Tiffani

Ok, well I finaly got up the nerve today to add a photo to my profile. I haven’t done this yet because truthfuly I am ashamed of the way I look.  I know that this is  a site where everyone is here for the same reason and I should feel like I can let you all see what I look like. i mean come on I have shared my feelings…why not my picture??  So today after my weigh in I was feeling very good about myself….down another five pounds this week. So i thought why not just bite the bullet and upload my picture. Well I tried and the message that came back said image too large!!! WHAT???? That is not what I wanted to see…..to large???  Come on. I know I need to lose weight but when even the computer is telling you that you are fat there are serious problems. So if any of you know how to fix this please let me know. Oh, I mean fix the photo image….I know how to fix the weight issue…HA HA.

Help!! I am doing such a good job with the food/portion control of my diet but I need help in the exercise part. I wake up aroung 6:45 to get my son ready to go to school and to get my younger son ready to go to the sitters. I get to work at 8:30 and I literaly sit for eight hours. I have a desk job and have to be by my computer. This leaves little room for any exercise durning the day. I try to get upi and walk around at least once an hour but somedays are so busy that is impossible. I don’t get home at night umtil 6:15 or so and by the time my family has dinner and I getr the kids ready for bed and in bed it is 8:30 or so.  I soend the next two hours or so doing laundry, dishes ot cleaning up the house. I get to bed around 10:00. In all of the weight loss articles I have read they all say to try to get at least 8 hrs of sleep a night. and truthfuly by 10:00 at night I am beat. So my question is how do other working moms work exercise into their daily routine without giving up sleep or having their house look like a bomb went off??? 

I can not say that I am new here.  I have had a profile since september.  The sad truth is that I have only posted two blogs.  Truthfully I look at this site alot but never write down my thoughts to share.  I always tell myself that this site takes up a lot of time.  So NOT true!!  If I can get on here to look at what everyone else wrote why can’t I write something??  Am I lazy??  No, i just don’t take the time to do soething for me. Does that make sense??  I am always putting others first and myself second.  Well this is it, I come first for awhile!!  2009 is my year!!  I am doing this for me.  So this is the first step in many.  Just taking time out of my schedule to post how I feel is a good first step. 

I have been on a “diet”…I hate that word….for ten months now. I have lost about 40 pounds total. I am going at it slow and steady. I know it will all come off at its own pace. I changed the way I look at food….let me tell you that was hard and it took me awhile.  Don;t get me wrong I still love snacks but I have learned that a sanck size candy bar is just as good as the king size.

So that is all I will write for now…more to come I promise.  I will keep this promise to myself to make time for me.  I am just as important as everyone else.