I'm FAT. But I wasn't always. And I wont be again.

This perfectly sums up my whole problem with food.  I wish my body got credit for being "good" from 7 a.m.  until 5 p.m.  I wish I wouldn't destroy all my good efforts in one fell swoop every evening.  That's why I've starting this blog. To hold me accountable.  Oh geez, I should probably add one of those little tickers where you track your weight loss.  Because I WILL be losing some lbs.  I started this "diet" this past Friday.  So, today is day 4 of my diet.  I'm weighing in once a week, on Fridays.  I've done great the last 4 days, but it's PMS time, so I'll be happy if I've lost 2 lbs by Friday's weigh in .

What am I doing?  I am eating 1800 calories per day on the days I don't work out.  I am eating 2000 calories a day on the days I do work out.

What are my workouts?  Well, since I am rather large at this point in time, I stay away from the hardcore P90X world for now because I love my knees.  I do the Leslie Sansone Walk At Home DVDs.  I add handweights and resistance bands to bring on the pain.  I work up an awesome sweat and a nice heart rate, so I'm satisfied with her for right now.

Do my calories seem like a lot to you?  Well, this is how I'd like to eat for the rest of my life.  As I lose weight, I will have to lower my calorie requirements, and I know that.  This isn't my first rodeo.  There was a time long, long ago in my adulthood where I was a teensy weensy 115 lbs.

So, feel free to follow me on my journey.  I'm really good at coming up with yummy low-cal stuff.  And I plan to review some of the different diet meals, like Lean Cuisines and such, and give you ideas on how to keep the yummy factor up, the $$$ factor down, and of course, keep the calories down.  Any recipes will be SIMPLE.  B/c I'm a simple kind of woman.  (Ha, is there really even such a thing?!)

I probably should've made this my first blog.  Why is my spellcheck telling me "should've isn't a word?