Losing weight

I missed posting yesterday - sorry! I completely forgot about posting.

I got busy yesterday doing some grocery shopping and soup making. I decided to go back on the Weight Watchers points plan this week and I had to make sure we have the necessary foods so I'm not tempted to cheat on the program. Weight loss is such a major social and health issue that you get the oddest reactions if people find out you're trying to lose weight.

I don't have to lose a lot of weight, maybe less than 10 pounds - I'm a bit shorter than 5'6" and weight 150 lbs, so it's really just what I would call fine tuning. To me, it's a health issue because A) I know that some extra weight can increase my risk of some illnesses I'm already predisposed to because of heredity and B) I tend to be more active and exercise more if I'm actively trying to do something, like lose or maintain a weight goal.

Because I have a daughter, we've always been very careful in the house with talking about weight, weight loss, dieting, and so on. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are realities in our world today and I didn't want to do anything that could even slightly encourage it. I know that the illness is way more complicated than this, but if there was anything that I could do that would make any difference, no matter how small, it was important to me. (for a great blog on this issue, visit Breaking the Mirror, written by a fellow b5 blogger)

I started WW this past October when I hit 160 pounds. For me, this was my emotional threshold. That meant - to me - that I was going to hit a point when it would become too difficult to start watching what I ate and what I did, so I decided on WW. I was shocked - absolutely shocked - at how wonderfully tasty their recipes were. I have three WW cookbooks now and oh my goodness - the food is great. Even my non-dieting family members have liked just about every recipe I've made from those cookbooks.

Being good, watching my points and getting some exercise (although not enough, I know), I lost 10 pound by Christmas. I was in no rush. Then, I got lazy but - the good news was that I didn't gain over the three months since. I stayed at 150. But I also see myself falling back into my old (read: bad) habits so I figured that the WW program would get me back on track, eating more healthy foods again.

Here's to healthy eating!

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