Welcome to my weight loss journey!

Hi and thank you for stopping by!  I am a food-a-holic!! I have gained so much weight that I am just miserable and have finally reached my breaking point.  I can't go on this way, not being the mother of two beautiful and energetic boys....nu-uh, not going to happen.  They need me.  They need a Mom that can run and play with them.  They need me to feel good so I can care for them properly.  They need me and so I have to fix me.  My two sons are my life and my inspiration.  They are such joys to me and I love them like I never thought I could love anyone.  They are my life in every sense of the word.  This last year I was nursing and never thought that practical weight loss applied to me because nursing Moms aren't supposed to lose weight or count calories.  But you know something?  They aren't supposed to guzzle Sprite, eat chocolate donuts, devour chocolate or eat too much at every meal either!  I had a lingering question all that time...."gee...why am I so fat?" and now I know.  When you start to count calories, it opens your eyes!!  One example I will use is butter.  I was born loving butter and never stopped.  Who doesn't love butter?  It goes on everything from toast to veggies to popcorn and the more you have, the better the food tastes that you cake it on to.  I love butter.  I never once stopped to realize that butter on its own has a whopping 100 calories PER TABLESPOON....hit me over the head with a hammer why don't you.  I never knew that...ever.  That is just one of the answers to why I am fat and I found dozens more.  So...needless to say, I found my way to the thought of counting calories and striking down the walls I have built with food for self-medication and for comfort.  I changed radically!!! And so can anyone of you who are reading this blog.  I know I can lose weight now!  I changed my habits and changed my foods and counted my calories (1800 for me) for one week and off came 4lbs just like that!  I know it is a lifestyle change and that I will not be able to keep up the bad habits I had or I will risk all kinds of bad health not to mention harming my children's future by my lack of participation in it.  I am in this for the long haul and will not give up.  I am counting and losing and you can too!  Please hang in to this blog and follow me on my path to health and hopefully, I can make a difference in your life every bit as much as you will in mine by just being here.  Until next time!! See you on the scales!!! and may our healthy choices last a lifetime!!!  Stay tuned!