Taking a moment to reflect back on the old "Me" as I'm noticing differences in how I think/used to think:
Last Year
I was cooking unhealthy comfort foods for dinner, stress baking/eating almost nightly (staple ingredients were butter, sugar & white flour) and was a social drinker (beer me!). As it got colder out, I would pile on the throw-blankets and did a fine job of holding down the couch. The only exercise that I was doing was walking but it was not for long distances or very frequent, I had aches, swelling and pain on my right ankle due to a couple ligament tears that were trying to heal from a nasty fall the previous winter.
This Year
I wear a fitbit daily and also use the fitbit Aria scale. I journal everyday. I exercise everday. I'm craving healthy foods like salads and smoothies & not even missing the butter, white flour and sugars anymore. I feel like when I do treat myself to it - my tummy is not so happy with me the next day. I limit my drinking to only special occasions and no more beer- just wine or cider beer. When I start to get cold, I know that this means I need to get up and MOVE vs go turning on the oven to bake cookies. The foot pain has almost disappeared & I'm convinced that it will be gone once I lose the 10% - carrying the extra weight actually hinders the healing process. Go figure.
Bye-bye old "Me"
I'm very proud of the new "Me" and excited about who I will become while I continue to live a healthy active lifestyle.