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So, I was working out on my weight bench (formarily known as my clothes hanger), and my daughters climbed onto the leg weights.  It was SO fun to work out with them, lifting them up and down.  My oldest daughter (4 years old), asked why I was working out.  I said that I wanted to lose weight.  My youngest (3 yrs. old) replied, “When you are little and I am big, I will take you to the park and push you on the swings!”  I thought that was too funny!  Of course, they both inherited their father’s genes and are “skinny minnys”, hopefully they don’t have to battle their weight like I do!

So, 2008 is almost here, and I am waging war on it!  I haven’t cheated in a whole week!  I will lose the weight this year, and keep it off for the next year. 

1.  I won’t beat myself up when I bomb a day, or even a week. 

2.  I will remember that I am human. 

3.  I won’t use the excuses that I am a single mom, I work a stressful job (marketing), or that I go to school full time to dissuade me.

4.  I will be the ”fun” mom again, taking my kids to different places that require me to go outside the “comfort zone” of sweats.  I will get back onto the playground, the monkey bars, and the teeter-totter. 

5.  I will not let self-doubt or self-indulgence get into my way.  My will power to lose weight will not be underminded by cynics.

6.  I WILL ASK FOR HELP WHEN I NEED IT!

7.  Since I don’t work out well for long peroids of time, so I will work out at least 15 to 30 minutes EACH DAY!  Even if it is simply doing sit ups in the bedroom before bedtime.

Good luck to everyone this New Years.  We can all make it!  Next year, I will be shopping for lower sizes, better clothes, and remembering my war waged on 2008!

LET’S DO IT!!!

So, it’s been about a week since I started this.  I am SHOCKED that I have kept checking in on my food intake, calories, and checking out the blogs to see what everyone else is up to.  Since I have this really bad habit of not finishing anything I started (college, decorating, etc. etc.) my family (an myself) is shocked to see I am still working on my weight!  This week has been so hard!  People beinging in food at work, my family being home for the holidays, fatty foods in the refrigerator….I really thought I would bomb before now.  Yea me for sticking with it!

Some things that I have learned from starting this:

1.  Just because it is there doesn’t mean I have to eat it.  (Especially if it has been sitting in the break room for hours!)

2.  Telling people I am watching what I eat really helps.  Everyone seems more supportive if I DON’T eat what they have prepared when I say, “It looks sooo good, but I have to say, “no”.  I am trying to lose weight.”

3.  Just because I am up late typing a last minute paper due for school, doesn’t mean I need a bag of chips and a tub of dip to keep me awake.  Besides, the computer desk is a LOT cleaner now.

4.  The more weight I lose, the more weight I want to lose! 

Good luck everyone!  It really does get easier the more you try!  Have a great New Year! 

I have decided to do this, the first thing I have actually done totally for myself for a while.  Having two kids, a job, and going to school full time has really taken it’s toll.  I am 27 and I look like I am 40!  For myself, for Christmas, I have decided to lose 60 pounds the healthy way.  Not just lose it and gain it right back, but REALLY lose it.  Any help or advice anyone can give to a single mom who has VERY limited time would be greatly appreciated!