Feeling Gratitude

So I just looked back at all the comments I've had on my blog and realized what an awesome group of people I'm surrounded by. I was pleasantly surprised by those that wrote encouraging thoughts and wanted to express my gratitude to each of you. This has truly been a struggle but knowing that I have awesome friends and family around me (both locally, nationally & internationally) makes it a little more do-able. I appreciate your words of adivce, cheerful comments, suggestions and offering of support. It is really an unexpected perk to blogging, not something that I thought I would ever do on a regular basis.

Today was another low calorie day. :( It's like once I make my mind to be very careful about food intake I get paranoid. I'm having a hard time finding balance. At the beginning of this year it wasn't this hard to find balance...of course I was only teaching one night class. Now I have two night classes and a block class. Besides that Gweny is much more mobile and demands more of my attention. I really need to get a handle on this before it backfires and I end up with other problems. Hopefully I can put some order back into my life this weekend...I just need to make it until then.

Not enough calories really bites!

Today was kind of depressing. I had two bags of clothes that should have been going to DI but I had to bring them back in the house because I don't have very many clothes that fit me. I've gained too much weight. That was a sad moment as I brought them back...I guess at least now I'll have something to wear. Another thing that happened was I actually started watching what I eat again and I am starving! I don't think I had enough calories and so I guess I'm paying for it now. I need to plan out my meals & snacks better so that this doesn't happen again. I haven't started to exercise yet, I'm just trying to make baby steps. I don't feel like I have nearly enough hours in my day to do all the things I need to. Along with trying to make dietary changes I'm also trying desperately to organize my life. Hopefully as this happens life will get a bit more manageable.

So, the first real day of changing my diet...and it went okay. I definitely have room for improvement but it's a start.