I've Been Inspired!

Sandy from A Grande Lemon Slice has inspired me! She has identified some things in her life that she does not like and she is taking steps to change these things in 90 days!

I am going to join her in her quest to lose weight! Yeah, it is probably kind of silly to start the day before Thanksgiving, but what the heck! When inspiration hits, you've gotta go with it!

Here's my plan:

1) I am going to dust off my Weight Watchers stuff I used (successfully) before and after Princess was born.

2) I am going to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

3) I am going to record what I eat on my blog listing points, calories, fat grams, and carbs.

4) I am going to plan what I can eat either the night before or in the morning. I cannot eat until I commit to the day's food plan.

5) I am not going to eat any kid food. No finishing what they leave behind. If they leave it on their plate, it goes in the trash. This is really hard for me.

6) I am going to have a goal of walking 20,000 steps every day. This is a challenge but my pedometer is a big motivator for me. Something about numbers and beating yesterday's "score".

7) Hopefully I will have something to show for this by the time we go home for Christmas.

8) I will reassess in 3 months. It is currently November 21st, so this experiment is going on until February 21st. I will make this a game and see how much weight I can lose in that time.

9) I am going to have "prizes for every 5 pounds lost. Small, non-food prizes. I will brainstorm these.

10) I will go to Lifetime Fitness at every opportunity. This ties into the 20,000 steps per day, but I cannot forget that I have this wonderful place to go to exercise!

11) No, I am not brave enough to list my actual weight. I will instead report on number of pounds lost.

Here we go!