The D word

Luckily, I lost all but about 7 pounds after Emmett was born. I've been wearing almost all of my pre pregnancy clothes for quite some time now and honestly, I can live with the extra seven pounds. But before I got pregnant I was trying to lose weight. Really, what I'd like is to just be a healthier person. You know, exercise regularly and eat well. My biggest problem is that I'm a compulsive eater, I won't bore you with the details of my theories on why that is.

Last fall I was promoted and my position requires participation at workshops, career fairs and meetings with faculty both on and off campus. This means I need nicer clothes. At least one suit and a couple of nice outfits. Before I go out and buy new clothes, I'd like to make an honest attempt at losing a few more pounds. If it isn't gone by the end of the summer, it probably isn't going anywhere anytime soon. So...the dreaded D word and no, I don't mean 'dyke'....

A few weeks ago I started a real diet. Something I've only done one other time in my life. My first diet was no sugar or flour. Period. It sucked, but it worked. Of course, at the time I also stopped drinking soda and switched to a cup of coffee for my caffeine fix and started drinking tons of water (ten glasses a day is a bad day for me). This time I'm trying W.eight W.atchers online. Its okay. The point system and online trackers are conducive to my personality. When I want to follow the diet, it works very well.

I'm not exactly seeing result right now, but every week there have been a couple of days that made point tracking difficult for one reason or another. So I'm stopping with the excuses and starting to follow the diet every day. I'm also going to start walking to work in the mornings to get a little exercise. I'll let you know if my "end of the summer" goal of losing weight works out.

Speaking of weight, last month I bought a set of 12 month onsies on sale for this fall. Crys tried them on yesterday and they fit. Holy moly, my kid is huge. We're thinking he's up to around 20 pounds. Here is a picture of Emmett demonstrating the desperation of his hunger. He does not think a diet sounds like a good idea.