Working Weight Watchers

I started WW about five weeks ago. I finally got health insurance, and found out that they will pay for the program fees, I just have to pay $25 every quarter. I earned my first 10 pound ribbon yesterday (I almost cried, no... seriously!). While 10 pounds is just a drop in the bucket, I am still so excited because I have been stuck at the same weight for soooo long. I have about 4 pounds to go until I hit my first 5% loss. Just trying to keep trucking along. The weather has gotten so nice, that I am excited about trying to get outside and exercise (and hopefully motivate/encourage/force the hubby to join me).

I keep thinking things will get easier in May when I finish up this crazy thing called school. I have been so overloaded and overstressed that I don't have time to eat right, cook, grocery shop, or sleep, let alone exercise. But I think things are heading in the right direction. I am also looking forward to more time with my family. There is no one on earth I would rather spend time with than my hubby, daughter, and bonus kid. My stepson is moving in with us in July, and I am so excited for him and his dad to get to spend some time together as "adults". He is graduating from high school at the end of May and will be moving here to start college in the fall. I could not be more proud of the man he has become. My daughter will likely spend some time at the grandparents this summer with her cousins she always looks forward to that. 

We should have about a two or three week period in between without any kids in the house, which will be a nice way for us to kick-start this post-school era.

So glad the diet, lifestyle change is starting to work... 10 down, 140 to go.

Taking the first step...

I have been fat for so long that I really don't remember a time when I didn't have to think about my weight. By the way, I own the word fat, I don't find it offensive - it's the truth. I own a mirror, I know what I look like, so it's okay to say the f-word. I was trying to think of a name for this blog, and I decided on "finally tomorrow" because for years I have been saying that I will "start my diet tomorrow", and now tomorrow is finally here.

Thankfully I will not be undertaking this journey by myself, but with my husband. We have decided together that we are ready to take our lives back, and to get healthy so that we can enjoy life together instead of watching it pass us by while we sit on the couch and eat ice cream. So about us...

Me: 35 years old, 5'7" and 295 pounds (and believe me that hurts to even type, let alone say it out loud!)

Hubby: 46 years old, 6'4" and 356 pounds (hubby has actually lost about 60 pounds already over the past year just by walking more and cutting back on portions and fast food)

I decided to blog about this journey, because when it is over I want to look back and remember how far we have come - and have a place to write down all of the stuff that works. We have decided to try doing Weight Watchers, and will enroll in January. But my hope is to figure out how to eat healthy and still have it taste good. I can survive on rice cakes and water, but if I have to live that way it isn't any better than where we are now.

So, I will share recipes I find/create, update here as often as possible, and just keep trying to remember why we are doing this. I will probably post some pictures along the way, but until next time... it's finally tomorrow.