OK this is probably going to sound silly but, I have lost about 7 bs in the last 2 weeks or so. The miracle here is that i didn't do it by "dieting". Anytime before, if i lost weight it was but killing myself at the gym or some strict/restrictive food plan that was too hard to maintain while feeding 3 kids and hubby. This, i am just working on my not binge eating which as always been my biggest problem, dinner is my biggest binge time. i have started adding in more fruits during the day for snacks. A cup of frozen fruit or a grapefruit in in between breakfast and lunch and then apple with peanut butter in the afternoon before dinner. I am just eating steady i guess through out the day then try to not be hungry at dinner. I really think my weight wasn't just from over eating but the waiting to long to eat, i think it was messing with my metabolism. I usually have an all or nothing attitude with diet an exercising and i am fighting that this time. I am trying to just make baby step changes. First change was adding 2 snacks a day, second was jis looking at what I wanted to cook for dinner and ask myself "how can this be healthier?" I try to stay way from white rice, breads and pastas when i can, I don't sweat it if I cant. I can remember the first time I did Atkins. I had wonderful results but that first time i went to dinner, I ended up in tears because there was nothing I could it, it was horrible. Most restaurants have great low carb options now but not back then. I was reading someones food plan of choice last night and just reading sent a panic through me. I know that those types of weight loss plans will never work for me. I'm not doing much in the exercise department just yet but I did go on 1 walk with a friend, spent the day walking a round Our Nations Oldest City, St Augustine Fl last week(including 219 steps to the top of a light house) and I am walking a 5K tomorrow pending I get a babysitter for my son. I am just now getting to be able to wear a shoe since I broke my toe 4 weeks ago. The Goal I have reached is, knowing I really can lose weight with out going to some extreme that ends up impossible for me to continue. Oh and another reason I am not really getting into exercise right now is because I use that as an excuse to over it, or eat things i know i shouldn't. I don't think I can trust myself with that right now but i will get there. If you read this far, you deserve a treat.
Mandy