Fatty no more!

Wow. I cannot believe that it is already March. This year is flying by!

I'm starting off the month of March in a much healthier way than I have started any other months recently. Since I got married, I have gradually been putting on more and more weight. Jon and I both enjoy food, probably a little too much, and so it's been like a wonderful party of delicious food since March of 2009. Good for the taste buds, bad for everything else! I'm guessing here, but I have probably gained at least 25 pounds in just 2 years. There have been many times that I have decided to try to lose weight, but then Jon or I cooks a delicious, not very low calorie meal, or we go grocery shopping and find something yummy, and it kind of goes out the window. Obviously, I haven't been very committed.

But Sunday morning I woke up and for some reason decided that enough was enough. I decided to begin writing down what I was eating on a daily basis (at least for awhile - this helps me because I tend to forget portion control and how much I am really eating), drinking more water, and begin an excerise regimen that I can stick too. So on Sunday we went for a 60 minute, 3.6 mile walk, and went for another 55 minute, 3.2 mile walk today. I found a website where I can record what I am eating and how much I am exercising, and I am hoping that it will help keep me on track. I know that weight loss is all about lifestyle changes, not "dieting" and calorie counting, but I need things like this to at least get me started and get past the first few weeks until it all becomes a habit. My goal is to lost about 50 pounds by September, which comes out to about 2 pounds a week. I know that this is completely do-able! The great part is that Jon and I are going to do this together - the family that gets fat together, loses weight together!

On a completely un-related note, we ran to Target for a few things tonight. I forced Jon into trying on a St. Patty's day tie. He felt sad wearing it, as you can see by the picture.

Sad husband is currently weighing my lunch for me so I know approximately how much I am eating. Sad husband is the best husband! ♥