Healthy Lifestyle

I have recently decided that I needed to lead a healthier lifestyle for both myself and my daughter. I am not what one would call obese but I am a little "thick" and my BMI does put me in the overweight range. Because I eat such crap food and do not do near enough physical activity (my job requires me to use little more energy than George Jetson did when he was at work) I have felt horrible all the time.
So of course I have made some positive changes in my lifestyle. I am on Weight Watchers, which will help me eat well for the rest of my life, and I am exercising. I decided that to help me out I would actually use my blog and post updates. I will be using this as a journal to track the good, the bad and the truth about a lifestyle change. Its not a diet, because diet is a temporary fix.
So, as I start this blog I am a month in. I am feeling so much better. You do not realize how many things lack of good food and exercise effect. I have more energy, the crazy mood swings have gotten better, the bouts of depression are subsiding and I overall just feel better. It is hard work. It takes a lot for me to say no to yummy food that is sitting there near me or to not buy the vat of ice cream for me to eat in one sitting.
Of course I do have my relapses and don't use the best of judgement. I am an emotional eater. I think that a lot of use are. I do not know what started this silly habit. Maybe just the term "Comfort Food " makes you think to stuff your face when your emotions are out of control. I do not know. I just know that when I am emotional I make poorer choices. I no longer have the strength to pick up the equally yummy fruit over the banana, or drink my water over my soda. The important thing for me is to realize that I am doing this and also remember that one bad food does not unmake a entire day. I will troop on by remembering how much better I feel AFTER I eat all that healthy food and how crappy I feel when eating the junk.


Loss Goal : 25 lbs
Down : 10 lbs
To go: 15 lbs