Hey! So, welcome to the blog. And welcome to my 2013 journey.
I am determined to get the weight off this year.
Yes. I know I'd said that before, more than once before.
But I am declaring that this is the year.
I prepared by shopping for produce and making sure I have a lot of eggs in the house. I have salad prepared in the fridge so I can have a simple lunch.
My plan is to avoid sugar and white flour and to eat whole foods in reasonable portions.
I will not:
1) Count calories.
2) Count points.
3) Eat fake "diet" foods.
So, who's in? What's your plan?
Yaa! Happy to see this post. I'm starting the year off by checking all of my diet/weight loss/ healthy living blogs. I plan to finish loosing this last 5 pounds and keep all the weight OFF this year. :) here we go
Posted by: amber | January 01, 2013 at 08:23 AM
Hi! I'm in! Going to try to just live in the here and now. Not worrying about the future, but just making good decisions today. Trying to reach for TODAY inner peace, and not fret being good for a lifetime.
Good luck!
Posted by: Gwen | January 01, 2013 at 08:46 AM
I'm in! I have been pretty much thinking along those lines as well. I may do My Fitness Pal, just because I need the visual. Today I threw away all of the leftover cookies - who needs them, really?
Posted by: Yvonne I. | January 01, 2013 at 08:48 AM
I'm in. I'm doing WW and I plan to reach lifetime this year. I lost 10 pounds last year and gained 3 back over the holidays. Errrr! Been following you for a while. I know you can do this and so can I! I'll check in regularly to see how you are doing.
Posted by: carrie | January 01, 2013 at 08:16 PM
Good luck with your diet. Wishing you a happy and healthy new year !
Posted by: Anna | January 02, 2013 at 12:37 PM
I feel you, Mel. I've had a lot of success with losing and keeping weight off...and then I had a baby. She's only 7 months old, so I'm trying to give myself grace and time, but I would REALLY love to stop wearing my maternity pants (my husband agrees!), which means getting back to my normal size.
SO...I'm going to continue working out (which I really enjoy) and just work on eating mindfully--you know, eating when I'm hungry and stopping when I'm full. Sounds so simple, yet what a journey!
Posted by: Kristen | January 08, 2013 at 01:23 PM
Yes, I don't want to do anything extreme. My latest blog post mentions that even thinking of 'dieting' on new year's day sent me into a tailspin.
God... I just want to live life. Is that not possible?!
Apologies for whine!
Posted by: Deborah | January 08, 2013 at 04:58 PM
I have just come across your blog and I feel the need to add here for myself! I need to drop about three stone, just to be overweight! But i have barriers, don't know how to overcome them, I don't know who put them there or how to knock em down. But I seem to know that I am doomed to fail before I start. I think it has something to do with my gremlin, sitting on my shoulder telling me I am not worthy, that nothing i do is good enough. I know how to do this, It really is not rocket science. I battle pain in my legs every day, probably due to being over weight. While I am not as those really big people are, I can kind of see how they get there. You can get to a point where exercise becomes really difficult because of the daily pain and get less active and so eat more. I know that i can do it, lose the weight, because I did it before. Got down to 11/3, the lightest I can ever remember being as a grown up. But i have no idea what motivated me. It just seemed to happen. I have been waiting for that moment again but alas! Don't get me wrong, I have a good life, a great man, three/four fab kids and lots of really good friends. I just feel utterly ridiculous in intimate situations (lights out) and never look at my reflection and think 'nice' or even 'ok'. I have typed far more than i intended, maybe blogging is a good idea! It is amazing how honest one can be while being anonymous! Good luck...I shall stop by from time to time...xx
Posted by: Tamara | January 30, 2013 at 02:33 AM