WW wednesday - FINALLY getting my head in the 'game'

Details coming tomorrow - been a long, long day!

WW wednesday - getting my head in the 'game'

My first week wasn't exactly stellar - but that's what I expected! Trying to get my head in the 'game' by withdrawing from sugar (that was miserable/almost-failure) - but I got done exactly what I wanted to do. Now, this week will be FOCUS on the task at hand - a task that seems daunting and unbelievably impossible. But, in all actuality it's not. It's going to be a year working toward good-health and great eating habits. My BIGGEST hang-up is:

*****COMMITMENT - following through with something - I mean I'm great for a week or two AND sometimes a month! This will be a entire year! (Oh, Lord have mercy {I say that with all reverence})

*****PLANNING - eating 6 small meals a day! Currently, I eat about '1' - my metabolism is basically dead and gone. I must reclaim it - maybe a better word would be resurrect?

These two things (alone) will take my entire focus to get the job done. I will work hard on these and then move on to more - one foot in front of another . . . the "YEAR" thing is what blows me away.

*****CUTTING OUT SUGAR - I remember Dr. Oz showing SUGAR magnified and how it looked like little shards of glass. He mentioned how it played havoc going through your body -nicking and scratching the insides of your veins as it passed through - causing scabbing and scaring and in some individuals causing death when these scabs would blow out causing hemorrhaging!!! I haven't quit looked at sugar in the same way - but addiction IS addiction and it's hard to quit once it gets a foot-hold. Besides, SUGAR IS IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING we eat!

*****CUTTING OUT SUGAR-SUBSTITUTE - Bad, bad, bad. After reading about my blogging-friend Marcelle (I'd give you a link here, but she's gone private!) and what aspartame did to her, I'm now trying to cut that out of my life as well! Her doc said after dieting for a year and using products laced with aspartame, she is now living with spots on her brain that gives her symptoms of MS. She WARNS: GET OFF ASPARTAME! Great advice AND I'm heeding her words!

I think I'm going to invite Marcelle to write an article for this blog warning you of the dangers!

Note: See the WW fruit-chews (pictured above)? They have aspartame in them - oh man, is nothing sacred anymore?

randomness - sweet cravings / good workout

I have to confess that I don't know just how healthy/unhealthy my new snack is - WW points are very low - but if you're having a chocolate withdrawal and your 'zen-like-lotus-pose' is not making that craving go away - I have a treat for you!

Last week Bob, Whit, Heather, boys and I headed to do some shopping down south. We drove separate cars and didn't see much of each other but were in the stores at the same time - other than every-once-in-awhile I saw the kids running from isle to isle and up and down the rows - pretty much nonstop! This went on for hours as the adults got the shopping done. This resulted in the following photo (most mother's dream-come-true) of 'the gang' when we got home! They had a great time.