels for little 10 oz water bottles with photos on them and our logo and phone numbers.  A total hit!  People are loving the idea, and we’re even going to offer them to brides at their weddings, to give out to guests (with their engagement photo and name on them.)  Fun, and healthy too.  Beat that.

Life is good!  My almost 2 year old is peeing in the potty and wants to sit on it all day long (we keep it in the family room so she can, and she gets mad when we take her off it to dress her to go shopping or church or somewhere) so cute.  I love being a mom, and I’m excited to get more healthy so I can run around and have fun with my kids. 

AND I WANT SPRING TO GET HERE.  SICK OF SNOW.  It’s pretty, from a window!  I want to go out and play in the sun.

Well…later!