Day one- August 25, 2009

Here I am, day one of a "lifestyle change" ( That is a nice way of saying "diet"). I've been down this road many, many times before and am just hoping that this is the time I will stay on it.

Thanks to a wonderful nutritionist I know what I'm supposed to eat. Knowing and doing are two different things though. I also know I need to exercise, unfortunately laundry, dishes, cooking and chasing a 4 & 2 year old all day doesn't count.

So....I went early to walk (before picking Holly up from school). With a 50lb double stroller and 75 lbs worth of kids I headed down the street near the elementary school. It was a nice walk and one I've made before. I just couldn't understand, though, how God managed to turn one of those streets into a giant hill in the blink of an eye. But God is full of miracles. And one of them turned out to be getting me and the cadaillac stroller to the top of the mountain (end of the street). The kids were still in it too!
I complained though! The whole way I grumbled and sweated. I made the statement that I was in terrible shape. I must have been talking out loud because my 4 year old said, " What??, Momma you don't even have a shape"

just another sign that, yes, it is time to lose this weight.