My first day on the blog!

After discovering several other fantastic Weight Watchers blogs, I have been inspired to try my own.

I cannot even fathom how many times I have joined and rejoined Weight Watchers over the years. It may seem comical, but actually is quite pathetic. I know what to do to lose weight, I know what to eat to lose weight, I know how to exercise to lose weight, and I also know through past experience that journaling really works.

My problem is that I need to get all my tools and mind in sync, working together, to make it all work for me. I also know that I am the only one that can do it. Losing weight is the only thing in this life where I feel like a failure. I have lost weight in the past successfully. The first time after the birth of my daughter, (now 19) with the help of WW, I was able to reach my goal and felt amazing. The next time, after the birth of my son (now 14), I was once again able to utilize WW to get very close to my goal and once again feel wonderful.

It has only been over the past decade of my life that I have not been able to get a grip on my weight. It really bothers me that as a functional, confident, wife, mother, and recent graduate, my weight has been my biggest drawback. I feel that if I have been able to fulfill all of the other aspects of my life well, I should be able to get this down.

Currently I am on a three week break between obtaining my BA in Liberal Studies and the start of my graduate studies program in Elementary Education. My plan is to jump start my WW plan again during this time by utilizing all of my tools and remaining true to myself. I have lost 24 pounds over the past year, very slowly. So slowly in fact that I almost titled my blog "The Lazy Loser," but opted not to in the end. I have been able to do so with WW and the support of my family.

I feel that by blogging my feelings, successes, failures, exercise plans and food journals, I should be able to be held accountable to myself in an entirely new way. I hope to connect with other like minds that are on this journey at the same time.

So far today I have had: (need to calculate points)

Breakfast:
Honey nut cheerios
Milk 2%

Lunch:
Whole wheat pita bread
1 roma tomato
reduced fat cheese grated (about 1 oz.)
Yoplait light lemon creme yogurt
Arizona pomegranate sugar free green tea

Snack:
Quaker oats breakfast cookie

Dinner:
3oz. crock pot chicken
1/2 cup mashed potatoes,
1/2 cup corn
1c. cesar salad
1c. milk