Hello world… that seems pretty appropriate! I have never had a blog, but I have read so many while trying to motivate myself to do something that I felt like maybe journaling would work for me too. Let’s see how it goes…

I guess I should start by telling you a little bit about myself. I am pushing 30 (eek!), happily married with 3 really awesome little boys. I am pretty average. I have had my ups and downs with my weight, and let me tell you, right now is a definite up (or possibly down depending on how you interpret that!). I have always been a “big girl” (and don’t we “big girls” love it when people say that to console us?!). I am 5′9″ and pretty muscular, so I have never wanted to weigh 120 like everyone else. That being said, I also don’t like weighing 30 pounds more than I should! I recently attempted to stay at home with my boys instead of finding a job after relocating with my husband’s job… not only did that drive me nuts, it helped to pack an extra 10 pounds on my booty this last 8 months.

So, Wednesday at work (thankfully I just got a really amazing job! Now I just need to lose some weight so my work clothes  will fit… the yoga pants I have been sporting the last 8 months aren’t quite gonna cut it…) I decided to join their Weight Watcher’s meeting. It’s a 17 week session. I weighed in last week and I was a whopping 38.3(I think it was .3, I can’t remember exactly) pounds more than I should be. Wow. How embarrasing. My husband would DIE if he knew. Actually, I don’t think he would even believe it. I have taken great pains to hide my weight from him. I would be thrilled to lose 30 pounds, even though according to the weight guidelines that would still classify me as overweight. Who makes those guidelines?!? So here’s to losing 38.something pounds. And you, the 1 or 2 people who will read this, will get to hear all about it. I am going to make sure to post at least once a week.

So far this week (3 days in!) I have already consumed a 1200+ calories pint of Haagen Daaz, but other than that I am doing pretty good. I’m gonna try to steer clear of the Caramel Cone ice cream for the rest of the week…