Every journey begins with ....

Day one… I haven't found the bravery to actually stand on a scale as of yet. However, I do know that I'm packing at least 80 pounds more than this time last year. Don't get me wrong weight has always been a fun game for me! I was the chunky kid throughout grade school, and started to really slim out after high school graduation... Genetically I'm sure that I have a predisposition to liking butter and loving whipping cream on my cereal :-) my family knows how to cook, bake, and most of all eat! But I'm not going to blame genetics for this one. I know I love food. I love all kinds of foods and food combinations. I remember disgusting my sister over breakfasts at the Quinsam. One waffle, sausage links, bacon, three eggs, and shredded hash browns (syruped)... This was all very carefully divided up making sure that each waffle crevice was slathered in equal parts butter and maple syrup... Doesn't sound that bad right? However, it was the fact that I had to very finely slice up my sausages and spread my eggs over top of my waffles. (Always placing my sausage and my bacon on top of the slathered egg waffle....) Often I would look up from my plate as I was preparing this delicacy to see my sister's face pulled into a strange grimace. She had placed her fork and knife at the side of her plate pulled herself back from the table and sat to watch me in awe at my ritualistic start to the morning meal.... Other times, my friends would look at me with great chagrin as I would dump full box of Glosset raisins into my movie theater buttered popcorn... Sometimes while watching a movie, sometimes just taking the popcorn and Glosset raisins and going home to enjoy my favorite Secret indulgence in the privacy of my own home... I am not one to eat fast foods or soda and crisps, I am a homebody diet sabotager, a closet chemist of cataclysmic caloric chaos, and I love it! Who could ever pass up a full tub of Hagen Das for dinner? Not me and I've always believed that butter it makes it better...  So my love affair with food has been long and passionate... A little odd and obscure at times possibly with hints of sadomasochism... But through all fifty shades of Gray, I have realized that I'm happier at a smaller size! As  a yin to my yang I also have a great love for physical activity. I ride the endorphin high of a good workout like no other. it is with this love of fitness, that I discovered last year the Wii fit! I knew I was on to something fantastic from day one :-) weight just fell off of me, and within three months I had shed over 70lbs! finally I was going to enter summer with that elusive beach body... Wrong, I got pregnant instead! Don't get me wrong, I love my baby and I love getting fat while pregnant! I gain weight so well!!! But as things are quickly approaching, (like weddings) I've decided not to just sit back and wait (ha ha) for my baby weight to naturally "fall off ".... I have carefully evaluated my plan of attack. I WILL NOT STARVE MYSELF, AND COMPROMISE MY BABY'S HEALTH! I WILL NOT OVER EXERCISE MYSELF DRAINING MY MILK SUPPLY FOR MY BABY! I am going to do this smart, and probably slow, unfortunately… As a former employee of Herbal Magic we always said, "you don't gain weight overnight, therefore you will not lose it over night!" So here I go.... Day one. ~Breakfast~ 1ounce of high-fiber cereal 1cup of low-fat Greek honey yogurt 1/2cup mixed berries 1 hard boiled egg *supplements Multi vitamin, grape seed, omega 3, b6/b12, d-drops (vitamin d) 24oz water,  10 oz coffee black (yuck) Nectarine  ~Lunch~ Tomato basil rice cake  1 oz old cheddar cheese (micro waved on rice cake) 1 cup carrots 2 cups tomato cucumber salad (ooohyeah) 24oz water "Snack" 10oz coffee 1 scoop "VI" Banana and apple with cinnamon and sweetener (tiny sprinkle)! ~Dinner~ Boneless skinless chicken breast (8oz) baked...  Glazed with calorie wise Italian salad dressing 2tbs and a squirt of mustard!! Spinach strawberry salad  1 baked potato with pepper. ~Dessert~ Sliced cinnamon ginger apple... Finely sliced apple soaked in boiling water, drained, and sprinkled with ginger cinnamon and a tiny bit of sweetener...  Add 1/4 cup no fat honey Greek yogurt!!! (yum) Activity -30 minutes of Wii fit!! Yay day one!