Glad to be Shrinking...Yay-Yay!

I'm glad to be a part of this blog also! God knows, any one trying to lose weight or get healthier needs a place to vent and get support. I do not have a picture to post right now, but I'll have one by Monday. It'll be hideous, but it's the 'before' pic, right? It's supposed to be. For right now, I do have two tips that have helped me in the past and I am putting them to good use again:

1) exercise in small bursts throughout the day is as effective as workouts -- my friend Grasshopper and I always seem to accomplish more while we're on the phone together, so during our numerous phone calls each day, we prod the other into some kind of activity whether it's a ten minute call and ten minutes of jumproping or an hour's talk and half of it is spent walking in circles around the house. It may sound silly, but it works!

2) I buy hard candies of different flavors, including chocolate and constantly have one in my mouth. It gives me the flavor and sweet I crave, without all the fat. If I'm out and truly having a chocolate fit, I'll eat a dill pickle...kills the craving right away! True fact.

Good luck to all of you!