February 1st, 2008

Weight:

January 1st: 233
February 1st: 227
Loss of: 6 pounds!!

YES! 6 pounds in a month...with no dieting! I can live with that. ;)

Here is a list of thing I have learned over the month of January:

• You CAN get over a coke addiction. (that's coca-cola, LOL...) It's not easy, it's painful, but it can be done.
• You don't have to eat fast food every meal...every day...or even every week. You really won't die from not having it!
• Cooking and eating at home with the family, makes you feel like more of a real family, as opposed to eating at a restaurant or sitting around the table surrounded by fast food papers.
• When you haven't eaten fast food in 3 1/2 weeks, eating it can cause bad tummy upset. And I mean bad.
• After the first day or two, the kids stop asking "where are we going for supper?"
• Once you cut this stuff out of your diet, you have a lot more energy!

I am truly excited about the changes that we are making. They are changes that we can carry on for the rest of our lives. Instead of a "diet" where we are told what we have to eat and what we can't eat, we are just slowly making lifestyle changes. Last month it was cokes and fast food...this month it is starting to cut down on the sugar in our sweet tea and on bread.

Baby steps, baby steps.