Day 2

I woke up at 5:00 a.m. today to get ready for work. I ran by McDonalds and picked up an unsweet ice tea. I had a banana around 9:00 a.m. and a fiber one bar (thanks Marla) at about 12:30. I ate a bowl of green beans at 5:00 and I am getting ready to eat 2 egg rolls in about 15 minutes (baked, not fried). I have a feeling I am not going to be able to get in 3 regular meals a day on days that I work. I will probably snack all day long.

I am not getting enough water in yet. I didn't drink any today. I just had that one ice tea. So I will have to work on that. I also don't want to eat after 7 pm and here I am getting ready to eat 2 egg rolls.

Tomorrow I will try harder.........promise!

Day 1

Well, it is 8:30 a.m. Time to start my transformation. I am going out to the kitchen and make me some oat meal. I think I will have a cup of coffee with it. I am excited about getting this diet started.

I am going to post a photo of me taken in Virginia Beach on the 2nd of August. I will use this as my "before" shot, since the kids were too embarrassed for me to use my real "before" shot.

About me

I am 38 years old. I am not obese by any means, but I am a bit over weight. I weigh 153 lbs. I am 5'3 inches short. Tomorrow I will start to live a healthy lifestyle. I am going to try to loose weight and gain muscle by dieting and exercising.

My husband has challenged me to a weight loss competition between him and I. We are going to weigh in every Sunday. We gave ourselves until Jan 1, 2009 to get ourselves healthy. (that's 4 months).

I am going to journal my progress. My husband is not.