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Well, with only two days left in January, I'm happy to share that I've lost 12lbs. It's not what the scale says that makes me proud though, it's the changes I've made (for good).

Here's a list of some accomplishments I've made this month (as they relate to my health goals).

-Eating much more vegetables daily
-Exercising 4-5 days a week (up from none to 1)
-Eating breakfast every morning
-Eating smaller "normal/suggested" size portions
-Eating a lot healthier foods (baked vege chips vs. lays. fat free creamer in my 1 cup of coffee..)
-Drinking tons of water and having 1 diet/caffeine free soda as a treat per day (or none)
-Cutting WAY back on fast food
-Thinking about my health and fitness level vs. size and weight
-Shopping and cooking healthier for my whole family

Since I started my husband has really come on board to make changes for himself as well. I think it's the competitor in him. We're doing really great helping each other stay on track and inspiring each other to work harder to improve our health.

I'm still enjoying my fitness DVD's from Netflix. That's been a great discovery. Reading health magazines has also been really encouraging to me. I just always felt like it's something other people can do, but not me. It's very odd to feel your own body change that way. Like a reverse pregnancy.

Eating out and special occasions are still really hard for me. Curse you evil pizza! My son had his b-day party/sleepover on Saturday night and I totally pigged out. Bad bad bad. I let myself get WAY too hungry before the pizza came. Even though I ordered a chicken pizza for my man and I to share (while the kids had the double pepperoni w/ sausage and bacon), I was starving and just ate and ate. Right out of the box, in bed, while watching a movie with hubby. Yup, the trifecta of what you're NOT supposed to do. On top of that, I had a piece of birthday cherry pie after. Dang. When I blow it, I really blow it. However, I was back on track the next day and actually didn't gain any weight from it (-whew-). The really odd thing is that the next morning I was really sweaty. That gross, sick-sweat you get at the end of a bug. I think it was my body reacting to the over-load of food. It was odd, but gone by lunch.

If I keep up with 12lbs a month, I'll be thrilled. I actually don't want to loose weight TOO fast (and end up with those sagging, empty pockets of skin some people get). I want to tone and firm up as I go along and get it off for good. I'm feeling proud.

I'll keep up the weekly updates and new blogs too. It is supposed to be "Teeter Totter - Finding a Balance.." anyway. Not "Let's hear all about weight loss all the time!"

Thanks for the support!