I stepped on the scale this morning. I’m up 3.5 pounds after a week of binging on butter tarts (my grandma makes the BEST butter tarts), cheesecake, pumpkin pie, stuffing, toffifee, sugar cookies, the list goes on and on and on.
It’s OK though. I had a great Christmas despite going overboard on the sweets and this morning I logged onto my computer and re-started the BBG program, for the third time. I’m getting myself back on track before the new year even starts.
The hardest part about losing weight wasn’t eating less or exercising more, it was getting back up after falling down. A problem that I struggle with is mindless eating, I will find myself putting food in my mouth just because. Not because I’m hungry, and not even because I really like it, just because it’s there. I need to work on this, food is there to fuel our bodies and that’s it.
Another problem is late-night snacking, I like to eat right up until I go to bed. So when I’ve consumed my days calories by 7 pm, that leads to a problem for me. One way that I’ve been working to solve this is having dinner later, around 8 or 9 pm. Then I can have a light snack right before bed as well. This also works better for my schedule since I am usually busy until 8 or 9 at night anyways.
So even though I TOTALLY blew my ‘diet’ (I don’t like to call it that) over the last few weeks, that’s okay. Before when I used to tell myself I was cutting out all junk food or going on a diet, the second I would eat something bad I’d throw my hands up in the air, say to hell with it and give up. Then a few weeks later I’d try again. That’s not going to happen this time. A big fear I have is gaining all the weight I’ve lost back, and then some. I need to remember that’s not something that happens overnight, hell in 2.5 weeks of eating JUNK I’ve only gained 3.5 pounds. Now, if I kept up these bad habits for another few months then ya, I might gain back all the weight, but I won’t. I know better now.
Losing this weight and eating healthy isn’t just about appearances for me. I don’t care about being ’skinny’. I care more about my health and well-being. Since I started taking care of myself in the last year I haven’t been sick once. Three summers ago I got tonsillitis eight times. I’ve always been a ’sick kid’, getting sick five times a year or more. I don’t feel tired anymore, I have more energy, I feel great.
I have lots of new things that I want to achieve regarding my health next year but instead of waiting till Thursday to start, I’m starting today! Here’s to being happy and healthy in 2009 
Stay tuned, tomorrow I’m posting before and after pictures!
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I’ve never clicked on your linked articles before, but I did this time and I’m so glad I did! Also, I love how you click on one link and it took me to a page with all of the articles… is that a wordpress thing? I don’t think I can do that on blogger. Anyway, these posts are inspiring! I definitely want to eat healthier and exercise regularly in 2010. And my bad-eating habits are the same as your (old) bad-eating habits. If it’s there, then I’ll eat it. So parties with food laying around are not good for me! Hmm. I think I’ll go to the gym now after reading the last of this series. I haven’t been to the gym in FOREVER! So I think I’ll be able to lose a couple pounds real fast with starting it up again. It’s just maintaining that will be the problem!