A New Beginning

Happy New Year! With a rough couple of months behind me, I'm ready to start the new year on a positive note. My dad nearly died in November, was hospitalized, and then spent time in the nursing home for rehab. Life was spinning out of control, and I made some poor and unhealthy choices in my eating. The end result was a weight gain and a flare-up of my health issues. I missed several Weight Watcher meetings also during this time. 

 Lessons I learned from this experience: No matter how far I think I've come in the process of breaking free from my addiction, I can still fall. I need to keep my guard up at all times. Also, I was once again reminded of how stupid it is to not take care of my health. After a few weeks of grabbing fast food between work and going to the hospital to visit dad, I got really sick with one of the worst health flare-ups I've had in quite some time. We really are what we eat. Finally, I was reminded once again that worrying, not getting enough sleep, and eating the wrong stuff doesn't solve a thing. It didn't help the situation in any way. Dad is doing much better now, is home, and I've gained weight and got sick. 

While I can't change the past few months, I can change today and strive to do better in the future. I returned to my Weight Watcher meetings the past two weeks and managed to lose 5 pounds. I'm excited to get back to cooking and living healthy, and to start blogging here on a regular basis. 

My Weight Watchers leader said something in the meeting the other night that is simple but to the point:

"When it comes to being involved with Weight Watchers and losing weight, you are either in or you are out. You either chose to be here and follow the program or you don't. There can be no middle ground if you want to succeed. Are you going to be in or are you going to be out in 2012?" 

I'm going to be in! How about you?