February was a hard month for me. You many have noticed there were no posts for the month of February. There were many factors that kept me from posting. Every excuse is lame. I will try harder!

I started out the month with no loss. Which I wasn't too concerned about since I had a rough week of staying on track with my weight watchers points. However, still managed to exercise enough to not gain anymore weight. I was quite proud of myself for working that hard. After that everything started going down...or should I say up, as in weight. I hurt my back the same day I weighed in. Not quite sure what I did. I have been lifting lots of weights and I have a 20 pound 4 month old baby. So I think my back couldn't take it anymore. I was out of commission for a good two weeks. Whenever I hurt myself to the point where I'm not able to exercise I always give up all hope and decide to just eat what I want. And I did. I gained 4 lbs that week. That 4 pound weight gain was like a slap in the face. Which is what I needed. Why do we do that to ourselves? Yes, I know you have done it too. Some reason comes along to tempt us to just give up on our goals and we grab a hold and don't look back. Sometimes I feel like I'm just waiting for a reason to stop eating well. Company, holiday, the weekend and even a bad day. We (I ) have to realize it's ok to cheat a little. In fact, it helps to have a day where you eat more calories then the day before. It's supposed to trick your metabolism. But when I use that cheat day as a reason for just letting the rest of the week go I fail miserably. One thing I have learned after years of trying to lose weight, don't let that one day or one week make you want to give up all together. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”- William James I am glad I didn't let that week let me give up. Because this month has a happy ending. I skipped weighing myself for a week. When I stepped on the scale the last week I lost an amazing 8 lbs! It has given me a new excitement to get this weight off.

I hope for all of you that are currently trying to lose weight or just get healthier that you let March be a new beginning for you. It is the beginning of spring anyways! Everything around us is getting a fresh start. Why not you? Why not me?