Day One

Yesterday was day one. Oh, my, not so good.

It was hockey day, a busy day for mom.

I'd already drank my pot of coffee, yes, with French vanilla creamer and real sugar, getting ready to race out the door, and my daughter makes chorizo and eggs rolled up into tortillas. Did you know that pork chorizo has 16 grams of fat, but beef has 30?!?!?! Yes, we bought the pork chorizo, but you know I really shouldn't be eating it. At least not a lot of it.

Sandwiches at the rink. Two hours on the freeway, taking my daughter to work after hockey. Homemade guacamole with chips (at least she got the lower salt chips - salt does me NO good - as evidenced by my swollen fingers this morning). Yogurt for dessert.

But a new eating plan, conquering that fat donkey that lives in my psyche, doesn't mean that I don't eat what everyone else eats, it means moderation, not complete denial. So I can have chorizo and eggs, but only 1/2 of what I used to eat. I can have chips, but only a few. I can eat anything I want -- in small amounts.

Moderation is the key.

Moderation. OMG, what do I know about that! I've lived my life full tilt for a long time. Work, kids, husband (ex), boyfriends, dancing every weekend for many a long year, kicking it down at the club. Happily no drugs or excessive drinking.

However, now that my life has slowed down a little, focused on God, family, church, work, I'm really not as active as I used to be.

So, the first step, other than drinking a LOT of water today to flush the salt out of my system, is to start moving. Moving my behind instead of sitting in front of the computer.

Tomorrow, at work, I start walking at break time again. 7 minutes out, 7 minutes back. Since my knees aren't too good, I'll be putzing along, but I'll be moving. I walk the poopies several times a day, but that doesn't count, they spend a lot of time sniffing around, or trying to go in two different directions and winding my legs up in the leashes.

Today is a fresh new day and I think I'm ready to face it.

Moderation is my mantra.

And Thus We Begin This Journey

Yes, I too struggle with my weight.

That's something that happens to all too many of us as we get older. We slow down and our bodies just don't burn up the calories the way they used to.

I don't go dancing every weekend like I used to.

But I eat just as much chocolate.

Sigh...

Anyway, sometimes I'm going to post a recipe. Sometimes I'm going to talk about my struggles. Sometimes I'm going to talk about the diet book I'm writing. And yes, everything I write here is is copyrighted material and you can't use it without my written permission. Because when I finish this journey, it's going to be part of my book.

It's going to be a long year.

Yes, it's going to take me a year to lose this weight. I didn't put it on in a day, I won't take it off in a day.

Sigh.

So here we go!