month #1

so january is over. went by surprisingly fast. february always goes quick as it's shorter and the kids have a vacation too. i think i did pretty damn good. 153 this morning so 6 lbs total loss for jan!!!! now if i can keep that up till july i'll be smokin. i don't expect 6 every month but hey it would be nice. of course we'll see how it all goes.
one thing i really loved when i started all this weight loss stuff three years ago was the tv special "you on a diet" it came from the book of the same name which i have since read most of. and now dr. oz even has his own show. though i do not get to watch it much i'll see if the topic is something interesting to me when i do catch it on. i talked about seeing other numbers go down as opposed to just the one on the scale and this is where i got it all from. i watched the special countless times whenever i needed a good kick in the ass to get me moving again and its great to watch if you can get your hands on it. i know my library has a copy on dvd so u can get it at yours too. same goes for the book. tho even if you just skim through and take a what you want from it thats good too. but it's definitely worth checking out. three years ago by the time i stumbled onto this stuff i had already lost a good thirty lbs or so so i can only imagine what the size of my waist was when i started. when i measured with still a ways to go i was 36". i did get down to 26" at my smallest that summer. so when i measured my waist again this january and it was back at 36" i was not happy. i am quite pleased to say that i have dropped 2 1/2 inches this past month and am now 33 1/2. i wasn't expecting much when i measured this morning but it had been a month and also yesterday for work i fit into yet another old favorite pair of pants. nice warm green corduroy pants someone had given me that are great when its freezing out. and tho they sound pretty bad they look pretty fine. at least to me. but maybe the warmth of them helps my opinion. i'll have to ask my husband what he thinks and get back to you for sure on that one.
he went back to the gym finally this morning and i've very proud of him. he's going to be exhausted when he gets home as he got up at 4 to have the extra hour there. god knows i could never do that. would never. my sleep is too precious. i also have the luxury of most days home somehow finding time to fit in a workout even if i have two extra children to watch and work later on. again i'm the one who hardly wears sneakers when working out cause it takes an extra 2 minutes to put them on. thats two minutes i could have exercised and been done already so i'm certainly not adding in drive time to a gym or take away sleep time. but you have to find whatever works for you. i want to help him but i'm trying not to push. just little things that could make a big difference. i know he tell me to shut up if i start to bother him with it. and thats a big key. it's really all you. what you want and how you want to do it. whats going to work for you and whats not. little sneaky things to do different, i think i've gotten good at finding those. but you have to be the one to do it. colin is here and crying now, has been for a few min now, so i must go but will fill you in on some sneaky things soon.