Valerie Howland

Everyone makes up resolution’s this time of year, I do not. Only because I know I will not stick to the promise I make. I feel like if I make a New Year’s resolution, and then tell everyone what it was (like everyone does) I will be letting more than just myself down.

This year I strive to be different. I didn’t make a promise to myself per se, more like to my family. The other night while being lazy, a Nutrisystem commercial came on T.V. My 6 year old son said to me, “Mommy, I want you to call those people because I don’t want you to be fat anymore.” If my husband were home he would have scolded my son with the usual “if you can’t say something nice…” rederick, or along those lines. Me however, I listened to his concerned voice and thought about it. Now I know I am not going to run out and start on every fad diet known to man. Before I got pregnant with baby number 3, I was on Weight Watchers. It was going okay, until I found out I was prego and that I couldn’t necessarily partake in the program anymore. Now I have no excuses. For my family’s sake and my own I MUST work on my health. I am about to turn 28 years old. I can currently still say I am in my 20’s. Not many of my friends can say that (I tend to hang with the “older” crowd). I am not as old as I sometimes forget and think that I am. I still have time! I have decided I may as well use this website as my journal for this journey. I don’t have followers or fan’s but who knows maybe keeping a digital journey of my weight loss I will be more motivated.

As of today I am 150 Ibs. overweight. That is a whole human being, a full grown human being. I am so ashamed to say that number out loud. I am hoping with the beginning of this, I can not only shed the weight but the shame that follows it. I am confident that by starting this way I can be a more well rounded person (not just a round person), have the energy to keep up with my kids, and the ability to be a better person at my job and my life.

Today my journey begins I just hope I can fulfill my personal challenge! I would gladly (not really) post a picture of myself if I currently had one. For the past five years have avoided camera’s so I do not have one at my current weight. Maybe one of my friends has one…hopefully not. But I would like to document my goals, so I will track one down.