Once Upon A Time...

Like many of us, I was a member of the life changing cult that is Weight Watchers.  I lost over 50 pounds.  When I was on plan, I felt... well, not so much great, but I knew what it felt like to not ache constantly.  I needed new clothes.  I got a great bonding experience with my mother (and the rest of my family, when we went out afterwords) when she and I went together.  It was kind of cool.  Wait, scratch that.  It was really cool.  But, for some reason, we both fell out of it.

Even though I've lost some weight again recently, and can share clothes with my girlfriend, I really would like to be back on plan.  I can't quite place why it's so difficult to commit the time and money necessary, but it's time. I've decided that at the beginning of next month, I'm going back.  In preparation, though, I'm setting some consistent goals for myself.  Hopefully, this will help to at least begin anew.

As for justifying the time and expense, I have one thing to say to myself and everybody else who is in the same situation.  Simply put, you are worth it.  You are unique, you are the only person who is you in the world.  You cannot be replaced, you are awesome, and like any rare jewel, you deserve proper care.  It can be very consuming of your time and energy, but it is worth it.  YOU are worth it.  Easier said than done, I know, but it's still true.

I'm not going to track everything I eat and drink for at least another week.  However, my first step is to determine which things I AM going to do every day.  Basically, I'm setting a goal for myself to observe most of the Healthy Guidelines.

Each day, I am going to try to have:

8 8 ounce glasses of water
3 servings of fruit or fruit equivalent
5 servings of vegetables or equivalent
1 multivitamin
20 minutes of *some* consistent activity

Also, each day I'm going to try and track not only adhering to the above, but to post how I'm doing.

Best of luck to all of you, and for good measure, good luck to myself.

ONWARD!

(Digression: is it just me, or are all the families on Supernanny very well-to-do?  Perhaps living frugally is good for kids?  Hm.  I will have to think about this more, later.  Perhaps having money is better in the long run no matter what?  I also think that so many of these kids have way too many choices in front of them.)