On the bandwagon... off the bandwagon...

I am officially back ON the bandwagon again. At the beginning of the year, I decided to get healthy... eat better, lose a little weight. So for the past week, I've been back to watching what I eat and walking. Not running anymore. I'm just not that into it. I realized that my eating was a major issue in my non-progress. I was eating every meal like it was going to be my last. I REALLY enjoy enjoying my food. ALOT. I enjoy tasting it. And then tasting it again when I liked it. So I had a problem. When I started writing down what I was eating, that is when I noticed a huge problem. So I don't eat like that anymore. And yes! I feel like I am indeed going to starve to death. I tried cutting out the soda completely. Yeah, not into that either. So I'm still drinking it, but I am drinking more water. I started walking pretty regularly too. I missed one day last week because we went out with friends. I figured, I already ruined myself with the food, why on earth exercise?? I started mapping my walks on mapmyrun.com to keep track ACCURATELY of how far I'm walking. My goal is 85 miles by August 31. I'm over 20 miles so far and have got to see Nampa from a different angle. AND... I've been taking pictures of my walks... lots of fun.

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Update to post below:

Called mom and asked if she remembered telling this vicious lie that plagued me my entire (naive) childhood. The answer: of course not! Although she did laugh about it for several minutes and said it didn't surprise her. Tsk, tsk, tsk... the things parents do to their children.

If you say gullible really slow, it sounds like green beans...

Tonight, we were sitting around and Rob decided he needed to go to Big Lots for some sort of tool. Well, of course, every kid pipes in they they want to go. "Of course you can't go! Children aren't allowed in public after 7 p.m." Brenna, my 8-year-old, replied to that, "WHAT? We've been out that late before!" Of course I don't keep my children locked in the house after 7 p.m. but it had me wondering if I had been.
For as long as I can remember, I had thought that. I remember my mom telling me that children weren't allowed in public after 7 p.m., all to keep me from asking to go out with them on their anniversary. So... after believing this for years, and when I was quite old, probably around 12, my parents took me out on a rare evening outing. My dad milked cows at night and we NEVER, ever left the house after 5:00 except to go to Awanas on Wednesday nights. So out we are, at Jade Garden in Nampa. And I can remember sitting there, scared out of my mind that I was going to be arrested for being in public after 7 p.m. I know, I know... gullible, naive, blonde... whatever you want to call it. And the really sad thing about this, I thought this til I was in high school when I started working and I realized people took their families out to eat in the evening.
When I told my kids about this tonight, we all got a good laugh out of it. But it made me wonder if my mom remembers telling me this. So guess who I'll be making a call to tomorrow morning?