Day 1: Little Steps

First off, I just wanted to send out huge THANKS for all the support that has been shown to me so far.  It is amazing and I know that by having support and encouragement all around me it will help me get to where I want to be; to get me back to ME!

Well today was day 1...I know we are only half way through the day but I would have to say that I am feeling pretty darn good.  I am staying very positive and I know that I CAN and WILL do this.

I think one of the things that always caused me to fail when I have tried to lose the weight before is that I would get discouraged because I didn't think I was seeing results fast enough so it just wasn't worth it.  Well now I know that it isn't going to happen overnight (heck if it really was that easy I would have been skinny long time ago!) but I am going to continue pushing...I deserve it.

I also would always try to make drastic changes all at once and then when something would happen I would feel like a failure and give up on everything.  I am not going to let that happen this time.  I know that there needs to be a lot of little steps to get to where I want and need to be.

So my little steps that I took today were...I gave up "whole" pop as my wonderful mom calls it!  I know that giving up pop all together cold turkey would be too hard and I would fail, so I am done with "whole" pop and back to diet.  My hope is to get rid of it all together but I need my caffeine right now :)  I don't drink coffee and I have a 2 1/2 month old remember!

I also took the kids on a walk this afternoon.  It was a gorgeous day out and we needed to go pick Benjamin up from the bus anyways at Pathways so I busted out the stroller, bundled Adalyn up and Hannah and I were on our way to go get Benjamin.  It was such a nice little walk...now I know that it wasn't a far distance by any means but I got out and I walked.  It made the kids so excited to get outside and walk and Adalyn was perfect and slept the whole way in the stroller!  She is such a good baby!
Doesn't she look so cute all snuggled into the stroller!

I am also cutting out one non-water drink today and drinking water in its place.  I will continue to cut out more every day until I am up to drinking only water!  Tim and I are going to start P90X on Monday but we know that it is going to take a lot of stretching before I am ready to do it and he is ok with that, he said we will do the stretching video for a couple weeks before we get into anything else :)  He is really excited to help me out on this journey and he is such an amazing supportive husband and best friend.  I am truly blessed.  Speaking of being blessed, I was reminded yesterday by a friend that I need to remember I am not doing this alone, I need to rely on my faith and my relationship with God, he will always be there to pick me up when I fall, carry me when I am struggling and push me to keep going.  He is an AMAZING GOD!

Thank you again for following me on this journey...tomorrow is weigh in day.  I decided that Saturdays will be the easiest day to weigh in, I am only going to weigh in weekly.

Well Miss Adalyn is wanting some mommy cuddles :)  Good Bye!