Hi, welcome to my new blog "GOING UNFAT". I am starting this blog to share my weight loss ups and downs. After having my daughter(who is now 8) I gained ALLOT of weight. When my daughter was about 3 I worked very hard and lost 40lbs. I was so proud of myself and felt great. Over time I let my emotions take control of my eating habits once again and have now gained all of the weight back plus three pounds. Now I have to start back at square one.

I now have 43lbs to lose. (Let me make it clear that my goal is not to get super skinny but just to be comfortable in my own skin)I thought about trying weight watchers but I know myself to well and don't think I will stick to logging in points everyday. Instead I am going to use a common sense approach to my weight loss. I am going to cut out sugar, high fat foods, lower my portions, and replace high sugar drinks with water. Oh yeah and exercise. I know that in order for this to work I need to think of eating in a whole new light. In the past I would over eat after a stressful day at work or when life just didn't seem to be going my way. So instead of eating my way out of a situation I will have to learn how to deal with things, maybe working out will help!

Tonight will be my last night of indulging,off to see Harry Potter, and tomorrow its green smoothie for breakfast and my first day of thinking about what I am eating. I will keep you posted on how my first day went!