It's Now or Never

I know it is only Wednesday but I am really proud of the commitment I've made this week to my weight loss effort! I stumbled across this blog and have been super inspired by her weight loss journey. In the past I've been hesitant to blog my own weight loss attempts because I know my track record! My motivation only seems to last a few short weeks or in all honesty days! This time is different! I'm tired of saying I'll start tomorrow or it will be easier when school starts and I am back on a schedule. I can keep putting this off or I can make the change NOW and look back in 12 weeks and see some major accomplishments. I am setting a goal to lose 75 pounds in the next year! I am going to blog my journey for all to see and I realize that there will be ups and downs along the "weigh"!

So what is the plan? Well, this week I am starting off small. I am working on portion control and adding in some exercise. We have an awesome garden this summer so it makes eating organic, fresh vegetables easy! We have more tomatoes than I know what to do with! Sunday night we had spinach stuffed tomatoes. Monday was hamburger stuffed tomatoes and Tuesday we had tacos with my fresh homemade salsa. Tonight we are switching it up and grilling up some mojito lime shrimp and chicken! As for exercise I popped in my Hip Hop Abs DVD and have already worked out twice this week! It has been a long time since I've done this and I could only make it halfway through but I'm taking baby steps. I'm also working on the sugar intake. We do not buy soda so I don't have a problem with that at home but we do drink a lot of tea. I occasionally use real sugar but most of the time I sweeten with a cup of splenda. I know artificial sweeteners are not healthy either so I've completely eliminated that from my tea as well this week and I haven't missed it! That is my plan for this week: portion control and exercise. I'll weigh in Monday again and let you know how it goes!