And so the journey begins.

I suppose I technically started my journey to sexiness last night when I chose carrots as a snack over that delicious looking honey bun or a slice of pizza that I really and truly wanted, but today is my first real day of the Lose It! program.

Unfortunately, I didn't get up in time for breakfast. Working the evening shift puts me home late and my dog decided last night would be the perfect night to not sleep, so it was 11:30 when I finally crawled out of bed.

Lunch was, of course, first on my agenda.

Now, when I think diet or lifestyle change, it usually sends me into a fit of hysterical sobs. One of my favorite things in the world to eat is salad, but not the healthy kind because I normally drench it in Ranch dressing. My ranch is one thing I refuse to give up. I'll say goodbye to french fries and to soda, but I'll be damned if I'm giving that up too. So I made a compromise. Rather than use the normal amount of ranch, I cut it in half, going from 480 calories to 240.

That's still a lot for a damn salad condiment, but I just can't let go. I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go. I also had, rather than my normal lunch of half a cheese steak wrap and french fries, 4 ounces of grilled, skinless chicken breast.


I've already planned out the rest of my food for the day. My madre is fixing spaghetti for dinner and since I'll be at work, she agreed to bring dinner to me. She's been instructed to watch the portion size; one cup of noodles and 1/2 a cup of sauce.

Snacks have also been planned out and bagged up in individual snack sized bags.

I got this.

The thing that I like about Lose It! is that I don't have to give up my favorite things. I just need to be conscious about how much I'm eating.

I haven't tackled my exercising goal yet. I'm almost finished reading my Lose It! book, and then I need to tackle my Women's Fitness, come up with an exercise plan that's going to work for me.

I'm excited about this. I'm hoping that this is something I'll stick with this time. I'm also going to take some Before pictures while I'm getting ready for work. Those'll go up in the next post, that way hopefully I can have a visual of my progress.

I really should come up with a better way to end these posts, because now I'm just rambling.

Kthxbye.