There are losses......and then there are gains!

I went to my meeting on Saturday with my sister!! We had a ball. I was surprised that for a 10am Saturday meeting had so few people. But actually, it was nice.

Gains...
Yes, I gained. It's been four weeks since my last weigh in. I gained 6.2lbs....and no, I am not surprised, because I am the one that ate those Kit Kat bars. There was one week, where I was in a lot of pain from my lupus/fibromyalgia/RA, that I didn't care what I ate. I wasn't up to cooking, so it was, what it was. Not to mention I was PMSing. I still haven't been able to control that chocolate craving, yet. YET!! But, I will conquer it. I am ticked about it, but it's all on me. So, I decided to leave it alone and move on to a new day.

Tracking, tracking, tracking!!!

I HAVE to track what I eat!  

I HAVE to measure my food!

I WILL exercise!!

These are things I didn't care about for the past month, and I should have. It is not very hard, but I must make it routine, habit. We have routines we do everyday that we don't think about and that is exactly what those items I listed above have to become.

One step forward.....two steps back.  It sounds like a dance sequence, but it is just my life. But, I am determined to keep moving forward, even if it is a few inches. I have a good support system and I need to rely on them a little more when "bad days" happen.

My advice to anyone wanting to lose weight.....Do It!! Stop talking about it, just do it. Stop wishing about it, just do it. One thing at a time. I might have gained, but I still haven't had any Pepsi since January!! That is a big thing for me. I loved my Pepsi, easily downing 24+ ounces at a time. But no more. I drink mostly ice water, un-sweetened ice tea and black coffee. I'm pretty lucky, I never liked sugar or cream in my coffee, it took away the coffee taste! :)
So, do it, just one thing at a time, sugary drinks are a GREAT place to start. Then you go from there. Find a program that you can work with for LIFE! You don't want to be on a diet for the rest of your life, you really want a healthy lifestyle. Besides have you seen how much a bag of Doritos go for nowadays?!?!?!?