Well, today Mom and I are getting started.  We've been discussing this for a few days, figuring out how we are going to go about losing all of this weight.  Between the two of us, we've got a LOT to lose.  One of the hardest things for me is portion control...only eating the amount of food that I should eat.

 

I have a bad tendency to only eat about two times a day, and then when I do eat, I typically go way overboard.  So I am going to try to eat 3 meals and a snack or two a day.  That way, I'll eat less at a time, and likely less overall.  And I know from past experience that I have to keep track of what I put into my mouth.  If I don't write it down somewhere, I can tell myself that it didn't count.  The problem is that it does count!  So I've started tracking my food consumption on Sparkpeople.com.  They keep track for me of the calories, fat, carbs, and protein in the things that I eat for me, so all I have to remember to do is get online and enter the information.

 

One of Mom's biggest problems is that she works very long hours pretty often.  Sometimes, she skips lunch because she gets so busy and doesn't want to take the time to go get lunch.  And then by the time she gets home from work in the evenings, she is exhausted and doesn't want to work out or cook something to eat.  She often winds up getting take out and plopping down on the couch.  She is going to the store today to buy some things she can take with her this week so that she will have a lunch with her and ready to eat, eliminating that excuse.  And we are going to the gym at my university together either Monday or Tuesday evening when she gets off work.  She is going to get a membership there so that we can go together and work out after she gets off work at least a couple of nights a week and on the weekends.  She can use the gym at her apartment complex for free also, so if there are times that we can't get together for whatever reason, she is still going to be able to go and workout.

 

So far, today has been a pretty good day for me.  I've eaten two meals and a snack, and had 6 glasses of water.  I've got another snack planned, as well as dinner, and I'm about to do some step aerobics in my house.  Mom has not done so well so far today though.  She had breakfast, but hasn't eaten since then.  After talking to her this afternoon, she is now getting some lunch prepared.

 

So...that's how it is going so far.  I'm sure that we'll have plenty of ups and downs along the way, but hopefully we can get the ball rolling quickly this week, and really get ourselves on the path to being much healthier.

 

Mindy