Fat Burning Monday

One of my goals for 2009 is to become a healthier person. One of the areas I have struggled in for a long time is my weight. When I was young, I was very active and very skinny. It amazes me now that I look back and remember that when I weighed 115 pounds, I thought I was fat. What a joke!
I have tried so many ways to loose weight, and still I am not even close to my goal weight. In fact, I am heavier then I have ever been. So, last Monday I decided was my start to a new and better me. I am not taking any "magic" diet pill or following any kind of "fancy" diet. I am just committing myself to make healthier choices with my food and try to exercise 5 days per week. I made a mini goal of trying to loose 3 pounds per week. I know that the recommendation is about 1 pound per week, but I have a lot to loose. I will not beat myself up about it if I don't reach this goal each week, but I will also not be disappointed if I lost more!!!
On Monday, I started "My Diet". I felt like I made better choices with food. I didn't reach for the sweets 5 times a day like I normally do, although over the weekend I did eat 1 ding dong (what's a girl to do!) I took the sugar out of my tea. This one is hard for me, I LOVE sweet tea. I, by myself, will drink a gallon of sweet tea in 1-2 days. Now, I am adding a Splenda or Sweet N Low to my glass. No seconds on my plate was another hard one. I tend to eat until I am stuffed to the brim, not just satisfied. A couple times I even found that I had half of my food left and I pushed it away. I feel like these were all small changes. I still took my some out to pizza one day on our "date", instead of filling up on pizza, I ate a salad, and 1 slice of his personal pizza. I also still ate what my family was eating. With many diets, I would give up because I had to feed my family, and then I was stuck eating something bland and different. I ate what they ate and just watched my portions. On nights when it was a little higher calorie meal, I filled my plate half full of salad.

So...after all of this ranting, what do I have to show for 1 week of "My Diet"? This morning the scale was down 3 pounds!!! Can you believe it!!!! I met my goal for the week and am on to a better me!