Why I want to lose weight:
To be healthy
To look in the mirror and like what I see
To feel fit
To run faster
To have my son be proud of me one day
To have my husband be attracted to me (more)
To feel feminine curves instead of lumps
To live longer
To be stronger
To feel in control of myself
To wear the clothes that have been in my closet unused for about 3 years
For my emotional and mental health
Thanks for the words of encouragement ladies. Ya’ll really make a difference!!
I am down to 198.4 today. I went running yesterday, only a mile and a half. I had the stroller with me and I hadn’t been running with it in awhile, since DH has been home so much for the holidays. Sucker is heavy, especially on the hills which had been easier the last few weeks. Eating was ok, I need to get in more veggies, though I think I am getting in enough fruits. I also didn’t have any soda yesterday, just a cup of coffee and water, so big yay there! Just gotta keep it up.
It is so sad all the commercials for weight loss products on tv and the stationing of diet books/pill in the stores. Why do people do this to themselves every year. I’d like to say that people are better off just for having tried to fulfill a new year’s resolution even if they don’t do it, but I have a friend who does this every year. She buys some new piece of exercise equipment or video, goes on a super strict diet, last about a month, loses 10 pounds and then gains back 20. Over the last 4 years, she has gained 60 lbs. Not only that, she gains a closet full of unused exercise equipment and diet books. This year she is doing “Hip Hop Abs” and a low carb diet where she eats low carb up until dinner and then eat whatever she wants….ok, how long is that going to last?
Ok, enough about her. I’m not doing stelllar, so I can’t really criticize someone else until I get my stuff together.
I’m reading a book called “Diary of a Fat Housewife” Pretty good so far, very familiar to the things I feel on a regular basis, especially when she talks about not being able to wear most of the clothes in your closet because they were 30 lbs ago. 
Still have my 10k in February. Getting pretty nervous now!