Day 6

Every day seems to get better and better and my conviction stronger and stronger...honestly, I was thinking yesterday about my doubters and the people that think I'm crazy and that 60 days is way too long, but ya know what?  After 6 full days, it's just habit, there is no way I will quit this.  Making it through the first 3-4 days is the hardest part, and now that I'm past that, easy-peasy!  I weighed myself this morning and I'm down 10.5 pounds...unbelievable!  Although I still have some left over blemishes on my face that are still healing, my skin is so much clearer already! 

I kind of had an epiphany yesterday as well...every other time I've attempted weight loss, it's been because I want to be skinny, I want to look better.  This time is so totally about improving my health.  I'm really thinking about cleansing and getting rid of 15 years of abuse that I've put my body through (smoking, drinking pepsi like I should have been drinking water, eating anything and everything I wanted to, just because I wanted to).  Now, I'm SO excited to get through this 60 days so I can start eating healthy...never before has the thought of things like whole grain pasta and soy milk and mountains of vegetables been so exciting.  We're going to start a vegetable garden this year and I'm going to learn how to can veggies and fruits and cook more from scratch.  We're thinking about getting some chickens (for the eggs, not the meat).  We've also decided that we are only buying whole wheat bread, brown rice and whole wheat pasta.  We will still be eating chicken, fish, and probably replacing our ground beef with ground turkey. 

It is so great that my husband is so supportive of such a drastic change in our lives.  Not only that, but I've recently started college and he's been so great about making sure I have all the time I need to work on homework and meeting with my learning team and making sure that the house is nice and clean when I come home after a late night at school.  The kids are upset sometimes when we're grocery shopping and they want things like poptarts and fruit snacks and capri sun juice packs...all things we don't buy anymore, but they are starting to come around and try new fruits and veggies and seeds and nuts (the things we now keep in the house for snacks).  They've even tried Mommy's soy milk and haven't even noticed the wheat pasta!  Some days, they are annoyed by the wheat bread, but they all still eat it...one day at a time, just like everything else.

I don't want to get overzealous but I'm really thinking I may be ready to cut down or eliminate my Wellbutrin altogether; I feel absolutely great!  Anyway, thanks for reading, be sure to check in tomorrow for my official weekly weigh in.