Progress is slow but it's going good.

It took several weeks for my new diet to catch on. I've been tracking what I eat faithfully so I'm starting to figure out what foods I should avoid what foods I need a whole lot less of and foods that I need a lot more of. It's work, but it's work that is having a positive outcome.
I'm also biking to work and back home. That means 5 days out of the week I'm biking a total of 14 miles in the day. I'm working on speeding up, but in the evenings it's kind of hard since I'm upwind and it slows me down.
The combination of diet and exercise has led me to lose,  as of now, 12 pounds. My goal is to lose another 50+ pounds. I want to lose it slow enough that it will STAY OFF.

Today I will turn a leaf

Today I turn another year older. And yesterday I weighed myself. Grr, not good. The day before that I went to put on some Jean shorts I haven't worn in about two weeks and couldn't fit them. Very frustrating to find other things I can't fit, too.

So today I'm turning a leaf. I might have to turn a whole lot of leaves to change my ways, especially since I've put on the 25 pounds in the same amount of months as it took last year to take it off. I'm going to need motivation and support.

Step one: get moving.
( I accomplished that today, walked so much that I rubbed a giant hole in the area where my thighs rub in my sweat pants, Grr)

Step two: eat healthier
(failed that so far today, I'll try again tomorrow)

Step three: drink more water, less soda
(um...ok. Maybe I'll get this one done, especially since the soda is giving me indigestion)

Oh, and I better add this step, step four: walking, good; walking to Dunkin Donuts, bad

If you think of any important advice pertinent too this subject please let me know.