Dawn’s Weight Loss Journey

Day two is here!

Super duper baby steps is what I am doing…And that’s okay…I have a plan…And that is always a good thing for me…

I walked yesterday and today on my lunch hour. Yes. I am aware that this is nothing major, however, please keep in mind that I have had NO REGULAR EXERCISE in three months. So this is okay for now…

Eventually I will join a gym. Eventually the daily walks will just be in addition to ten other things I do. Eventually I will log every morsel. Count every calorie, and EVENTUALLY I will lose the weight…

At any rate, I feel better than I have in a long time. I am in prep mode. Preppin myself for the big show. Surrounding myself again with supportive weight loss buddies. Putting my goals out there for the world to see and judge because I feel this holds me a tad more accountable. Preppin for a new grocery trip to stock up on healthy food. Preppin the boyfriend on the ground rules…

Yep. That’s right. Brian needs to be set right!!!!

You see, poor Brian has never known me when I am “on it”. He has seen bits and pieces, he has heard the stories, but sadly for him, he has never seen me really going on this route…Where I become the kitchen/restaurant Nazi. Reading every label. Counting every calorie. Planning every meal. It’s not pretty but it’s ever so necessary.

I am ever so grateful for him, as he is apparently oblivious to the numerous fat rolls that have appeared over the last year on me. (I did mention he had to get glasses this year, right? This might explain some of this! LOL!) J

He is happy with me as is, and while I appreciate that tremendously, I am not where I want to be, and he knows this…

So, for those of you who don’t know. Brian and I like food. Although this should be glaringly obvious by just looking at us or some of the hobbies we have, I do want to at least mention it. LOL.

We LOVE food. Period. And not like some people who just love to eat. We love the WHOLE experience of food. GOOD FOOD. Exciting food. Planning recipes. Shopping. We both love to cook. To impress each other. We love sitting down with good food and good drink. We love to entertain. Create. Talk over a good meal. The whole process intrigues us. We shun fast food whenever possible. But for some reason, Brian can eat twice as much as a normal man, and even myself, and really not have to deal with it. He has been the same weight since I met him…And besides the typical, late thirties, beer belly, he looks pretty darn normal. (Sorry babe!)

So even though I am not 100% back on track yet. Nor will I be for another few weeks. I do feel I should be doing everything I can now in PREP for the rest of my journey. So we have been cooking in a lot. Packing our lunches. Etc.

Last night on the way home from work we are discussing dinner. Which Brian was going to make. I say, “Let’s do sketti! It’s quick and easy, and we can take the leftover’s in our lunches the next day” (Sketti is spaghetti in case there are any slow readers out there…Hah! J)

So in the course of the conversation we decide we will add in the store bought pre made meatballs. (Yes, my Brian is a pretty heavy meat eater…Cows everywhere run and hide when he appears). That’s fine. I can deal with that this week. (Little does he know that in a few short weeks it will be whole wheat sketti, or sketti squash with a garden veggie sauce!) I decide for now, I will NOT fight the meatballs…But WOAH…Out of the next breath comes this phrase. “I am also going to fry up some bratwurst and add them into the sauce!”

Oh no he didn’t!!!!!

Yep. He sure did. Now. Don’t get me wrong. I would eat it. It sounds delightful. And yes, I too love my meat. I wish I didn’t for sure. I have wanted to become a vegetarian like my sister for YEARS but just can’t give it up yet. But both meatballs AND brats???

That, my friends, was a bit too much meat in one dish…

So I set the boy straight…And he agreed to just one meat.

And I truly hope that he will be able to join me on this journey…He is not against eating healthy. He has just never had too. So hopefully, TOGETHER, we can look for healthy recipes. Some meat friendly recipes. Shop together. And continue doing all we love to do, just a moderated version of it…

And if not?

Well, I will have one delightful, charming, cute, and completely housebroken boyfriend to put up for auction on Ebay!!