ok. so, i've hit a wall. um, let's be honest... i didn't hit a wall, i came upon a comfy-cozy looking wall, perched myself on top of it and decided to have a picnic lunch of chicken nuggets and french fries i picked up on my way to this wall. oh, screw it. i built the damn wall. up until this point, my body hadn't caught on to the fact that i was being a big-fat lazy ass and i was still losing weight (albeit, 0.2 lbs at a time). this week though, my body woke up and punished me with a 1 pound slap on the ass! literally. i had it coming. crap.

i'm not only hopping off of this wall, i'm tearing it down and donating all the bricks to people in need... by that, i mean we are going through our pantry this weekend and donating all of our could-be-healthier food choices and restocking the kitchen with natural, wholesome, healthy goodness. we're going to be eating clean. stephanie and amber have both started clean eating- stephanie with success, and amber has been, well, a little frustrated. i have sooo much going on lately that i can hardly find the time for sleep, but i'm doing this dammit. and not just to lose the weight, but to change this family's habits. we have these two fabulous little people (with ripped abs) living in our house, eating whatever we feed them. my daughter knows how to ask for french fries and from which drive-thru to order them. awful. my son doesn't want to eat the "trees" on his plate (although, i am convinced this is a phase a lot of children go through because the day before he turned 3, those "trees" were just fine.) this needs to change! we need to all be healthy and able to make good choices for ourselves. i'd hate to have to talk my daughter through weight issues in her teens that i could have completely avoided!

planning is gonna take some time and getting used to, but i don't think we'll have a problem with the eating part. . .

and while we're at it, we might as well start recycling. i'm such a bad mom with the biggest, fattest (ok, being a little hard on myself, but i'll continue for the sentence's sake) footprint. from now on, we're going to teach our children to eat better, appreciate what they already have, not be wasteful, be more active, and loathe the television (well, not that last part. how about not depend on the television?) while chancellor and i learn the same habits.

i'm feeling inspired and pumped about it!! let's keep this mojo going! off to go do some research, i'll share what i learn as i learn it=)