Oh to be just overweight!

I’m thrilled to post that I am 3 pounds closer to being overweight…just 40 more to go!  I was so happy I even put broccoli in my spaghetti sauce and it was so small the kids didn’t even notice.  The activity level has been up, though somewhat involuntarily (due to shoveling snow).  Anyway, thank God for giving me the strength to try again on the path to a healthier lifestyle.  Otherwise, I’m pretty positive I’d be still beating myself up over past “diet” failures…and there’d be plenty of beating to do.  But today is a new day and my confidence is growing that I could be down to the appropriate weight ballpark by next summer.  It would be so sweet to be less self-conscious in a swimming suit!  I don’t think of myself as a terribly self-conscious person, but there’s something about being nearly naked in a skin tight piece of nylon/lycra in front of strangers that can make even the hardiest person blush.  Anyway, today is going down and as a “good day” in my book.