I'm a WHALE

Well, what can I say? We started our new diet this week. All new weights, all new rules, and all new name. Our group name is WHALE and it stands for Weighing Healthy And Losing Effectively. My nephew, Taylor, came up with this name and it fits our group. There is humor in this name, and isn't that what dieting should be about? Having fun while taking the pounds off? We are a motivational group that follows healthy eating guidelines. We stress the importance of food journaling, portion control, exercise, and getting a minimum of six glasses of water daily. Any diet plan you think about following is going to say that these are the key steps to following a healthy lifestyle.

This is actually not much different than the TOPS group we belonged to, but we felt that being part of a national organization, we should have received more support than we did, so this is why we broke into our own little group. The topics will range from person to person as all the members will share in presentations. We will take turns giving some sort of presentation or just having a round table discussion (even though our tables are never round). Diet groups are a strong source of motivation and we can all learn from one another. I am excited to be doing this.

Needless to say, I haven't been doing too well for the past few weeks, I have not been motivated, and I put some of the weight back on. It is important to keep this up. I am not sure why I lost my motivation or how I lost track of staying on my diet, it just sort of happened. Now I have to get back with it, I am still not super excited about it like I was when I first started, but I am committed to doing it and sometimes that is what it takes.

When there are stress factors in my life I tend to turn to food, and I have to learn to stay away from that because I am thinking that the stress in my life is not going to go away anytime soon. Oh, the joys of raising a teenager. I will get through this though one day at a time.

I read Kim Bensen's latest blog entry and I have to say that it helped me tremendously. She was talking about the movie Kung Fu Panda, and this excellent quote came from that movie, I love it, it means something to me , so I want to share it with you too. "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift, that's why they call it the PRESENT." What a wonderful thought, and as Kim said if we can just forget about all of our yesterday's and not worry about all the tomorrows we just focus on today, think about staying on your diet plan for just TODAY, and what a present you will give to yourself. Then before you know it, all of your today's will help shape all of your tomorrows. That is what I got from Kim's blog and it makes perfect sense to me.

So, thank you my little Tater Tot for coming up with our awesome group name and kudos to my baby sis, for coming up with my ending statement.

Until next week, I hope to lose nothing but weight and gain nothing but knowledge. (and have fun doing it)