- Setting goals to lose weight
- Counting calories
- Reading about fitness, health, food and nutrition at every opportunity
- Reading labels
- Bought a food scale
- Eating less calories than I burn (but not too many less)
- Drinking water
- Eating more vegetables (I say things like, “Oh boy, squash.” and “Tommy, I can’t wait for our famer’s market date.”)
- Eating more fruits (blueberries are my new favs)
- Blogging about weight loss
- Participating in forums on diet sites and reading other people’s blogs (thank you Courtney for being my inspiration)
- Making adjustments along the way
- Telling everyone I am going to lose weight (accountability)
- Zumba!
- Saying nice things to myself in the mirror
- Listening to my body
- Doing this for me and for my health and nobody else
- Telling myself I deserve to be healthy and happy
- Weighing myself regularly
- Learning to accept water weight and muscle gain
- Rewarding myself with new clothes, bargain shopping at each new size
- Portioning out foods then put the package away instead of eating out of the box, bag, or container
- Stopping blaming other people and circumstances for my own choices
- Weight training with free weights
- Buying sports bras and workout clothes
- Sharing my progress with friends, family, and co-workers
- Not being ashamed of my weight
- Trying new things
- Stepping outside my comfort zone
- Hiking all day with Tommy
- Learning to stop making excuses
- Realizing perfection is not a requirement for success
- Untangling my self-worth from my weight
- Walking around my neighborhood while my son rides his bike
- Believing in myself
- Riding my bike
- Yoga
- Working out despite busy work days and crazy things going on in my personal life
- Working out despite the weather
- Work out on my birthday
- Realizing overeating causes me to feel like crap
- Finding real ways to deal emotional difficulty- especially writing
- Spicer!!!
- Celebrating every victory
- Stairs!!!
- Making this life change with Tommy
- Still working out when traveling
- Patience
- Finding my optimism and positivity
- Not giving up.