Back to the weight loss

I finally came to the realization that the 60 pounds I lost back in 2004-2006 and then gained back while preggo in 2006-2007 is NOT going to fall back off my body without some effort... Damn! I've been attempting to watch what I eat, but mainly all I do is watch my hand move the food directly into my mouth, over and over and over again. Yeah, that's not working. At the beginning of the year, I was only 2 pounds lower than the day I had Spencer. Yikes - that's depressing.

So I went back to Weight Watchers (where I lost most of the 60 pounds last time) and signed up for the monthly pass and got my first week books. All their materials are brand new, so it feels like I'm doing something completely different. And the books rock! The first week book had a bunch of recipes that I made for everyone (even Christian tried them - didn't always like them, but he did try). I was rewarded for my first week's efforts with a loss of 7 pounds. Woo hoo!!! And my 2nd week wasn't too shabby either - I lost another 1.6 pounds. Average = 4.3 pounds per week. Not a bad start!

Watching what I eat is not that hard. Weighing everything really isn't that hard either. It can make the whole meal planning and executing process take longer than I'd like, but so totally worth it in the end. What's hard is that I eat when I'm bored, lonely, tired, stressed, etc. Total emotional eater. That's a hard one to break, but I'm working on it. I can look at my points that I have left for the day and think, "I'm not <> enough to ruin my day." And then I go play guitar hero because you can't eat snacks and play a plastic guitar at the same time - who knew??? By the way - I love guitar hero!! It's so much fun :)

I want to stay on track and I figure if I post my goals on my blog, then I have to be accountable to whomever reads it... feel free to post comments and "smack" me if I'm not sticking to my program!!

1. Drink more water - this is one of the hardest things for me. I got myself a cute pink water bottle to take to work to drink more water. Yep - it's not at work yet. Gotta get on that.

2. Lose 25 pounds by May 17 - Bay to Breakers!! My sister and I do a 12K in San Francisco in mid-May. This will be my 3rd time (her 4th) because I was 39 weeks pregnant in 2007 and couldn't go. I did it last year at my heaviest and it was hard. It was a lot easier with 60 fewer pounds... 8.4 pounds down, 16.6 pounds to go!!!

3. Get back into a routine for exercise. When I lost weight before, I worked out about 5 days a week - swimming, treadmill, walking, hiking. Man, I felt so good then! And why am I paying for a gym membership to not use it??

OK there it is - the start of my weight loss journey (deja vu anyone?). Stay tuned for updates full of celebration and frustration!