3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - Taking CARE of myself again....

Hello, my name is Care and I've decided if I post my introduction here, then it's Official and that my decision to "take better care of Care" will make it harder for me to make those excuses to "start tomorrow". I am 62 years old, have raised my 9 kids (yes I said 9 :dizzy:) to the point where they are out on their own (and I still have a remnant of my sanity left). For the past 3+ years, I have been in a committed relationship with a wonderful man who loves me just the way I am. Which is great, but I haven't loved me just the way I am because I've gained back some of the weight I lost 10 years ago. I had lost 55 pounds on Weight Watchers and now for the past 5 years, have gained and lost, gained and lost, gained and lost about 30 pounds of it. I keep telling myself "Well at least you didn't gain it all back" and while that's something I'm happy about, it's a sorry excuse for not eating in a healthy way. I didn't reach my goal even though I lost 55 pounds but I was feeling sooooooo much healthier and had so much more energy.

Let's face it, at my age, I'm not so much concerned about how good I look in a bikini anymore, but I AM concerned about the aches and pains of the arthritis that plagues my entire body 24-7 and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that if I take some of the stress off of my frame, there is a great chance I'll feel better and THAT is my goal.

So today when I got up and faced the mountain of tomatoes in the kitchen screaming to be transformed into salsa, it felt like the right day to begin MY transformation into a healthier woman, a woman who has chosen to view this NOT as a punishment somehow that **sigh** "I have to start a diet" ....but as a woman who has taken care of others all my life instead of taking care of Care in a way that will help me live a longer and healthier life. I'm giving myself a gift today.......because I deserve it. I deserve to be healthy and I deserve to have energy and I deserve to feel good about myself. So this morning I'm "turning myself in" to this community of others who have chosen to live a healthier lifestyle because I know that support from others, while that alone cannot do the work, certainly is a boost.

And now..........I must go make some salsa; my last batch of the season, thank God, since I've already done tons of the stuff. But when you have as many kids as I do and they all love Mom's Salsa and take jars and jars of it home each time they visit, well, you get the idea.

It feels good to be here where I belong and I look forward to the journey.

Care