Update

Well, not off to the best start but not totally blown either. I had a couple of sodas but not many. I did snack maybe 2 nights and I skipped breakfast 2 or 3 days. So, it's a start. We'll see how it continues.

I did have two multigrain waffles this morning with a little margarine and it totally filled me up. I normally am hungry well before lunch but today, noon rolled around and I was like, "oh, is it lunch time?" So think not only do we need to eat something for breakfast, it needs to be the "right" something.

Baby Steps

Yep, Baby Steps. That’s the way I’ll do it. I know from experience that if I try to make too many changes or too drastic a change, then it won’t stick. So baby steps it is. And here are my first steps:

1. No late night snacking. Meaning nothing to eat after 8pm. Our bodies burn calories in our sleep. If we eat close to bedtime, our bodies will burn these readily available calories instead of the stored fat. When I was doing WW, I would not lose any weight in the weeks that I was snacking at night.

2. No soda. I don’t drink that much anyway but I have been noticing a recent increase in soda consumption.

3. Eat breakfast. This is very important for weight management. Breakfast helps to kickstart our metabolism in the mornings and it also keeps us from getting too hungry and over doing lunch. It also helps avoid those mid afternoon slumps and cravings. I admit I’m not a breakfast person so this is going to be one of the harder ones for me.

That should do it to start. Next steps will involve exercise but for now, we’ll stick with this.