One Day at a Time

One day at a time, yes I should be used to that idea. I have lived most of my adult life with that mantra in my mind. Especially living with a child who has a disability, and a husband who acts like he has one. These are words that have helped me get through my worst days. Days that I thought I would rather run away than face what challenges lay ahead. But now as those days are fewer and farther between I find myself facing yet another battle.

Yes, this challenge is one that so many of us face, the issue of weight loss. So I am venturing into a world of "watching" what I eat, counting points and daily exercise. Funny how this all seemed so easy when I was younger. If I wanted to lose a couple of pounds all I had to do was cut out junk food for a couple of weeks. Then like so many others life got in the way. Marriage, children, working, etc. it seems through all those years I forgot about me.

Unfortunately over those years that I had neglected myself, I had developed a number of health issues, diabetes being one of them. Now being in my forties, I realize that the time for me is now. If I want to be around for the next few years I need to get serious about my health. This is difficult for me, like others I am sure, putting myself first isn't easy. But I have made the first step, I have made a commitment, I have a support system in place and I have motivation, well for now anyway.

This has been my first week on a weight loss program, I have already seen success! This in itself is a motivator. I also decided that if I blog about my success and failures throughout this process, it would help me continue to commit to my health. So here I am, week one and feeling pretty good about myself. I try not to think about how much I have to lose, which is difficult, but take it one day at a time.

Denise