I was going to head over to Tumblr or Wordpress or someplace to do this but then I remembered that HEY! One of the things Kinja does, when not thinking up new ways to fuck with the commentariat, is offer us our own personal blog. So here we go.

In the hopes of actually making a real change out of my billionth attempt at keeping some “get healthier” resolutions, I’m going to write about it here. I actually know nothing about this Kinja personal blog thingy and where it goes and if anyone sees it but me but I don’t care. Even if I’m just yelling into the void, that’s good enough.

So I started my “get healthier” resolutions today instead of Friday because doing it when hungover before a weekend is too hard. So here we go. My immediate goals are as follows:

1. Cut out white flour and white sugar as much as possible with no more than 1 cheat meal a week.

I’m not actually concerned too much with the difficulty of cutting out white sugar. I don’t actually like to eat a lot of sweets. I do like to bake but usually give most of that away anyways so now I’ll just make sure I’ll give it ALL away and make my husband be the taste tester.

White flour will be a bit harder but I think it’s more manageable than trying a no-carb diet. Also healthier and more sane for me to do.

2. Cut down on the fake sugar substitutes.

I love Splenda. I’ll admit it. I think it’s the best, most-sugar tasting of the substitutes out there. And since I drink a lot of cold beverages like iced coffee and iced tea it’s just so much easier than using regular sugar. And I’ve found when I’ve made simple syrup to get around that I end up using much more than I usually would.

I don’t think I could get rid of it completely, at least not to start, so that’s why it’s “cut down” not “cut out.” I made my coffee this morning with 1 splenda instead of 2 and if I drink any hot or iced tea today I will try to use 1/2 a packet instead of 1.

3. Do at least 30 min of exercise 5 times a week. Be it a buzzfeed list, youtube videos, or a Jillian Michaels DVD I have. Also if we get some more snow I can cross-country ski around the yard but we’re not quite there with the weather yet. (Stupid Maine winter holding out on us with the snow.)

So I meant to weigh myself in when I first woke up both for consistency and because that’s when you’re the lightest, lol, but of course I forgot so I had to do it now. I have already had breakfast and a bit of coffee but not a lot overall.

Height: 5’6” Weight 272. Yeesh. Size: 16-18 on top, 20-22 on bottom.

Goals for weight: If I could get under 200 as a long term goal that would be AWESOME. I will start with a reasonable goal of 1-2 lbs a week for the short term.

Fingers crossed!

Breakfast:

1 egg cooked in a dot of olive oil with some shredded cheese on top.

1 mason jar of coffee with 1/4 cup whole milk and 1 splenda.

Lunch:

Miso soup and 3 sushi rolls. Didn’t do unagi bc of the sugar in the eel sauce, just 1 salmon with cucumber and avocado, 1 spicy tuna, and 1 yellowtail with scallion. They’re small rolls too bc it’s part of a $9 lunch special.

Dinner:

Mr. Pie and I had a fancy dinner (which means we waited until Mini Pie went to bed) of beef tenderloin seared in 1 tbsp of vegetable oil and then roasted in the oven with fingerling potatoes and brussell sprouts. No additional oil or butter added but I did use some reduced balsamic vinegar.

All in all a pretty good first day I think. I did have 2 glasses of GOOD red wine (woooo Christmas present!) but I’m not cutting out wine yet so it’s still allowed!