It's Time

This is going to be a very hard post for me, but as you all know since November I've been tired...to say the least. Not only have I been tired for 6 months but I have also been gaining weight. My friend Rheanna always posts her goals on her blog so that she will be accountable to herself and others, and I have decided to do that also. I guess the reason this is hard for me, is that I don't want to be accountable for what I eat, I like food, or how much I exercise, but I'm not feeling good about myself and I'm too tired all the time, so I know it's time to do something.

I am going to write down my weight loss goals and hopefully now that it's out there, I will be inspired to do them. After all I could use the support. (Bret is a great support, but sometimes I want to eat ice cream with my husband late at night when the kids are in bed). These are my goals:

1-exercise 5 times a week for 45 minutes
2-eat 5 fruits/vegetables each day
3-drink at least 8 glasses of water
4-only weigh myself once a week (bad habit of mine to weigh myself all the time...like walking up the stairs would miraculously shed 2 pounds)
5-take my thyroid medicine every day (I'm horrible at taking my meds, so I have to include that in my goals)

Now my weight loss goal is out there for all the world to see, I want to lose 25 pounds. Ouch, that hurt to say out loud. To clarify, my losing 25 pounds is a very reasonable amount of weight...it's not going to make me look like a stick figure, which is the last thing I want. I am a woman after all. I'll will try and keep everyone posted each week on my success and maybe some weeks on my failures:)