LiVe LaUgH LoVe: Finding Joy Along the Way

This journey that I've started on is so inspiring. I am learning a new way of life and eating and finding the joy in small things. Yay, I get to come back to ya'll and tell you that I am succeeding even if it's not a major progress yet, I feel my mind and body changing and it feels amazing. My boyfriend and I have been walking almost every night now. I feel so good just the fact that I have gotten myself up off the couch, that little step has made me feel fantastic. I'm pushing through the pain of my knees hurting in hopes that as I start to lose more weight the pain will decrease and I will feel immaculate. :) I can't tell you enough about how supportive my boyfriend is, I think he wants this for me more then I do some days! He always encourages me and asks me how I did and what he can do to help! Love you!

So far on weight watchers.... The best part about it for me is that I get to see what I'm eating and I actually have to think about what I put into my mouth and if it's worth the points or not. Being conscious of my food intake has really opened my eyes to how much crap I used to eat, just because. I could seriously eat 2 whoppers from Burger King for one meal, mainly for lunch I would eat something then I would stop at the gas station by my work and grab a bag of chips or munchies to snack on in the afternoon! ( SO MANY CALORIES.. WOW) Another thing I enjoy is that you get activity points, which add to your weekly allowance, so if you go over a night or if you have a party or something you can use your activity points that you have EARNED that week to make up for the nights that you may not have done as well at or that you have something unexpected come up. I can't tell you how successful it is yet because I haven't even completed my first week, but I'm greatly enjoying this new journey, and I feel a lot better because I'm not stuffing my body with food that is weighing me down.(those things are WAY too many points to sacrifice) So veggies are my new favorite thing to eat, Most of them are points free, and also if I feel like snacking I can have sugar free jello which is 0 points also! I'm finding all the things that are few or little points so that way when I wanna snack I don't over do it, I can just have something small that is just one or two points.

I'm still learning a lot its only been a few days since I started, some other things that are nice is I can enter in all the recipes that I already make during the week and I can figure out the portions that I'm allowed to eat or at least how many points each portion is so that way I know exactly how much. Keep in mind that I have done weight watchers online in the past and the other times I tried it, I always seemed to cheat myself by only putting down that I had a small portion of something so that way my points wouldn't add up so fast, but in all honestly I was only hurting myself in the process, so this time I'm completely committed to being successful! Thumbs up for me on taking my first step in this new life journey! :) Hope you will all come along for the ride and maybe I can encourage others on the way but mainly this blog is for me to keep track of where I am on my journey and how far I've come!

So can't wait for my first weigh in Friday!!!! Even if the number doesn't move I'm gonna stay positive in the fact that I already feel better without knowing if the number is changing or not! (Although, I do hope it does, don't get me wrong!)