I signed up

I just ate dinner, I'm still hungry.  I'm thinking this is going to be pretty difficult.  I signed up for Weight Watchers Online today.  I did it this morning (after a night of imagining what it would be like to be 15 pounds thinner).  I was completely motivated last night, of course, but this morning it was difficult to hit the "Register" button.  I made it through the day...well, I suppose I'm still awake so I'm still fighting off temptation to go fill a bowl with ice cream and douse it with Hershey's Chocolate Syrup--or make our amazing chocolate chip cookies and eat at least three with a giant glass of milk.

If I had to pinpoint the one thing that has most-likely undone all of the miles I've run in the past year it would be those dang chocolate chip cookies.  My husband and I are disastrous with each others attempts at healthy eating.  This is how it typically plays out:  My husband will jokingly mention, "Cookies sure sound good tonight."  This is followed by a long pause, at least 15 seconds, where we analyze each others expressions to see if one of us will finally be strong enough to say no.  Nope, we aren't.  Then we go ahead and fix our cookies--heavenly--and sit down to a movie or mindless channel surfing while we each down at least three cookies.

Today I ran just under five miles with the kids in tow.  I felt good and strong.  I listened to my shuffle and wore my shades and the run was over before I knew it. 

I'm going to stick to this Weight Watchers thing.  I'd really like to see some results.  Just so you know, I'm not overweight.  In fact, I'm right in the middle of my health weight range.  But for once, I'd like to be in the lower end of that range.  We'll see what happens.