Its Not A Diet!

My New Years resolution is to get healthy. i am attempting this because my successful resolution from last year came back and bit me is the ass. I quit smoking. I put them down and went cold turkey and never touch another one. Yay me, right? Not so much. I gained 50 lbs. It is sooo not fair because when I smoked not only did I weigh 50 lbs less but I also could breathe better and my blood pressure was terrific.

I tell ya I got cheated! Here I thought if I quit smoking good health would automatically follow.

So this year I am trying to word things different. First of all if I say diet I am doomed to failure cause yuck! Who wants to go on a diet? Diets suck. I am doing a Healthy Lifestyle Makeover. Sounds exciting, huh.

First I quit drinking pop. Next I cut sweets and junk food and got a journal to log every single thing I put in my mouth.
I got a pedometer and the goal there is to force my self to continue to take more steps everyday.

So this is day 7 and I am feeling quite confidant that I can do it. However the children are trying to sabotage me in there sweet innocent ways...Mom, taste what I made in my easy-bake oven! Hey mom I brought you a super delicious extra large red bull! Cookies cookies cookies, because the cookie monster lives and breathes in our house his name is Grandpa and Amber his side kick gotta just bake all the time.

If I can quit smoking I can do this.
It must be done because I will not have more more child lay against my butt on the couch and say "I love your booty mom, its so soft and squishy." It was said in the most loving and affectionate way but dang I didn't really feel so cuddly anymore. I wanted to run from the room crying. Then of course the humor of it kicked in and I had to laugh. Kids are honest.

I can do this because I want to wear the really cool jeans I buy my daughter. Of course I will never be her size but I would like to at least see them in a size I would fit into.

I can do this because you can't find affordable fat clothes that don't look like something an old lady would wear. Its like the buyers for the stores say OK let just buy hideous clothes for the fat girls obviously they don't care what they look like anyway.

I can do this because I want to see Dorothy's kids have kids.
I am young still and I would like to do fun things with my kids and not feel like people are looking at me funny.

So here I go on my healthy journey to a new lifestyle say your prayers and cross your fingers for me.
I'll keep you posted.