March 25

Well, this has been QUITE the eventful year if I do say so. Already tried losing weight once and THAT didn't last very long. And lo and behold, the ONE thing I haven't done (counting calories) might actually be the game winner. There's a free website that's like a health version of facebook. You make friends, leave comments and get to see how people have done. Yet, NO ONE is negative, and if anyone is you best believe someone is telling them to slow their roll. I've only been active for 11 days so we'll see how it goes.  I'm definitely already feeling better because I've been doing the things I LOVE. Bike riding and dancing. I'm tired of trying to do things every one else thinks I should be doing. I know what I love and it's working for me. Even just today when I was with the kids, I had a lot more energy and could keep going. After eating at Sizzler, I KNEW I went over my limit. So I took a nap, then went to the gym to do my hard-core stationary 1 hr bike ride. Except this time, I went 20 miles!!!! In about an hour and 5 min. And the thing was, I could have TOTALLY kept going. But I'm trying to pace myself because my body seems like it adapts rather quickly to whatever it is I'm doing, so I still wanna have more to go. Tomorrow I'm weighing in and I REALLY have no idea what to expect. been changing my eating as much as I probably should but I AM eating less. So baby steps I suppose. And I'm OK with that. If that means I can make this a lifestyle instead of just some quick scheme than that's fine with me :)