Day 1: The little stuff matters too

So yesterday I was full of excuses, and I am ashamed of that. I will publicly shame myself by telling you my excuses so I will never use them again.
We didn't have any food at the house that I wanted.
I worked all morning on a Sunday (which is the worst day to be a server (seriously it makes me really sad) ).
I was busy with the baby.
Nick really wanted to watch the football game at a bar.
I was craving chicken wings that they make exceptionally well at said bar.
I was tired.
The chicken was still frozen.

OK

Now that my excuses are out of my system, I can start getting into shape. Today I did something little that may not seem a big deal to people but it was a huge deal to me. On my way to buy groceries, I knew that I needed to stop somewhere and get lunch, because everyone knows you buy more on an empty stomach than a full one. I usually go all out when I stop for fast food, I think to myself that if I'm going to spend the money, I might as well enjoy myself. Most of the time I end up with a big greasy (delicious) roast beef sandwich with some sort of seasoned curly fries and a Pepsi or Mountain Dew because I go to certain fast food chains based on which brand of soft drink they have. And since my drug of choice is Mountain Dew, I like Arby's, Taco Bell, and KFC the best. Well kids, this time I thought about what I'm trying to do here and went to Hardees (still greasy and delicious) but instead of ordering something that would have made me feel like I have to "start my diet over again" I got a turkey burger with ketchup and pickles!! This was not the healthiest thing on the menu, but it was way healthier than I could have been!! I'm proud of myself, I know that mustard is better than ketchup and that you can get the sandwich with lettuce instead of bread (low card option) but I needed to get full. I didn't have any fries or soda today, I was drinking a coffee drink I had made in the morning with coffee, skim milk, and caramel syrup. Again, not the healthiest thing I could have had but when on a normal day I can put down 2 32oz Mountain Dews without blinking, this is a big thing to me! So I would say that my new lifestyle is going very well. I bought a plethora of healthy food and I am actually getting ready to prep some of it now so I don't have an excuse this week. I want to start exercising but I'm trying to start with the little stuff first, then we will move on to the hard stuff.

Tomorrow, I will be weighing myself for my official starting weight, and I will let you in on what I prepped for the week!
Melissa