Every day is a new day..,

I have been consciously working on my weight loss and 'healthy' living habits for a little over 3 weeks now. I have given up POP (except for an occasional sip here or there - but honestly it is like GONE from my life), I have with complaint from my children, removed and stopped purchasing all the 'sweets' in our house, I have limited our 'out to eat' fast food meals to Subway , and have skipped the "I'm just gonna lay here and relax and watch T.V" evenings to I'm gonna get this darn work out in if it kills me!
During the #2weekchallenge I lost a total of 12 lbs. That is a LOT of weight in 2 weeks - it made me realize how I hadn't been properly taking care of myself, OR living a healthy lifestyle as an example to my kids. As I would take the pictures and stay up to do the work outs, my kids took notice. My youngest daughter made sure before I started eating that I took a picture to 'tweet' to Mark. My son would come into my room as soon as he heard me jumping around to 'work out' with Mama, and even my eldest began to make healthier food choices & life choices (Mom I decided I'm not staying up to watch Wizards of Waverly Place tonight, I am going to bed so I can get enough sleep to be better tomorrow). In a MERE 2 weeks I not only challenged myself, but those around me - I even had my Mom & sister doing my 2weekchallenge work out's with me after our 'family' dinner. This is not something that I can just drop when I feel overwhelmed, this is something I must stick with, no MATTER what to show my family that WE CAN!

I have tried to stay very positive about my outlook with all the changes I'm making - Forced myself not to think how BAD I wanted to dig into my girls Girl Scout Cookies, or stop buy some chocolate chip cookies to make with the kids after homework was done. I was POSITIVELY on the right track.., this weekend shook me a bit though, but what is a better test of the wills then to fail yet get up and start where you left off? I was completely psyched on Friday to know that my husband and I were having a 'date' nite. One of those where the sitter stays the nite and you know you can just enjoy yourself and not worry about taking care of stuff when you get home? Those don't happen all to often, so we took complete advantage. We went to a mexican restaurant which I was (at first) pretty smart about .We ordered an appetizer and I split that with him for MY dinner, and had some chips & salsa - my first big mistake was the tall ass margarita that I ordered TWO of since the alcohol seemed to start to effect my brain AND my ability to make smart decisions - we continued the nite with drinks ,and trust me in the back of my head I kept thinking "there goes my 12 lbs lose' . We stayed out late, and enjoyed our 'date', but I paid for it the next day. I knew I had been fighting off being 'sick' for the last week or so - kids had been sick, we had been running running running without a lot of rest, but I had been eating healthy, working out and taking my vitamins -but that nite did me in, I woke up and felt like I was ran over by a mac truck! The lack of sleep seems to have allowed the virus to start taking its toll and I was unable to work out, clean or do much of anything else. I ate whatever my hubby fixed for me (frozen pizza, a burger- I actually didn't eat that much) and I had some Sprite.., I know to some that doesn't seem HORRID, but for ME it was like an alcoholic who had gotten their 15 days clean badge, and then fell off the wagon. When you have a food problem like I do, you can't just jump in and except to get out dry. Your going to be soaking wet, out of breathe, and a few steps back..,
I still feel like death today, but I'm not letting that stop me. I WILL work out today (even if its not as intense as usually) and I will continue my LIFESTYLE change of HEALTHY eating habits, and I will show my family, friends and anyone else that no matter what you have to get back on the wagon - every day is a new day!