Chicken Fat is still Going!!

I made it thru the Christmas season with out too much weight gain. Only 2 pounds! This is good considereing last time I went home I gained 5 pounds and that 5 took me almost 3 months to loose.

My family, the band of notrious butter smugglers was once again, putting butter into or onto everything. The only place I really gave in to this was my Aunt Ginny's fantastic cheese ball. Serously, it's like butta....oh wait, because it has butter, in addition to cream cheese, and olives, and green onion and nuts on the outside. It was really good melted on a dinner roll. This, however is a once a year thing, so I wasn't too worried about it. The rest of the time I did the cooking so I controlled what was in or on our food.

As for 2007......here is a moment of truth....

I started the year at a whopping 222 pounds (see I told you the truth). I had a net loss of 33 pound and managed to go down 3 jean sizes and 3 shirt sizes. I also fit back into most of my clothes, sometimes with the help of my trusty gridle, but I fit..dangit! Today I am at 188. I want to get to 180, that will be my 40 pound goal I origianly set for myself a year ago.

The weight loss and gain aside, this year I developed the habit of excercise. I go walking most days. I also learned about portion sizes, which are smaller than you might think, but surprisingly appropriate. Seriously, the suggested serving size on most things, is right about what you need or should be eating. Anymore would be gluttony.

I still have a love-hate relationship with food, which I think I will battle the rest of my life, but Weight Watchers and being on a program has helped to teach me how I can be on top of the battle. I really feel, no, I know, that going on WW last year was the right thing to do. The program gave me the tools to take my life back and to get my body back from the brink of bad health. It also has helped me find focus on other areas of my life. The other thing about WW is the fact that I really feel for the first time in my life that I am truly living the Word of Wisdom.

**(For my non-Mormon readers, the Word of Wisdom is the code of health that Mormons live by. It does have some things we don't do, like smoke, drink alcohol, coffee or tea. But is also counsels us to eat in moderation and to maintian a healthy lifestyle.)

For 2008, I've decided to start my program over at week one and go from there. Today's starting weight will be 188. I feel by starting over at week one will be the boost I need to get rid of the last 8 pounds of me. The voices in my head are still telling me to GO! YOU CHICKEN FAT GO! So, I'm going!