A is for Everything.

So today is the beginning of the AAA Accountability Alliance, dedicated to gettin' healthy and in shape. So here's my stats and goals for the season:
--I have never weighed this much before, and I find it to be unacceptable.
--My long-term goal weight is about 140 lbs, where I will re-evaluate my plans and decide if more chub should be lost. That's a weight loss goal of 57 lbs total... for now.

So that leaves short term goals and the changes I'm going to work on to make it happen.
--Writing down everything I eat in a day makes me more conscious of what goes into my gut, and seemed to help before.. so I started doing that today.
--I'm going to start my day off with a delicious, low-fat fruit smoothie. This should not be hard; I love smoothies.
--I want at least one of the things on my 'daily nom list' to be leafy or plant-based. I do not eat nearly enough fruits and veggies.
--More water, tea and REAL juice... less soda.
--I will try different substitutions in my cooking and baking endeavors to cut some calories/salt/fat/bad stuff.

For now, I'm going to take ridiculously small steps: my weight loss goal is 2 lbs. My biggest hurdle in this will probably be my defeatist attitude when it comes to dieting... I need to keep in mind that one day of "birthday binge" laden with cake, soda and pizza is not the beginning of the end. I just need to stick with the plan and jump back on the cake-less bandwagon the next day.