Progress

I'm not keeping really close track, but I know that over the past 3 weeks, I've lost 9 pounds. That still leaves my weight a pound above what it was when I started the program, but I'm feeling really good about it. First of all, it's going down and that is the only way I'll get where I want to go. Secondly, I didn't gain back the other weight that I had lost while waiting to start the program and that's what I choose to focus on.

I also figured something else out, and I think it's important. For several years now, I've noticed that if I was watching kids at their own homes, that I was much more likely to go looking for some junk to snack on after they were in bed than I would if I was watching them here. I know that they don't mind what I snack on, but I think that figuring out that it reminds me of going to look in the cupboard to see what kind of candy he left me will help me to stop doing it. When I stayed with Tim and Jen's kids on the weekend, I brought apples, carrots and hummus with me, and shared them with the kids. Of course, we had popcorn too, but only while the kids and I were watching the movie.

That's all of my exciting discoveries for today.
Love, elly