New Years Eve

There are a lot of things I'm not particularly good at. I'm not one who has been able to keep a journal....too busy for that - that's too fussy. I'm not one who is particularly "disciplined." My kids don't have a strict schedule (that I set at least), and I have never actually "dieted". In fact I have a bit of a weird fear of diets. Like if I do one then I will be always "on" or "off" the diet and I don't know if my guilt ridden self could take that. Well, looks like 2018 will be a year of new things for me.

But first (as a true pride and prejudice geek would say) let me give me reasons for dieting...;)

I don't even like to call what I am doing "dieting"...I like how the book puts it "reigniting my metabolism". You see I am the mother of two and after my first was born the weight just came right back off. But, as many a mother may tell you, the second is not the same and 19 months into my dear daughter's life I am still packing an extra 20 pounds. I would sure like to be able to put all the maternity pants away, and I would love to wear all my old favorites. So one day not long ago I was lamenting this to my sister and saying how I needed to "do something" without knowing quite what, when she suggested we do the state of slim plan. So I bought the book and read it and a few things really resonated with me. First when they describe all the ideas in the book they are all research based, and the research revolves around success stories. Second, there was a point in the book where they describe different metabolism issues and they literally told my story IN THE BOOK! literally down to the number of pounds I had not lost from pregnancy. And finally, I want to force myself to re-enter the world of veggies (since I have been living in toddler carb world for a while now). So I told my sister I was all in... and this blog is just another support, another way to hold myself accountable. So I will let the blogisphere know how it goes and try to share all the gory details. As for tonight I am having a farewell to pasta meal (no pasta til phase 3) and cutting up veggies for tomorrow!