Yep. I'm gonna try to not eat sugar this week.
Does that sound hard to you? Well, it does to me. See...if you know me IRL (in real life), then you know how much I love to eat. And by love I mean LOOOOOOOVE...like no off-switch love to eat.
When I was younger, it was no big deal. I think I weighed 140 pounds from the day I started high school until the day I got married. Then I had 3 kids in 4 years and I just kept packing on the pounds...all the while telling myself it was no big deal, that the weight would come off when I stopped nursing, when I was getting a full night sleep, whatever...
But guess what? It didn't. I was still eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted...and it caught up to me and kicked me in the butt. Hard.
Last year I had decided I'd had enough and I took some pretty drastic measures to lose weight. I virtually stopped eating and tried to stay active ALL THE TIME. And guess what? It worked. I dropped almost 50 pounds in 3 months (yes, I know that is dangerous and not the best way to lose weight...I know, I know...), and I was back down to my 140 lbs. I felt awesome. Sooooo awesome. In fact, I felt so awesome, I decided I would start eating again, because I could always go back to not eating and I could lose the weight again. Uhn-uhn. Didn't happen. In fact, now I'm gaining weight like crazy and I've got to take control again. The right way.
Soooooo, I'm starting. Now.
This week I'm knocking out sugar. I have a huge sweet tooth, so this is going to be hard. Especially since Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Good thing the kids' schools don't allow treats anymore...
I've done it before, I know I can do it again. And if I can do it for a week, I know I can do it for longer.
I'm hoping to drop something new every few weeks and to add more and more activity as time goes by. This time I hope to lose the weight slowly...and to keep eating a lot...just eating the right things...
Wish me luck...
